
Weekly Dose of Optimism #89

Information moves, or we move to it. Moving to it has rarely been popular and is growing unfashionable; nowadays we demand that the information come to us. This can be accomplished in three basic ways: 1) moving physical media around, 2) broadcasting radiation through space, and 3) sending signals through wires. This article is about what will, for... See more
Wired • Mother Earth Mother Board
Agora does a ton of engineering work and spends a ton of money on co-located data centers behind the scenes to make real-time audio and video just work. The result is that someone on WiFi in Ghana and another person on 4G LTE with spotty signal in Florida can sit in the same Clubhouse room with thousands of other people and hear the conversation cr... See more
Packy McCormick • Bull & Bear: Agora, the API Powering Clubhouse

Okay, if you had infinite time, what would you build?”
If you’ll indulge me, here’s my list of potential projects, with light editorializing.
Energy supply
If you’ll indulge me, here’s my list of potential projects, with light editorializing.
Energy supply
- Synthetic fuel.
- Better polysilicon production tech. The Siemens process feels paleolithic.
- Flexible silicon solar arrays, ground mounted and ultra cheap (<$30k/MW).
- Radioactivity applications