Notes

Making future look like the future. AI & energy.
Abundance Agenda
Evolution of Accelerationists
TFP - total factor productivity
1920-1973 was greatest growth in the USA. WWII was only time of noncomplacency.
1960s started skepticism - Carson, Nader
Now it's hard to do things that are unsafe. We didn't care in WWII.
Ex FAA - one problem is that we are too stringent, so Experimental Aircraft came out, which was less safe.
Speed of permitting - NEPA - Procedural rules because we couldn't trust bureaucrats to make tech safe, so overkilled it.
Getting permitting faster is key to prosperity, That is policy change. Bigger question is cultural change.
Easier to create Space X than reform Boeing.
Regulatory arbitrage - selecting jurisdictions that facilitate what you need to do. Example: medical tourism, Factor e Farm.
Polarization - how to empower middle of political spectrum, vs extremes? Right now extreme spectrum dominates. Making politics more boring would be good.
Health housing housing energy
More geothermal energy than nuclear.
Cathode - better cathode.
Flying electrical vehicles -
Supersonic planes
Imagination is scarce

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