Pablo Ordóñez Bravo
@pob.bsky.social
sustainable housing founder & writer | wharton, calearth
harnessing the joy & optimism from making a difference in people’s lives ☀️
harnessing the joy & optimism from making a difference in people’s lives ☀️
I’ll outline more in my app, but thanks for this opportunity!
July 8, 2025 at 9:20 PM
I’ll outline more in my app, but thanks for this opportunity!
Earthbag construction is the key tech to unlock this, using on-site soil + a stabilizer to build walls fast. They’re fireproof, flood-tough, and have 90% lower embodied CO2 vs concrete!
July 8, 2025 at 9:19 PM
Earthbag construction is the key tech to unlock this, using on-site soil + a stabilizer to build walls fast. They’re fireproof, flood-tough, and have 90% lower embodied CO2 vs concrete!
Root cause is a supply chain built for Wall Street, not people. 15 different actors per home each add cost & delay. We collapse that to 1 value-stack: design, build, on-site automation, financing. As a result, we’ll be able to build a lot faster and cheaper day-one
July 8, 2025 at 9:18 PM
Root cause is a supply chain built for Wall Street, not people. 15 different actors per home each add cost & delay. We collapse that to 1 value-stack: design, build, on-site automation, financing. As a result, we’ll be able to build a lot faster and cheaper day-one
Hey there!
The problem I’m solving is that housing is unaffordable, unsustainable, and anti-user. Fragmented supply chains, carbon-heavy materials, and Wall Street-dominated finance raise costs & lock 40M millennials/Gen Z out of ownership while driving 40% global CO2. I’m working to fix this!
The problem I’m solving is that housing is unaffordable, unsustainable, and anti-user. Fragmented supply chains, carbon-heavy materials, and Wall Street-dominated finance raise costs & lock 40M millennials/Gen Z out of ownership while driving 40% global CO2. I’m working to fix this!
July 8, 2025 at 9:15 PM
Hey there!
The problem I’m solving is that housing is unaffordable, unsustainable, and anti-user. Fragmented supply chains, carbon-heavy materials, and Wall Street-dominated finance raise costs & lock 40M millennials/Gen Z out of ownership while driving 40% global CO2. I’m working to fix this!
The problem I’m solving is that housing is unaffordable, unsustainable, and anti-user. Fragmented supply chains, carbon-heavy materials, and Wall Street-dominated finance raise costs & lock 40M millennials/Gen Z out of ownership while driving 40% global CO2. I’m working to fix this!
and we’re still building homes like it’s 1970.
climate risk hasn’t been theoretical for a minute now, but we’re now starting to feel our infrastructure fall victim in real time.
we need homes and financing models for a world where “once-in-a-lifetime” is now just…life
climate risk hasn’t been theoretical for a minute now, but we’re now starting to feel our infrastructure fall victim in real time.
we need homes and financing models for a world where “once-in-a-lifetime” is now just…life
July 7, 2025 at 10:46 PM
and we’re still building homes like it’s 1970.
climate risk hasn’t been theoretical for a minute now, but we’re now starting to feel our infrastructure fall victim in real time.
we need homes and financing models for a world where “once-in-a-lifetime” is now just…life
climate risk hasn’t been theoretical for a minute now, but we’re now starting to feel our infrastructure fall victim in real time.
we need homes and financing models for a world where “once-in-a-lifetime” is now just…life
We need to extend this flavor of tech across how we finance all housing—AI/ML can help us develop more accessible & reliable ways of creating funding opportunities for homes
July 7, 2025 at 4:53 PM
We need to extend this flavor of tech across how we finance all housing—AI/ML can help us develop more accessible & reliable ways of creating funding opportunities for homes
I really need all of this! How can I apply??
July 7, 2025 at 4:48 PM
I really need all of this! How can I apply??
I think about this a lot in the context of the built environment: when AI eats the digital world, the physical one becomes sacred
The transaction layer drives revenue, but the physical layer drives retention and meaning
The transaction layer drives revenue, but the physical layer drives retention and meaning
July 7, 2025 at 4:46 PM
I think about this a lot in the context of the built environment: when AI eats the digital world, the physical one becomes sacred
The transaction layer drives revenue, but the physical layer drives retention and meaning
The transaction layer drives revenue, but the physical layer drives retention and meaning
we’ll look back and realize: what we once called "low skill" was really just "low status”
and that the hardest things to replicate are the most human!
and that the hardest things to replicate are the most human!
