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Reading List 12/13/2025 • Boom Supersonic’s gas turbine, the reliability of learning curves, a fake bridge collapse, using coal mines for geothermal energy, and more.
Reading List 12/13/2025
Boom Supersonic’s gas turbine, the reliability of learning curves, a fake bridge collapse, using coal mines for geothermal energy, and more.
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December 13, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Stagnant Construction Productivity Is a Worldwide Problem
Stagnant Construction Productivity Is a Worldwide Problem
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December 11, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Reading List 12/06/2025 • 3D printed legos, exploding wire detonators, the David Taylor model basin, multi-point metal forming, and more.
Reading List 12/06/2025
3D printed legos, exploding wire detonators, the David Taylor model basin, multi-point metal forming, and more.
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December 6, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Reading List 11/29/25 • NIMBYism and aesthetics, defibrillator drones, railway track detonators, a proposed mach-23 space gun, and more.
Reading List 11/29/25
NIMBYism and aesthetics, defibrillator drones, railway track detonators, a proposed mach-23 space gun, and more.
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November 29, 2025 at 4:00 PM
How a Government Think Tank Trained The First Generation of US Software Developers
How a Government Think Tank Trained The First Generation of US Software Developers
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November 26, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Reading List 11/22/25 • The ship failure that caused the Francis Scott Key Bridge collapse, the boring part of Bell Labs, a more efficient way of making antimatter, underground nuclear reactors, and more.
Reading List 11/22/25
The ship failure that caused the Francis Scott Key Bridge collapse, the boring part of Bell Labs, a more efficient way of making antimatter, underground nuclear reactors, and more.
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November 22, 2025 at 4:03 PM
How ASML Got EUV
How ASML Got EUV
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November 20, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Reading List 11/15/25 • Israel refilling a lake with desalinated seawater, South Korean nuclear subs, ways to make titanium cheap, a “new Bell Labs”, and more.
Reading List 11/15/25
Israel refilling a lake with desalinated seawater, South Korean nuclear subs, ways to make titanium cheap, a “new Bell Labs”, and more.
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November 18, 2025 at 10:30 AM
What Is A Production Process? • Chapter 1 of my book “The Origins of Efficiency”
What Is A Production Process?
Chapter 1 of my book “The Origins of Efficiency”
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November 18, 2025 at 10:30 AM
Reading List 11/8/2025 • Gathering robot training data, “love letters” sent to home sellers, the Napier Deltic diesel engine, jumps in electricity demand from electric teakettles, and more.
Reading List 11/8/2025
Gathering robot training data, “love letters” sent to home sellers, the Napier Deltic diesel engine, jumps in electricity demand from electric teakettles, and more.
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November 18, 2025 at 10:30 AM
Strap Rail
Strap Rail
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November 18, 2025 at 10:30 AM
How the UK Lost Its Shipbuilding Industry
How the UK Lost Its Shipbuilding Industry
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November 18, 2025 at 10:30 AM
Reading List 10/25/25 • Jet engine-powered data centers, Brightline train deaths, cracks in a super thin skyscraper, a Chinese particle accelerator, and more.
Reading List 10/25/25
Jet engine-powered data centers, Brightline train deaths, cracks in a super thin skyscraper, a Chinese particle accelerator, and more.
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November 18, 2025 at 10:30 AM
Reading List 10/18/25 • North Korean construction company, data center popularity, why robot dexterity is hard, a map of US solar panels, and more.
Reading List 10/18/25
North Korean construction company, data center popularity, why robot dexterity is hard, a map of US solar panels, and more.
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November 18, 2025 at 10:30 AM
More on US Pedestrian Deaths
More on US Pedestrian Deaths
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November 18, 2025 at 10:30 AM
My Book, The Origins of Efficiency, is Out Today
My Book, The Origins of Efficiency, is Out Today
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November 18, 2025 at 10:30 AM
Reading List 10/11/2025 • Russia’s role in nuclear fuel production, aircraft contrails, homes collapsing in North Carolina, Konrad Zuse’s Helix Tower, and more.
Reading List 10/11/2025
Russia’s role in nuclear fuel production, aircraft contrails, homes collapsing in North Carolina, Konrad Zuse’s Helix Tower, and more.
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November 18, 2025 at 10:30 AM
Why Are So Many Pedestrians Killed by Cars in the US?
Why Are So Many Pedestrians Killed by Cars in the US?
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November 18, 2025 at 10:30 AM
Reading List 10/04/2025 • Boeing’s 737 replacement, parking lot investments, a deflected hurricane, opinions on nuclear power, and more.
Reading List 10/04/2025
Boeing’s 737 replacement, parking lot investments, a deflected hurricane, opinions on nuclear power, and more.
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November 18, 2025 at 10:30 AM
Reading List 09/27/25 • Energy permitting, Chicago’s “affordable” housing, China’s new arctic shipping route, Volvo’s armored cars, and more.
Reading List 09/27/25
Energy permitting, Chicago’s “affordable” housing, China’s new arctic shipping route, Volvo’s armored cars, and more.
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November 18, 2025 at 10:30 AM
How Common Is Accidental Invention?
How Common Is Accidental Invention?
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November 18, 2025 at 10:30 AM
Reading List 09/20/25 • Shoddy US homebuilding, a foundation model for creating CAD files, ghost kitchens, lunar Helium-3, and more.
Reading List 09/20/25
Shoddy US homebuilding, a foundation model for creating CAD files, ghost kitchens, lunar Helium-3, and more.
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November 18, 2025 at 10:30 AM
What’s Happening to Wholesale Electricity Prices?
What’s Happening to Wholesale Electricity Prices?
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November 18, 2025 at 10:30 AM
Reading List 09/13/2025 • 3D printing company Icon, transporting wind turbine blades on the largest airplane in the world, insurers funding cloud seeding, earthquakes in the Atlantic Ocean, and more.
Reading List 09/13/2025
3D printing company Icon, transporting wind turbine blades on the largest airplane in the world, insurers funding cloud seeding, earthquakes in the Atlantic Ocean, and more.
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November 18, 2025 at 10:30 AM
Reading List 09/06/2025 • London homebuilding, historical home prices, a humanoid robot loading a dishwasher, France’s history of nuclear reactor construction, and more.
Reading List 09/06/2025
London homebuilding, historical home prices, a humanoid robot loading a dishwasher, France’s history of nuclear reactor construction, and more.
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November 18, 2025 at 10:30 AM