Your open comment on the ability to "be" anywhere reminded me of this really nice way Peter Wang described open source software recently on Lex Fridman's podcast ( see ~3 minutes from here: https://youtu.be/X0-SXS6zdEQ?t=6032 ). Essentially, open source brings talented people together auto-magically in ways you could never pull off intentionally...and then that small amazing group ends up creating software that enables billions of dollars in commerce per day.
That's an interesting way to look at it -- thanks for sharing. 💚 🥃
It certainly removes all kinds of friction (having to get a job somewhere, having to move there pre-remote work, etc) for smart people to work together, and because it's voluntary, you know people are interested and motivated.
It's the "perfect is the enemy of the good" at work here... We're going to keep punching ourselves in the face and helping coal and gas because we can't think ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
I've spent a long time in this space, I've heard all the arguments.. Most of these people just focus on one tiny corner of things and have no idea what it takes to have a reliable power grid that actually makes your lights turn on when you flip the switch.
I used to believe a lot of the same things until I educated myself further on it -- the Rocky Mountain Institute stuff is very seductive, just put wind and solar everywhere and it'll somehow work out...
Agreed, I have to say my favorite initiative in this space has been Bloomberg's effort to shut down Coal, which is indubitably the worse of the power sources (maybe biomass too) and tends to have old and horrible plants, he saves lives and then pushes towards better more modern safer energy choices.
Coal is by far the worst and should be first in line to be cut (also known as the 'Reverse Germany' strategy -- they shut down 25% of the grid that was nuclear and kept the 26% that is coal... 🤦♀️).
Your open comment on the ability to "be" anywhere reminded me of this really nice way Peter Wang described open source software recently on Lex Fridman's podcast ( see ~3 minutes from here: https://youtu.be/X0-SXS6zdEQ?t=6032 ). Essentially, open source brings talented people together auto-magically in ways you could never pull off intentionally...and then that small amazing group ends up creating software that enables billions of dollars in commerce per day.
That's an interesting way to look at it -- thanks for sharing. 💚 🥃
It certainly removes all kinds of friction (having to get a job somewhere, having to move there pre-remote work, etc) for smart people to work together, and because it's voluntary, you know people are interested and motivated.
Intersting and a bit painful on the hydro powerline. I kind of wonder if MA and NY are trying to make costs go up to increase the adoption of Solar.
Solar's great, but not a replacement for hydro.
I didn't say it was a rational strategy :) but there have been huge efforts blocking any new power into MA - gas pipelines, Powerlines, and more.
It's the "perfect is the enemy of the good" at work here... We're going to keep punching ourselves in the face and helping coal and gas because we can't think ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
I've spent a long time in this space, I've heard all the arguments.. Most of these people just focus on one tiny corner of things and have no idea what it takes to have a reliable power grid that actually makes your lights turn on when you flip the switch.
I used to believe a lot of the same things until I educated myself further on it -- the Rocky Mountain Institute stuff is very seductive, just put wind and solar everywhere and it'll somehow work out...
Agreed, I have to say my favorite initiative in this space has been Bloomberg's effort to shut down Coal, which is indubitably the worse of the power sources (maybe biomass too) and tends to have old and horrible plants, he saves lives and then pushes towards better more modern safer energy choices.
Coal is by far the worst and should be first in line to be cut (also known as the 'Reverse Germany' strategy -- they shut down 25% of the grid that was nuclear and kept the 26% that is coal... 🤦♀️).