We can already stop climate change. I’ve long believed that humanity has all the technology we need, but humans so far lack the will. It’s great when someone else spells it out more clearly than I ever could. “If you […]
Understanding global events. “These 20 lessons, when taken together, provide a great framework for understanding just about every single issue on the global menu today. They also provide some warnings for how things might evolve and clues for how we […]
Tattoo equity calculator. “Calculate how much equity you can earn by getting a Browserbase tattoo.” ~ learn more
Historical tech tree. “The tech tree is an interactive visualization of technological history from 3 million years ago to today. A work in progress, it currently contains 1997 technologies and 2400 connections between them.” ~ learn more
Robotaxis. “I maintain that robotaxis will first grow by replacing cabs, then by taking new use cases that were previously impossible… A key input is going to be the cost of each car: The cheaper they are, the cheaper the […]
Meanwhile, Waymo is coming to NYC. “The Alphabet autonomous vehicle subsidiary received its first permit from the New York Department of Transportation on Friday to start testing in New York City, Mayor Eric Adams announced Friday. The rollout is the […]
LLM daydreaming. Humans do something that LLMs don’t, and that might be exactly why we are creative and they are not. But, what if… “A reason may be that they lack some fundamental aspects of human thought: they are frozen, […]
Why Radiology AI didn’t work and what comes next. “Over the last decade, dozens of radiology AI startups have come and gone. Zebra. Aidoc. Qure.ai. Nines. A few remain. Many others have pivoted, wound down, or been quietly folded into […]