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Climate Consensus and the Absence of Progress

There appears to be broad agreement that the climate is changing and that human activity plays a meaningful role. Whether the number is 90%, 95%, or 99% is less interesting to me than the fact that the debate over belief seems largely settled. Which raises a more curious question: if…

By Max July 10, 2023Power & Institutions, Technology & ProgressNo Comments

Leadership & Decision-Making Technology & Progress

Autonomous eVTOL Is Hard. Try Doing It on Mars.

Over 600 companies are currently developing electric vertical takeoff and landing aircraft—eVTOLs—to transform urban mobility on Earth. The promise is seductive: shorter trips between airports and city centers, fewer cars, less friction. Many of these aircraft are being designed to fly autonomously. That alone is a formidable challenge. Autonomous vertical…

By Max July 5, 2023Leadership & Decision-Making, Technology & ProgressNo Comments

Hubble Frontier Field – Galaxy Cluster MACS J0416.1-2403

Long Arcs Technology & Progress

The Universe Didn’t Always Tick Like This

Hubble Ultra Deep Field (UDF) Time dilation is one of those ideas that never quite gets old—no matter how many times you encounter it. Looking back nearly 14 billion years, toward the early universe, astronomers have found evidence that time itself passed more slowly than it does today. Not metaphorically.…

By Max July 5, 2023Long Arcs, Technology & ProgressNo Comments