…to live in quiet times.
Thoughts on the acceleration of progress, by Walter Russell Mead.
I wonder how space will play into all of this?
[Afternoon update]
There is no turning back from AI.
Category Archives: Technology and Society
If Something Cannot Go On Forever
Sobering thoughts.
The Question On Climate
…that we’d all like the answer to.
This is economic insanity. There is no amount of money that Americans can spend that will have any effect on the climate in any predictable way, because China and India are going to continue to use fossil fuels, and the Third World is going to industrialize.
The Need For Responsive Space
Yes, we do need to be able to reconstitute quickly, but rapid launch is not the solution. The solution is to base in ELEO.
About That Attack On The Kremlin
Thoughts from Blake Powers.
AI And The Screwfly Succession
Will sexy robots cause human depopulation?
News You Can Use
ED meds can be therapeutic for cardiovascular health.
I wonder if it would work for women as well? There’s probably insufficient data, but I imagine it would. And surely it wouldn’t hurt their sex life.
Developing Space
In which I am interviewed by SpaceTech Gulf.
[Late-morning update]
How Starship will change humanity.
It’s a similar theme to my piece from a couple years ago.
Metal-Ceramic Alloys
This seems like a pretty big materials breakthrough.
Fascism Works
A thread: