Michael Mettler

@annasofialesiv this is awesome!! super excited to read

I’ve been working on a new series at Humba! Each month, I will be publishing a profile on how leading companies across energy, manufacturing, and industrials navigate the frictions of building in the physical world, and how new technologies make the leap from idea to reality.

@annasofialesiv Yesssss! Congrats!!

@Ben_Reinhardt @jasoncrawford Ah, interesting. That makes sense!

@mettler @jasoncrawford Structure of scientific revolutions is awesome but the opposite of data-driven. In fact, one of the reasons for an extensive catalogue is to be able to evaluate Kuhn's model. Right now our entire understanding of the technoscientific system is anecdata and aggregates.

Has anybody done an ontology of science and technology? Like systematically go through and write down stuff like - How long did it take? - How much did it cost? - Why did people work on it? - Who was involved? etc. Obviously it's fractal but it would be better than nothing.

@Ben_Reinhardt @jasoncrawford Or @_brianpotter

@Ben_Reinhardt @jasoncrawford might know? Also maybe check out en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Struc…

If we want to keep making lots of batteries, we'll need to 3x graphite supply by 2030. Darren is working on it: medium.com/catalyst-clima… Get in touch if you want to help build this

Applications for the second cohort of the Brains Research Accelerator are now open! 1/

@AdamDraper @BoostVC Love it. @CJHandmer @DanielleFong @bscholl @samcalisch plus a few more who aren’t on here, depending on exactly what you’re looking for

I’m starting the @BoostVC podcast back up. Interviewing for deep tech and underdogs. Let me know if you know someone I should interview.

@sarah_cone I’m deep into water! Would love to join.

Also, if you're deeeeeep into water or cement let me know and I'll invite you into the group chats.

I'm deeeeeep into water & cement at the moment. Water is the #1 most used product in the world. Cement is the #2 most used product in the world. The scale is mind-blowing. Scale is on another level when you're in these two markets.

@DanielleFong Putting the party back into party round

so, one of my (lovely) existing investors wants to put in more money in advance of an intended big priced round. he's trying to figure out what actual tangible advantages there are to putting the money in now vs later when it actually prices. we raised everything on an MFN safe with no cap and no discount, like the back half of the YC standard deal. i'm explaining "well it's second order advantages, we're putting money to work, and for most they're getting to invest in a round and at terms where they wouldn't otherwise have a chance, yada yada" finally i'm like, well, also we can throw you a party. we'll do demos and put live AI art and maybe even demo some AI music through my soundsystem. feel really proud of myself -- yeah that should be interesting. also lots of his friends could be investors but i just realized, it is possible that by the terms of the MFN, I will be obligated to throw *all* of my investors a party. some sort of lightcell buffettpalloza

@Ben_Reinhardt @dystopiabreaker Also maybe fusion in the ground too nature.com/articles/srep3…

@dystopiabreaker And a giant fission reactor in the ground ...

if god wanted us to have energy abundance, there would be an immense fusion reactor in the sky that is visible every single day if you look up

@TheRobVillegas @RotorVault Sure! Send me some info? I’m mettler at gmail.

@mettler Would you like to connect and discuss what we're up to with @RotorVault

Who wants to build a nuclear subterrene? sgp.fas.org/othergov/doe/l… If so, hit me up

BREAKING: XB-1 has completed its second flight at the Mojave Air & Space Port in CA. XB-1 retracted and extended its landing gear for the first time and successfully demonstrated a new digital stability augmentation system. We continue to target year-end for supersonic flight. boomsupersonic.com/flyby/xb-1-com…

@GBruhaug Paging @CJHandmer

Ok last time I posted a thread about making antimatter, now let's talk about using it in a rocket! Antimatter rocket concepts cover the full gamut in performance from launchers off Earth to interstellar speed machines and everything in between! 1/22

@annasofialesiv Absolutely! It occupies such a large place in my brain (and on my bookshelf) to this day

the SLE curriculum is the gift that keeps on giving

@d_gershenson True! But maybe less of a loss? :)

@mettler Bond yields are still higher so they're lending at a loss

Can someone explain how auto financing terms can be 0.9% APR for 36mo when the Fed rate is 5%+? Are banks just losing money on the loan and making it up elsewhere?

I’ve been waiting years for this moment. When we left the dentist today, our kid asked what time it was, and it was exactly 2:30

@jasonjoyride @pronounced_kyle @RadiantNuclear I had a a professor who called triso fuel “poppy seeds” and it’s stuck in my head ever since american-bagel-company.com/wp-content/upl…

@pronounced_kyle @RadiantNuclear TRISO fuel is awesome

The future of Nuclear looks nothing like the past: big, expensive, and stationary — instead it may be: small, mass-produced, and mobile. @RadiantNuclear for Episode 48 of S³