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Media Review: The Irrational Decision (opens the original)
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This is the third in a series of three media reviews about rationalist ideas.On my flight back from Socal Deep Tech Week last Friday, I listened to a Chicago Booth Review Podcast episode about the nature of irrationality that was a conversation between Richard Thaler and Steven Pinker. It reminded me of the importance of behavior in making economic decisions, and motivated me to wrap up the book that Ben Recht published ear
The Publication User’s Guide (Start Here) (opens the original)
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IntroductionWelcome to Molding Moonshots! My name is Aaron.This post explains how and why Molding Moonshots functions, so people and agents who are new to it can decide how to interact with it. After nearly three years of writing and 125 posts, it’s time to make the structure of this page more explicitly clear.In keeping with the lunar theme, the structure of this document is inspired by Voyager’s Payload User’s Guide. This is the public document the firm uses to describe the technica
Successful Space Fundraising (opens the original)
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It’s officially startup fundraising season again! But this summer, it never really stopped.Last week Pixxel, a hyperspectral Earth Observation satellite company, announced a $100M Series C led by Temasek and Seraphim. Then on Tuesday, Stoke Space announced a $1B Series E led by Point72 Ventures and Spark Capital. <a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" href="https://su
Qolab: A startup snapshot (opens the original)
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I’ve been spending more and more time learning about the quantum ecosystem this summer, at work and on my own time. So this week, I’m sharing a startup snapshot of Qolab.In the company’s own words, “Qolab is a quantum hardware company founded by leaders behind key industry milestones, now engineering the next leap: industrial-grade superconducting QPUs built for useful computation.”Thanks for reading Molding Moonshots! This post is public so feel free to share it.<p class="button
Humanoid Robot Regulation (opens the original)
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Earlier this summer, the San Mateo County Board of Supervisors considered and approved a resolution directing its professional staff to draft an ordinance regulating the introduction of Mobile Humanoid Robots (MHRs) in the county. Humanoid robots are officially a political issue!As far as I know, no other county in the United States has passed legislation on the topic. This received media attention from the local <a href="https://abc7news.com/post/san-mateo-county-california-1st-places-us-pass-r
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