Tech Continues to Be Political ✦
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The Dice — 035 ✦
Don’t get me wrong, this country is in some deeply disturbing, uncharted waters right now. But the worst thing we can do is get so wrapped up in events beyond our control that we lose our ability to think clearly. We need to train ourselves to process information, stay focused, and take action where it actually matters.
An Asteroid Stands a Chance at Impacting Earth. Are We Prepared ✦
What are you doing in 2032? Whatever it is, you’d best be looking up — because on December 22nd, an asteroid will streak through the night sky, making a very close flyby of the planet.
“Atari Was Very, Very Hard” Nolan Bushnell on Atari, 50 Years Later ✦
How to Produce Green Hydrogen for $1-Kg ✦
Hydrogen production uses a lot of energy. Green hydrogen, produced without CO2 emissions, is currently a more expensive option than production from CH4, which produces a lot of CO2. We want green hydrogen to compete on cost, not just vibes. We believe that correctly developed energy should deliver a green dividend rather than demanding a green premium, and that rapid mass market adoption depends on beating the incumbent polluters on price.
I Know Everybody Told You to Send Your Fund-Raising Decks as a Link. Here’s Why You Should Just Send the Deck ✦
Whenever you write your deck and Send it out I think you should actually think to yourself, “my competitors are probably going to read this one day and this will be forwarded widely” and if your response isn’t “so what!” or “that would be awesome” then I think you’re doing something wrong anyways.
Rejected by the Industry, Boom Supersonic Raises $100M to Prove Critics Wrong—But at a Cost ✦
When American announced their order they said they made a non-refundable deposit but didn’t specify what that means.
Fractal Block World ✦
Video games are amazing, both viscerally, as experience machines, and conceptually, as possibility spaces. As the intersection of games and computers, they combine our distant past - ancient rituals that pre-date civilization, with our far future - kaleidoscopic glimpses of the various directions in which our world might go.
The Art of Calling Out Room Dynamics ✦
I’ve discovered a secret weapon for defusing those powder keg situations. A simple technique that can instantly reset the entire dynamic of a meeting gone off the rails.
The UX of LEGO Interface Panels ✦
It was the psychologist Alphonse Chapanis who first suggested that the high rate of crash landings might be the fault of poor interface design. The adjacent landing gear and flap control knobs were identically shaped. The pilots never stood a chance.