Chichi Tsai

When sand is unearthed and shifted, its legal and economic status shifts too. Extracted as a cheap resource in one place, it is converted back into land and becomes naturalized as ground and territory in another. Milica Topalović has described this conversion as “alchemy.” Sand’s origin is not what matters, but rather its uptake: sovereignty over... See more

This guide is an objective perspective on origination and challenges of raw materials to a global energy transition, while using the EU definition in the Critical Raw Materials Act (CRMA) as the current market standard for what defines Critical Raw Materials. In doing so, a concrete number of 34 Critical Raw Materials, and 17 Strategic Critical Raw... See more

Cobalt: Essential to the electrification of mobility and the electronics needed for smart devices 2. Copper: Electric conductivity fundamental to renewable energy infrastructure, storage systems and EVs 3. Graphite: Used as the dominant material in battery anodes for its energy density and cost-effectiveness 4. Lithium: Lithium batteries feature... See more

You don’t need every detail up front, but you do need a clear picture of what scale looks like and which questions must be answered at each step to reach it.

On the train ride I repeated this line to myself, your allocation of effort determines your reality . Mastery requires effort sustained over time. The ability to make practice sacred through repetition. It’s the gardener, philosopher, writer, financier, artist, entrepreneur. Our roads, architecture, movies, books, music, everything beautiful in... See more

Although it sometimes seems like waste is inevitable in certain situations, waste is actually the result of design choices. There is no waste in nature, it is a concept we have introduced. From tiny, short-lived products, like crisp packets, all the way up to seemingly permanent structures like buildings and roads, the economy is filled with things... See more