July 7, 2025 at 4:46 PM
we’ll look back and realize: what we once called "low skill" was really just "low status”
and that the hardest things to replicate are the most human!
and that the hardest things to replicate are the most human!
this isn't about nostalgia...it’s about what’s scarce in a world where intellect is abundant: tactical skill, sensory memory, the lightness of being
July 7, 2025 at 4:46 PM
this isn't about nostalgia...it’s about what’s scarce in a world where intellect is abundant: tactical skill, sensory memory, the lightness of being
in Her, people hire writers to craft deeply personal letters
in our world, ChatGPT writes the letter, but it won't hold your hand, prune a tree just right, or clean a childhood home with reverence
in our world, ChatGPT writes the letter, but it won't hold your hand, prune a tree just right, or clean a childhood home with reverence
July 7, 2025 at 4:46 PM
in Her, people hire writers to craft deeply personal letters
in our world, ChatGPT writes the letter, but it won't hold your hand, prune a tree just right, or clean a childhood home with reverence
in our world, ChatGPT writes the letter, but it won't hold your hand, prune a tree just right, or clean a childhood home with reverence
jobs like gardening, caregiving, artisanal repair, handcrafted building may come to be seen as high-trust, high-touch, high-value labor
because they are!
because they are!
July 7, 2025 at 4:46 PM
jobs like gardening, caregiving, artisanal repair, handcrafted building may come to be seen as high-trust, high-touch, high-value labor
because they are!
because they are!
if intelligence and the menial become automated, we'll start to value what can't be digitized:
Experience, craft, intuition, taste, nuance
Experience, craft, intuition, taste, nuance
July 7, 2025 at 4:46 PM
if intelligence and the menial become automated, we'll start to value what can't be digitized:
Experience, craft, intuition, taste, nuance
Experience, craft, intuition, taste, nuance
for most of modern history, "thinking work" has been prized over "doing work”—white collar vs. blue collar, desks vs. dirt, etc.
but AI flips this upside down
but AI flips this upside down
July 7, 2025 at 4:46 PM
for most of modern history, "thinking work" has been prized over "doing work”—white collar vs. blue collar, desks vs. dirt, etc.
but AI flips this upside down
but AI flips this upside down
Immigrants start businesses 2x more and drive huge % of STEM, construction, agriculture, and care work
July 7, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Immigrants start businesses 2x more and drive huge % of STEM, construction, agriculture, and care work
The more they try to escalate, the more they won’t get anywhere—Harvard’s not going to budge
April 21, 2025 at 12:59 AM
The more they try to escalate, the more they won’t get anywhere—Harvard’s not going to budge
Thank you for sharing, this is so sweet!
February 10, 2025 at 12:13 AM
Thank you for sharing, this is so sweet!
How is that the natural conclusion? I think the point is that protesting in ways that are massively disruptive to large groups of people can often backfire, no matter how well-intentioned or justified. Is that reasonable?
February 3, 2025 at 6:40 PM
How is that the natural conclusion? I think the point is that protesting in ways that are massively disruptive to large groups of people can often backfire, no matter how well-intentioned or justified. Is that reasonable?
When it started popping up in the summer, I thought I was going cuckoo—blue MAGA is real and thankfully a loud minority
January 30, 2025 at 12:44 AM
When it started popping up in the summer, I thought I was going cuckoo—blue MAGA is real and thankfully a loud minority
I disagree with you often, but you’re 100% right here. The ridiculous amount of hate you’re getting for this only proves that. It’s same people who were delusional about Biden up until the last moment before he dropped out.
January 30, 2025 at 12:43 AM
I disagree with you often, but you’re 100% right here. The ridiculous amount of hate you’re getting for this only proves that. It’s same people who were delusional about Biden up until the last moment before he dropped out.
Damn wish I would’ve known you were “doing propaganda for the bourgeoisie” 😔
January 21, 2025 at 9:16 PM
Damn wish I would’ve known you were “doing propaganda for the bourgeoisie” 😔