I’m in DC during Chinese President Xi Jinping’s state visit to our capital Reflecting on China’s weather modification project, I read an article by an English science journalist recently that wrote: “China's willingness to invest billions in a quixotic, doomed plan to create a permanent river in the sky reveals the lengths it is willing to go to to engineer its way out of a climate crisis.” I’ll reserve any more beleaguered criticism of the lowly aspirations of the modern British psyche than this qualifying preamble. The important observation is what can be read through the lines of the quote. China has string of crises: water scarcity, crop failure, flooding, hail, typhoons. America has responded to the same crises by restricting water use on the Colorado River, which harms farmers and cattlemen and developers and endangered ecosystems. We raise insurance rates. We are trying to solve a physical problem with financial and regulatory solutions. China’s solution is physical; they are engineering their weather and destiny. Though their plan seems “quixotic”, their aspiration is mighty: to make a permanent river in the sky. Much could be said of the billions invested formerly quixotic American technologies such as fission, rocketry, AI. Much is still said of fusion, or Dyson spheres. But we should aspire to harness the power of stars, big and small alike. Before then, we should at least consider aspirational projects like harnessing the weather above and around us.

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Today we are proud to announce our $100M Series B. With this fresh round of capital we will hire the best researchers and scale our operations to build Rainmaker into the world’s foremost lab for weather modification and atmospheric science. By 2030, 40% of global water demand will go unmet. The most vital, critical resource for life on our planet will, within three years, be unavailable to nearly half of the people and places that need it. Yet, at any given moment, the atmosphere holds enough water to meet annual global demand three times over. If only we could look up … and bring that water down. For more, read @ADoricko’s announcement below, and enjoy footage from Rainmaker’s summer research deployment in Alaska, shot on beautiful 16mm film.

Rainmaker has raised $100M to become the world’s best lab for weather modification and atmospheric science. Thank you @noavctech @upfrontvc @DCVC @lowercarbon @DreamVenturesVC and other visionary partners. We are aggressively hiring and scaling our research org to create a flywheel of atmospheric data collection, synthesis, understanding, and intervention. We will solve the weather and we will set the stage for the terraformation of Earth. More in my essay below.

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Treat Pain as Information, Not as a Reason to Quit I reposted @USSOCOM today. They said, "As our forces continue to operate globally to deter adversaries and degrade and destroy terrorist networks, their courage and sacrifice continue to inspire our commitment to serve with strength, purpose, and resolve." Their post reminded me of something I wrote in "Blasting Through." Here it is: In special operations, mindset is essential. You will get hurt. You will be cold, exhausted, hungry, and in pain. The question isn't whether you can avoid discomfort. You can't. The question is whether you can continue to function effectively despite discomfort, whether you can treat pain as information rather than as a reason to quit.

You have to measure the atmosphere to understand it! Awesome meeting @realshannonwong irl with the OG Gundo Angel, @sthenc More soon… ✈️ 📡🌎