The Last Hardware Problem

Why Robots Are the True Test of AGI

Slouching Toward Slopocalypse

Which way, America? Slouching toward slopocolypse, or striving for the stars?

Megafunds, Deep Tech, and the New VC Order

Case Study: Building the International Space Station

International Space Station

How to Build Your First Forward Deployed Engineering Team

A field manual for winning at the edge.

Starlink, Rural America, and A New American Frontier

A quiet revolution is underway, led from Lower Earth Orbit

WHY AREN'T WE FLYING FASTER?

Everyone’s heard of hypersonics. Few understand them. It’s time to fix that.

ARCHITECTURE MOVEMENT: PHOTONICS

We’re building cathedrals of compute — racks of silicon, corridors of power — on a dying substrate. Electrons powered the last epoch. Photonics may define the next.

The End of Thirst Traps

The American Southwest is running dry — and most solutions sound like sermons: conserve more, grow less, accept decline. This isn’t a morality tale. It’s a blueprint for turning sunlight and seawater into a future that can keep growing.

Tribal Knowledge's Comeback

There's a common refrain that we can’t build this* anymore, we forgot how to do it. That's called tribal knowledge. This antimemo is a step toward restoring that lost mastery and rebuilding American industrial power from the inside out.

Realities of Space-Based Compute

There’s been a lot! of noise about space being the “natural” next frontier for data centers. We've been seeing a flood of surface-level commentary on orbital data centers. But very little that digs deep. This antimemo is a step toward greater depth.