Bloomberg - Are you a robot?
These assumptions built the logic of the monumental state : a model in which infrastructure investment equated to progress, where permanence was synonymous with security, and where long-term certainty was seen as the highest form of public value.
Substack • Infrastructure After Permanence: From Monuments of Certainty….
In the middle of the desert in Saudi Arabia right now, someone is probably thinking, “Maybe a 105-mile-long skyscraper wasn’t the best idea.”
They might be right. Neom, Saudi Arabia’s planned futuristic mega-development, is hitting some bumps on its road to completion. Engineers, architects, and executives face mounting costs and impossible tasks... See more
They might be right. Neom, Saudi Arabia’s planned futuristic mega-development, is hitting some bumps on its road to completion. Engineers, architects, and executives face mounting costs and impossible tasks... See more
☕ TikTok vs. Uncle Sam
In 2018, as Elon was still choosing the launch site for what would become the largest rocket ever built, he said:
Since then, the damage to our natural ecosystem has been well documented. Before SpaceX... See more
“Most likely it's going to happen at our Brownsville location because we've got a lot of land with nobody around, and so if it blows up, it's cool.”
Since then, the damage to our natural ecosystem has been well documented. Before SpaceX... See more