Thoughts on leadership in America, seventy years ago and today.
One thought on “Fermi’s Anniversary”
His first two points fail to take the 9-order of magnitude power-generation difference between CP-1 and a present-day powerplant into account, and his third point should be calculated on the basis of GDP rather than CPI, in which case the current equivalent is more like $120 billion. The remaining points, however, are all too relevant.
His first two points fail to take the 9-order of magnitude power-generation difference between CP-1 and a present-day powerplant into account, and his third point should be calculated on the basis of GDP rather than CPI, in which case the current equivalent is more like $120 billion. The remaining points, however, are all too relevant.