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(Updated 2024-05-26) 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 runningSpeculative Technologies — an industrial lab for public goods that runs programs and FROs to unlock materials and manufacturing technologies that don’t have a home in other institutions. This entails: Doing a vast array of things for the Brains Program (helping people start Coordinated research programs) Fundraising and advocating for Spectech’s research programs Trying to…

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