Energy & AI are everything

Well almost everything. With abundant sustainable energy and safe AI the world (and the solar system) is our oyster. We've heard it said by dreamers and techno-crazies that the future has amazing potential. We'll be zooming around in flying cars, cancer will be cured, we'll water the deserts. Is this true? I'm going to go …

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Elon Musk. Alien, crazy or inevitable?

I’m frequently amused by the surprise shown in many quarters concerning Musk’s capabilities, project choices, eccentricities, origin and wealth. As an Elon Musk-type wannabe (with no billion dollar war chest), I’m actually surprised it’s taken this long to get Elon Musk. Really? Yes! Because, my argument is that, without taking anything away from Elon Musk, …

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Lack of faith in Tesla always was irrational

We’ve been touting Tesla as the next best thing since sliced bread on this site for most of the year now, and privately for around 5 years, and, well, we got it right. The doubting always was irrational. Musk’s Tesla and SpaceX were clear leaders in EVs and sustainable energy and reusable aerospace. Even Tesla’s …

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Tesla’s Battery Day should scare the pants off every other vehicle maker

Fickle and shorting investors have led to a 15%-ish drop in TSLA share price after Elon Musk’s much delayed September 22nd 2020 Battery Day where he announced a 3-year plan to tweak & implement five new battery technology & manufacturing innovations. It should have been cause for celebration. And it will as longer-term commentators and …

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Why will Tesla end up with a multi-trillion $ market cap?

Anyone following Tesla would be aware of the controversy in valuing this company (currently around $150B), putting aside the coronavirus fears for a moment which we all hope will be temporary of course. With bulls like Catherine Wood's Ark Invest quoting an incredible $2.7T within four years and the bears and shorts predicting bankruptcy only …

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Can technology save the world?

You never change things by fighting the existing reality. To change something, build a new model that makes the existing model obsolete.Buckminster Fuller Sometimes I feel that the world has gone mad. When technologists and futurists and investors like you and me can see the solutions starring us in the face . . and nobody …

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