I’m currently on a tour in Dubai and had a small but frustrating issue recently that made me think about how dependent everyday finances are on access and timing. I needed to confirm my FAB bank balance over the weekend to manage some routine expenses, but the branch I usually visit was closed...
The recent drops in Nasdaq and Bitcoin highlight the risks of highly inflated markets, but it’s hard to know if this is the start of a full-scale collapse or just a correction. Grantham’s warning about a “superbubble” across multiple asset classes is worth considering, especially with the Fed...
I think SDLs are a natural next step for materials research. Letting AI and robots handle repetitive experiments frees researchers to focus on ideas and analysis, while also improving reproducibility. The funding gap is hard to ignore...if the U.S. wants to stay competitive, SDLs need to be...
In a closed system you can’t favor or add to Newton’s third law. Action and reaction always cancel out, so counter-rotation or internal flows can only redistribute torque or improve efficiency, not create extra force or net propulsion. Any increase still comes from input energy, not from...
Good write-up. I agree with the core point that the F-35 can’t really be “copied” in the traditional sense. Even if someone got hold of a relatively intact jet, they’d still be missing the manufacturing processes, software, materials, and the whole support ecosystem that actually make it effective
