Yesterday’s post discussed an idea that would be a fairly significant shift from our current paradigm. Comparing shifting to tiered launches to this space settlement architecture is like comparing leaving the house five minutes early to getting a car when you previously bike commuted – orders of magnitude more change.... [Read More]

A cool paradigm idea: Tiered priority launches. Think about it – you wouldn’t ship a unique technology prototype the same way you would ship potatoes. There is a spectrum from courier mail (very expensive) to media mail, where they sometimes just lose the package or smash two together and mix... [Read More]

Alright – the last post about visceral incentives for a bit, but I have incredibly strong bipolar feelings about this Playstation advertisement.   On the one hand it engages me and makes me really excited! Who doesn’t want to be a classy, fireball-throwing, raging badass.  On the other hand, it directs... [Read More]

I'm a big fan of entrepreneurial win-win situations and from what I can tell, this indiegogo campaign is one of those: kids get introduced to electronics, people like me get cheap Arduino clones, and the guy running it gets to have his name out there. If you're interested in home... [Read More]

An open question that I’ve been struggling with since the conference: What deep-seated human –need- can space exploration fulfill for a massive number of people? This question is based purely out of selfishness: space exploration fulfills my basic human need for greater meaning and excitement. But it doesn’t do that... [Read More]