George Whitesides: “We have a system in which often, you know, people are…”

“Just your skill and your experience in kind of bridging those differences and working together, even if you don't agree on their position. Yeah. I think we have a system right now that is not necessarily built for productive work. Right. We have a system in which often, you know, people are rewarded for being loud or disagreeing strongly rather than trying to come up with solutions that help. And I'm really interested in structural reform. You know, how do we tweak the system so that those people are rewarded, the people who are, you know, coming to the table and trying to figure things out.” (02:09–02:22)

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