Lucas Kohorst
DIY Geoengineering
The text outlines a DIY approach to geoengineering, specifically using weather balloons to release reflective particles, aiming to reduce Earth's temperature and combat climate change.
by Luke Iseman
Copy of Emergent Ventures Application
Who am I? I’m a 25 year old writer from London, mostly writing on Samstack (at samstack.io), focusing on social science, Effective Altruism, and forecasting. My background is in social science - I did a master’s degree in quantitative political science, and found that a load of the research I wa...
Emergent Ventures
Emergent Ventures Prompt The proposal should consist of a proposal no longer than 1500 words. You may also attach supplementary materials, but we will read the proposal first and it must stand on its own. The first part of the proposal should be about you. Tell us your personal story, and how i...
forecasting.pdf
- As desire for single-origin coffees spread, shops would sell 10 or even 20 different coffees. With only two or three brewed coffees for sale, café goers wouldn’t be able to sample most of the offerings
from How pour-over coffee got good - Works in Progress by Nick Whitaker
- The solar panel is wizardry manifest. It literally prints energy from free shit that falls out of the sky.
from Solar will get too cheap to connect to the power grid. by Ben James
Memo on search (August 2022)
This document is meant to summarize the thoughts I had about search and related topics in August 2022. I think that this space is interesting and I can see glimmers of a product that I want to spend all of my time in (as a user!) but I can’t seem to locate the real value of the tool or a strategy to achieve it.
- The precision that makes them so theoretically useful is itself a curse for their liquidity, so prediction market evangelists should welcome all new traders with open arms.
from Let there be flow - Tanner Hoke by Tanner Hoke
