No, we don’t know more about the moon than the sea bottom. We haven’t even started to drill it.
The Robots Advance
The latest trick from Boston Dynamics.
AI Fuel
Are we running out? An interesting essay.
“Equity” In Education
It’s going to be a disaster for the education establishment. Which is a good thing.
[Wednesday-morning update]
State lawmakers can reform higher ed.
The State Of The Economy
After Babel
Jomathan Haidt is starting a new substack.
The Mess In California
Thoughts from Joel Kotkin:
…to thrive and evolve, these firms need a more positive business climate, Sadeghi says. Attempts to impose a wealth tax would not fit into the plans of aspiring entrepreneurs, some of whom have already exited the state.
The Legislature is also mulling over a proposal to reduce the workweek to four days or 32 hours, and has already passed a host of bills meant to regulate small businesses, such as fast-food outlets. This will not help encourage entrepreneurs to start businesses here.
Essentially, California can go one of two ways. It can continue on its current path, toxic for its middle and working classes, driving away even long-established businesses, and hope that another tech bubble will come around to pay the price for immiseration. Or it can focus, as it has before, on improving basic infrastructure such as roads and water, and on creating opportunities for entrepreneurial ventures that will benefit the state’s citizens and communities.
Unfortunately, my money’s on continuing on the current path.
The Everyday Astronaut
Leonard David interviews Tim Dodd.
Space And Safety
Wayne Hale is going to republish some of his blog posts leading up to this year’s anniversaries (it will be the twentieth anniversary of the loss of Columbia).
I left a comment over there. Perrow was right.
Biden’s Back-Door Student Debt Bailout
…is a hot mess.
That doesn’t really distinguish it from any other Biden policy.