Episode 63: Brian Keating

Welcome to episode 63! Today Zach interviews Astrophysicist, Author and Podcaster, Dr. Brian Keating. Dr. Keating wrote the book, "Losing The Nobel Prize", in which he recounts his designing and directing a Nobel-worthy physics experiment called BICEP. He talks about why he and his team fell short of winning the prize (although the experiment itself was very successful), and how he later came to realize that pining for the Nobel Prize actually detracted from the reasons he became a physicist in the first place-- namely, to contribute to the betterment of humanity. Zach and Brian talk about the allure of the Nobel Prize and the reasons why the prize, itself, hampers human progress, and they talk about similar counter-productive incentive structures in k-12 schools. - - - - - - - - - -  Make a donation to The Social Exchange Podcast: http://patreon.com/thesocialexchange Rate/Review us on your podcast app: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast... Sign up for a free trial of Audible and get a free audio book (cancel any time--- you get to keep the book ;) http://audibletrial.com/socialexchange -  - - - - - - - - -  THANK YOU TO OUR NEW  PATRONS!  - Jessie Dunleavy  - Andrew Tatarsky - Dean LeMire - Christy McPherson  - Nunzio De Martino (Courtesy of "Don Nunzio Limos" https://donnunziolimos.com/)  - Susan Lennon - James Stacks - Chris L - W Leon Naufahu  - Sherry Chandler - Dee-Dee Stout - Christopher Hanlon  - André Pampel - CARTER Vermont https://www.cartervermont.org/ - Rick Barnett  - Anne M. Earle - Inigo - Jon Holt - Laila Ferguson - Mary Kay Villaverde - Michelle - NANCY - Sean Holt - Regina Ferguson - Timmy Tucker - Christian - Thomas Rhoads - Kathleen Cochran - Marjorie Israel - Diane T - Trevor  - Sue Mathieu - Linda Rhoads