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Michael Kratsios

Michael Kratsios

Science Advisor to the President of the United StatesWikipedia

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Oct 22, 2026

Tyler CowenHOST
0:49
My guest today thinks the current system is failing.
Tyler CowenHOST
0:52
I'll be chatting with Michael Kratsios, who is the chief science advisor to President Trump.
Tyler CowenHOST
0:58
He has outlined a plan for a new golden age of science that would invest more in artificial intelligence and deprioritize the traditional role of the university.
Tyler CowenHOST
1:08
But is it worth it? Is all that going to work? Or are we messing with a system which so far has been quite successful? Michael Kratsios, welcome to Interesting Times.
Tyler CowenHOST
1:25
Hi, I'm excited to be here.
Tyler CowenHOST
1:26
Thanks for having me.

47 MINS LATER

Michael KratsiosGUEST
48:35
We have said that we need to hire lots and lots of really old people to keep doing the research they keep doing and no longer hire young people.
Michael KratsiosGUEST
48:42
How are we inspiring a young generation of Americans to go into science when we create a system that does not reward them and does not give them an opportunity? And that is what we're trying to change with Golden Age.
Stephen DienerHOST
35:50
Oh
Christopher SharpGUEST
35:50
... you know, another guy, let's say Michael Kratsios, you know, former Peter Thiel chief of staff.
Christopher SharpGUEST
35:56
Where is he now? Well, he's the for- he, he's now the science advisor to the president.
Stephen DienerHOST
36:01
Yeah.
Tyler KiwalaHOST
10:43
But, uh, it's gonna look something very similar to something we would see in Star Trek, with a different type of technology, and we're gonna get into that in a minute.
Tyler KiwalaHOST
10:52
And, and this is Director Michael Kratsios.
Tyler KiwalaHOST
10:54
He's the senior advisor for the White House.
Tyler KiwalaHOST
10:57
Um, he said, "Today, POTUS signed an executive order establishing the Presidential Commission of the Unit- on the United States Space Academy.

27 MINS LATER

Tyler KiwalaHOST
38:08
The White House, congratulations, uh, to NASA Administrator Derek Eisman, the great patriots at NASA on a successful launch.
Tyler KiwalaHOST
38:16
This is the golden age of America.
Tyler KiwalaHOST
38:19
And, uh, Michael Kratsios, the White House director, he said, "Big epic month for American space superiority.
Tyler KiwalaHOST
38:26
National Space Transportation Policy, Congressional Space Medals of Honor awarded to the Artemis crew, the United States Space Academy is established, and then the Nancy Grace Roman Telescope successfully launched." Um, it's all, it's just big news.
speaker_3SOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
16:43
But forty years, quantum phenomena are tough to harvest and tough to work with.
speaker_3SOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
16:48
But here we are, thanks to President Trump's leadership in the first term with, with Director Kratsios, to launch a major national effort on quantum.
speaker_3SOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
16:56
This is taking it to the next level.
speaker_3SOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
16:58
The future of computing is gonna be a three-legged stool.
Donald TrumpSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
16:13
But 40 years, quantum phenomena are tough to harvest and tough to work with.
Donald TrumpSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
16:18
But here we are, thanks to President Trump's leadership in the first term with, with Director Kratsios, to launch a major national effort on quantum.
Donald TrumpSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
16:26
This is taking it to the next level.
Donald TrumpSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
16:28
The future of computing is gonna be a three-legged stool.
Donald TrumpSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
18:24
But forty years, quantum phenomena are tough to harvest and tough to work with.
Donald TrumpSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
18:29
But here we are, thanks to President Trump's leadership in the first term with, with Director Kratsios, to launch a major national effort on quantum.
Donald TrumpSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
18:37
This is taking it to the next level.
Donald TrumpSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
18:39
The future of computing is gonna be a three-legged stool.
Tyler KiwalaHOST
11:28
But, uh, it's gonna look something very similar to something we would see in Star Trek, with a different type of technology, and we're gonna get into that in a minute.
Tyler KiwalaHOST
11:37
And, and this is Director Michael Kratsios.
Tyler KiwalaHOST
11:39
He's the senior advisor for the White House.
Tyler KiwalaHOST
11:42
Um, he said, "Today, POTUS signed an executive order establishing the Presidential Commission of the Unit- on the United States Space Academy.

24 MINS LATER

Tyler KiwalaHOST
36:04
The, uh, Department of Energy says the golden age of nuclear energy is here to stay.
Tyler KiwalaHOST
36:09
The White House, "Congratulations, uh, to NASA Administrator Derek Isman, the great patriots at NASA, on a successful launch.
Tyler KiwalaHOST
36:17
This is the golden age of America." And, uh, Michael Kratsios, the White House director, he said, "Big epic month for American space superiority.
Tyler KiwalaHOST
36:26
National Space Transportation Policy, Congressional Space Medals of Honor awarded to the Artemis crew, the United States Space Academy is established, and then the Nancy Grace Roman Telescope successfully launched." Um, it's all- It's just big news.
Donald TrumpSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
19:38
But forty years, quantum phenomena are tough to harvest and tough to work with.
Donald TrumpSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
19:43
But here we are, thanks to President Trump's leadership in the first term with, with Director Kratsios, to launch a major national effort on quantum.
Donald TrumpSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
19:51
This is taking it to the next level.
Donald TrumpSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
19:53
The future of computing is gonna be a three-legged stool.
speaker_0NARRATOR
3:27
At the White House's Science, a New Golden Age summit last week, the Trump administration announced six billion dollars in new national research investments, including support for the build-out of advanced computing facilities and autonomous laboratories, the development of nuclear-powered spacecraft and next-generation quantum computers, and the creation of accelerated training programs in artificial intelligence and engineering.
speaker_0NARRATOR
3:52
White House Office of Science and Technology Policy Director Michael Kratsios described the funding announcement as the most transformative day for the American scientific enterprise since the reshaping of the federal research ecosystem following World War II.
speaker_0NARRATOR
4:05
The investments mark the administration's first steps to implement its vision for advancing U.S. innovation.
speaker_0NARRATOR
4:11
Laid out in an OSTP report over the summer, it calls for a dramatic shift of hundreds of billions of research dollars from universities to industry, primarily AI and technology companies.
Tyler KiwalaHOST
10:28
But, uh, it's gonna look something very similar to something we would see in Star Trek, with a different type of technology, and we're gonna get into that in a minute.
Tyler KiwalaHOST
10:37
And, and this is Director Michael Kratsios.
Tyler KiwalaHOST
10:39
He's the senior advisor for the White House.
Tyler KiwalaHOST
10:42
Um, he said, "Today POTUS signed an executive order establishing the Presidential Commission of the Unit- on the United States Space Academy.

24 MINS LATER

Tyler KiwalaHOST
35:04
The, uh, Department of Energy says the golden age of nuclear energy is here to stay.
Tyler KiwalaHOST
35:08
The White House, "Congratulations, uh, to NASA Administrator Derek Isman, the great patriots at NASA on a successful launch.
Tyler KiwalaHOST
35:17
This is the golden age of America." And, uh, Michael Kratsios, the White House director, he said, "Big epic month for American space superiority.
Tyler KiwalaHOST
35:26
National Space Transportation Policy, Congressional Space Medals of Honor awarded to the Artemis crew, the United States Space Academy is established, and then the Nancy Grace Roman Telescope successfully launched." Um, it's all, it's just big news.

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