Today’s interviewee, James Phillips, was formerly the science and tech adviser to Prime Minister Boris Johnson. An acclaimed systems neuroscientist, Phillips helped develop the UK’s rapid COVID testing and helped create the Advanced Research and Invention Agency (ARIA).
We discussed:
Dominic Cummings’ band of “weirdos and misfits”
Red-teaming Westminster
Why you should always be willing to resign
The problem with the British civil service
Protecting ARIA from mission creep
Whether the UK can end economic stagnation
