proud geoengineer. Cooling Earth, 1 balloon at a time. ceo @MakeSunsets, previously director hardware @YCombinator.

oakland, ca
I am convinced AI will lead to utopia. "should I be terrified AGI will destroy us …. Because I am pretty doom and gloom on this right now" - friend from high school. We talked for 2 hours today. Highly recommend doing this yourself.
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Where in America can new homes get permitted and built fastest? And are we getting faster or slower over time? In a new paper with @leonardo_damico and Audrey Wang, we show cities like Raleigh typically *finish* construction before cities like San Francisco even approve it.
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maybe let's do something about this, please?
The Mediterranean just broke its absolute temperature record.
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Studies looking for downsides to solar geoengineering have to *really* reach:
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Meanwhile, in the real world:
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and academics wonder why so many people write them off as disconnected from reality...
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Oakland is Wakanda; it’s just not evenly distributed yet
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“simba cam” at monster truck rally
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so. much. fiberglass!
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I vibecoded a bigass drone for the @darpa challenge. what could go wrong? lukeiseman.substack.com/p/i-…
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almost everything @darpa heavy lift challenge in under 30 seconds, with full videos in-thread. (some missing b/c didn't show or out flying)
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Replying to @DARPA
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flyover at @DARPA heavy lift challenge Tuesday. most entrants stopped working to run out and see:)
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