The remarkable rise of ‘greenhushing’. This Economist article explains that whereas businesses used to parade around talking about how green they were without doing anything, things have changed. “Now they seem to be “greenhushing”—getting on with the job of decarbonisation, […]
Why is fertility down, and how much should you worry about it? An optimistic point of view that I’ll subscribe to! “These are just a few examples in which tech has been the ultimate cause of the fertility drop. Can […]
“Type 1 companies have new ideas: early radio, jet aircraft, semiconductor and internet companies were type 1.Type 2 companies steal ideas; early Facebook or Ali Baba are classic type 2 companies. Type 3 companies are Walmart, and Type 4 are […]
“Tech companies, banks and shipping groups are investing in a method of carbon dioxide removal that promises to speed up the chemical reaction between absorbent rocks and rainfall. The natural geological process is accelerated by spreading crushed silicate rock onto […]
“Beta Technologies became the first U.S. company to land an all-electric aircraft carrying passengers at New York’s John F. Kennedy Airport June 3, 2025.” ~ learn more
“The Korea Institute of Machinery and Materials (KIMM) … has developed a technology that stably generates high photocurrent under natural sunlight to efficiently produce hydrogen.” More energy is better! ~ learn more
“Ontario has begun building the first of four new, small nuclear reactors, as Canada seeks to lead the Group of Seven industrialized nations in developing next-generation nuclear technology.” ~ learn more
And it is a backup battery for your home’s electric needs. “In this episode, we travel to San Francisco’s design district to meet Sam D’Amico, the founder of Impulse Labs, who’s turning the humble stove into a high-performance, battery-backed, grid-ready […]
I cheated on Audible with this audiobook from Spotify. “Progress requires facing up to the institutions in life that are not working as they need to. It means, for liberals, recognizing when the government is failing. It means, for conservatives, […]
Solar power is great and I’ve shared before that every year the deployment of new solar blows estimates out of the water. “But here’s the thing. This chart has what you might call an “evil twin”, a cousin that gets […]