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Cargo airships could be big
A capital-intensive, high-risk way to revolutionize global commerce
Eli Dourado
Jan 30
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Heretical thoughts on AI
Robert Solow quipped, “You can see the computer age everywhere but in the productivity statistics.” What if AI is the same way? What if it changes…
Eli Dourado
Jan 19
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February 2022
Going deep with Quaise
As we drill into the earth from the surface, we travel through layers of sedimentary cover and eventually hit basement rock. Basement rock is ancient…
Eli Dourado
Feb 8, 2022
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July 2021
The state of next-generation geothermal energy
What would we do with abundant energy? I dream of virtually unlimited, clean, dirt-cheap energy, but lately, we have been going in the wrong direction…
Eli Dourado
Jul 6, 2021
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January 2021
I vote for a different voting system
Can a change in the voting system save our country? Start with a simple electoral model: two strong, instrumentally rational parties; one dimension of…
Eli Dourado
Jan 12, 2021
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December 2020
Notes on technology in the 2020s
As we start a new decade, it’s a good time to reflect on expectations for the next 10 years. Tyler thinks the Great Stagnation could be ending. Caleb…
Eli Dourado
Dec 31, 2020
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January 2020
The Space Launch System is part of a swamp that needs to be drained
For my first post at CGO’s Benchmark blog, I chose to write about the Space Launch System, the rocket that Boeing and other military contractors are…
Eli Dourado
Jan 30, 2020
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October 2019
2020 could be the year Bitcoin's fee market is put to the test
In a few decades when the reward gets too small, the transaction fee will become the main compensation for nodes. I’m sure that in 20 years there will…
Eli Dourado
Oct 2, 2019
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September 2019
How do we move the needle on progress?
This summer, Patrick Collison and Tyler Cowen called for a new science of progress. Let’s study, they say, “the combination of economic, technological…
Eli Dourado
Sep 26, 2019
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August 2019
The dawn of the age of geoengineering
Let’s be honest. The world’s governments might not coordinate to stop climate change. Between bickering over which country is paying the bill, the fact…
Eli Dourado
Aug 12, 2019
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January 2018
The case for Ethereum maximalism
So far, three cryptocurrencies—Bitcoin, Ripple, and Ethereum—have hit a market cap of $100B. Notably, they all did so within three months of each other…
Eli Dourado
Jan 8, 2018
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April 2017
Career advice for undergrads
I spent a few days this week at my undergraduate alma mater, Furman University, to participate in a conference at the Riley Institute on national…
Eli Dourado
Apr 13, 2017
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