Editing Patrick Collison (section)

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Both Collison and his younger brother John were featured on a young Irish persons rich list aired on an RTÉ television show during the 2008 Christmas period.<ref name="Three to Watch">{{cite news|url=http://www.insideview.ie/irisheyes/2009/01/two-to-watch.html|title=Three to Watch|date=5 January 2009|publisher=Inside View from Ireland|access-date=24 January 2010|archive-date=30 January 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100130200513/http://www.insideview.ie/irisheyes/2009/01/two-to-watch.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

On 18 July 2009, at the age of 20 and following the publication of the [[McCarthy Report]], Collison outlined his ideas for the future of Ireland on popular talk-show ''[[Saturday Night with Miriam]]''.<ref name="Saturday Night with Miriam">{{cite news|url=http://www.rte.ie/tv/miriam/20090718.html |title=Saturday Night with Miriam|date=18 July 2009|publisher=[[Saturday Night with Miriam]]|access-date=24 January 2010|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090801122940/http://www.rte.ie/tv/miriam/20090718.html|archive-date=1 August 2009}}</ref>

{{anchor|Progress studies}}
According to Collison, he reads books and is interested in a broad range of subjects on history, technology, engineering, fiction, philosophy, and art. He publishes the list of books he read on [https://patrickcollison.com/bookshelf his website]. In November 2018, Collison published a piece in ''[[The Atlantic]]'' with [[Michael Nielsen]] entitled [https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2018/11/diminishing-returns-science/575665/ Science is Getting Less Bang for its Buck], arguing that increased investment in science has not produced commensurate output. In 2019, Collison published an opinion piece in the same outlet with [[Tyler Cowen]] arguing for a new academic discipline called "Progress Studies", which would study the cultural and institutional conditions which lead to the most progress and higher standards of living.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Collison |first1=Patrick |last2=Cowen |first2=Tyler |title=We Need a New Science of Progress |url=https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2019/07/we-need-new-science-progress/594946/ |access-date=1 December 2019 |work=The Atlantic |date=30 July 2019 |archive-date=30 November 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191130141428/https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2019/07/we-need-new-science-progress/594946/ |url-status=live}}</ref>

Collison joined the board of [[Meta Platforms]] in April 2025.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Griffin |first=Riley |date=2025-04-12 |title=Meta adds Stripe CEO Patrick Collison to board of directors |url=https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/meta-adds-stripe-ceo-patrick-collison-to-board-of-directors/a1025719872.html |access-date=2025-05-22 |work=Irish Independent |language=en}}</ref>