Klein and Thompson argue in Abundance that institutions shape researchers' thinking and can enable new forms of collaboration and invention.

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  Our institutions shape the way we think, and new institutions can make new kinds of thinking possible. For decades, too many university researchers applying for NIH funding have constrained their own curiosity. The perceived biases of the NIH became their own biases. By contrast, the best DARPA program managers see the world as a set of puzzle pieces to snap together in the creation of a new initiative. The Bell Lab scientists worked in an offshoot of AT&T, which made it natural for them to consider the commercial potential of their work, which might explain how they created so many useful products. America's innovation system still relies on agencies and habits that were developed in the middle of the 20th century. Decades have now passed. The world has changed, and today's scientific challenges are getting harder. So how do we build new centers that are as transformative in our time as DARPA was in its own? Where are the brand new government research labs for the 2020s? Such institutions are not guaranteed to succeed, but they represent the sort of risk-taking that American science needs more of. Experimenting with Experiments Scientific research and invention are the key drivers of economic growth and improvement in

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