# Overview of Material Science Breakthroughs that Unlocked other Breakthroughs * [[Composite Bows]] ### What does done look like * Memo overview of trends and commonalities between different material science breakthroughs * Series of small case studies that try to tease out how they happened in a way that lets you compare and contrast ### Timebox 200 pomodoros ### Geographic Constraints Possibly visiting the labs of [[Top material science departments in the world]] ### Project Dependencies + Amplifiers Possibly complementary with * [[Dig through old hype cycles to see possibilities]] Helped by * [[Map climate as a theme and the possible ecosystem around it]] Helps * [[Look at areas where atom-things are starting to look more like software, identify gaps in that process]] because could give perspectives on where software can lead to material science breakthroughs ### Best Case Scenario * Discover a trend in material science breakthroughs that informs program design * Meet awesome people in material science research who want to become program directors ### 20th Percentile Result Learn some stuff about material science ### Related * [[Materials and manufacturing underpin civilization]] <!-- #list/project-ideas --> [Web URL for this note](http://notes.benjaminreinhardt.com/Overview+of+Material+Science+Breakthroughs+that+Unlocked+other+Breakthroughs) [Comment on this note](http://via.hypothes.is/http://notes.benjaminreinhardt.com/Overview+of+Material+Science+Breakthroughs+that+Unlocked+other+Breakthroughs)