…may have had little effect on the spread of the virus.
This was shooting ourselves in the foot, on full auto.
Category Archives: Business
Escape From 2020
If it makes you feel any better, next year may be worse.
Perrow writes about how the failure of a complex, highly-coupled system can be catastrophic. I used his book, Normal Accidents, as a source for my book.
Launch-Cost Bleg
I’m giving a talk on the economics of spaceflight on Friday in Omaha. Does anyone have a chart showing the cost per flight as a function of flight rate for both expendables and reusables? Doesn’t need to have citable numbers in it, just looking for something conceptual.
Recycling Programs
With city budgets declining, it’s time to rethink them.
It’s time to rethink lots of things, but we don’t usually do it until under duress. The virus has been helpful in that regard in many cases.
Unassailable Ideas
Reviews of a new book about the cultural rot in academia.
Good Job, Guys
Wasting water to save water.
California’s Ban On Discrimination By The State
There is a battle to preserve it; donate if you can. California’s insanity too often spreads to the rest of the country.
The Crew Dragon Mission
There was a little more damage than expected.
But it sounds like it’s not a big deal.
Ten Major DC Consensus Myths
…that Trump has shattered forever.
California
Why Ben Shapiro is leaving.
[Friday-morning update]
Can California’s green extremism go national?
I hope not.