Top of mind

(Updated 26 Nov 2022)

The intention of this page is to serve the function of a /now page - shamelessly stealing the idea of a notes-based now page from the indomitable Andy Matuschak.

Most of my time is spent building the new new institution I outlined in the piece I wrote on building a private ARPA-riff.. (More details soon!)

This entails:

• Finding potential program managers and working with them on the fist steps of §Program Design.
• Working on our first two programs. Specifically Nanomodular Electronics and Molecular Additive Manufacturing
• Finding the money to fund these things.

The nature of trying to create the organization still raises a number of research-y questions: Top of Mind Questions

And of course, I can’t help occasionally durdling around with some other ideas:

• In Defense of Academia
• Research is not a commodity
• We have no good metrics for successful research
• Directly acknowledging alignment and misalignment can be powerful
• Periodic table of research organizations OR Innovation Engineering
• Recording an occasional Idea Machines Podcastas a way to talk to fascinating people and share it with the world.

On the physical front, I’m pretty plateaued on climbing :-/ I’m not quite sure how to break through it — probably need to get a coach.

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