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Category Archives: Technology and Society
A Private Railroad
…is born in Florida.
I think a high-speed rail between LA and Vegas could potentially make sense, if they tunnel through the mountains.
[Update a couple minutes later]
Here’s an older article about the project. The FEC line runs a couple miles blocks from the house we own in Boca Raton.
Aspiring To Be Elon
Capitalism
Some thoughts on the false history of its evils.
Half-Price Gasoline
Manufactured from cheap natural gas?
That would be a huge breakthrough.
XCOR
An interesting interview about spaceflight regulation with COO Andrew Nelson.
[Update a couple minutes later]
I should note that much of this is ground that I cover and justify in the book.
Time Travelers
A search of the Internet for them comes up empty.
Remember, though, absence of evidence is not evidence of absence.
[Update a few minutes later]
Related: If a time traveler encountered a smart phone.
The Peter Principle
Could it explain the Fermi paradox?
Bob Sackheim
…has died.
I met him a couple times, but didn’t really know him well. But the man is a propulsion legend.