“Would want to keep any agenda specific enough to drive outcomes, but not too specific as to turn people off from petty disagreements.”
I think unfortunately, this is the equivalent of eating your cake and having it too. Progress studies, if it’s actionable, largely is going to impact into the political world (because we want to do xyz things, which government has some presence in, to accelerate the pace of progress), so disagreement is going to exist.
For instance, you mention regulations that “if removed or revisited” would increase progress. Two areas that come to mind for me are housing construction and nuclear regulation—but these are contentious, political topics. If we actually want to achieve real-world things here, I think specificity is unfortunately required.
“Would want to keep any agenda specific enough to drive outcomes, but not too specific as to turn people off from petty disagreements.”
I think unfortunately, this is the equivalent of eating your cake and having it too. Progress studies, if it’s actionable, largely is going to impact into the political world (because we want to do xyz things, which government has some presence in, to accelerate the pace of progress), so disagreement is going to exist.
For instance, you mention regulations that “if removed or revisited” would increase progress. Two areas that come to mind for me are housing construction and nuclear regulation—but these are contentious, political topics. If we actually want to achieve real-world things here, I think specificity is unfortunately required.