Archive - Spectech Newsletter

Humanoid Robots in Manufacturing

Or, there's a reason we don't pull cars with mechanical horses

Apr 8 •

March 2025

What does it mean for a technology to scale?

A particular failure mode that we’ve noticed among scientists and engineers doing ambitious technology research is ignoring the question “does this…

Mar 18 •

February 2025

Unbundling the University

An extended essay on the university, its history, pre-commercial research, and concrete actions to enable more awesome

Feb 11 •

January 2025

December 2024

Materials and Manufacturing Underpin Civilization

My talk from Progress Conference 2024

Dec 26, 2024 •

Unbundling the University, Pre-commerical Research, and Speculative Technologies

An executive summary of a forthcoming piece

Dec 26, 2024 •

An excuse to support new institutions and an amazing future.

Dec 3, 2024 •

How the University got its roles

A disgustingly abbreviated history of the modern university with a special focus on research and the creation of new knowledge and technology

Dec 3, 2024 •

November 2024

October 2024

Brains applications due in THREE DAYS

No seriously, stop procrastinating

Oct 18, 2024 •

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