First it came for electric vehicle companies, and we did nothing. Then it started to swallow the commercial space industry, and we did nothing. Now there are hints of a new target – indoor farming companies. Will it be different this time? Probably not. In fact, it’s the same old story: An emerging technology sector […]
Some emerging technologies are advancing so rapidly that we seem to write about them every week. Artificial intelligence is the most obvious example, as it bleeds into most other sectors, including robotics, smart cities, drug discovery, and the list goes on. Progress around other technologies is so painfully slow – and the eventual payoff debatable […]
Investing in batteries is an easily understood thesis. Electric cars use batteries, and today you see loads of them driving around. Tesla doesn’t just use their own batteries, they also buy them from other manufacturers such as Panasonic and LG Chem. Then, there are all the drones you see flying around, the smartphones in everyone’s […]
One of the most meaningful jobs one can spend their short time on this planet doing is found at the bottom of Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs. It’s putting food on people’s tables. Farming is a difficult way to make a living, and consequently requires a great deal of intelligence to operate a profitable enterprise. Farmers […]
Kingdoms rise and empires fall. It’s the way of things. But will plant-based meats and other alternative proteins created from animal cells in bioreactors or metabolized by microbes in fermentation tanks really replace a Juicy Lucy or Nashville hot chicken? It’s a question we’ve been asking and writing about a lot lately, and not because […]
We used to worry that fast-food companies were hoodwinking us with questionable beef patties and chicken nuggets made from pink goop. Well, looks like fake meat in the form of lab-based food is back on the menu, folks. These days, the hottest green tech food startups are throwing their weight behind cellular agriculture, which is […]
People will often talk about how children are our most important resource. That’s bollocks. Go a few days without water and you’re dead. You don’t have to Google for very long before you find a bunch of depressing statistics about all of the ways our freshwater systems are under pressure. You may remember back in […]
Many people say they enjoy our content because we’re not afraid to speak frankly and call things out. What they’re really saying is that mainstream content doesn’t do that anymore. That’s because everything has become political and people are afraid to speak their minds, despite that it’s often what everyone else is thinking. Even outside […]
We’ve talked before about how the Jack and Jill retail investor types gravitate towards easy-to-understand stories. Jack watching Saturday morning cartoons in his underwear sees a Tesla commercial, followed by an iRobot commercial, and tells Jill they ought to invest some of their self-directed 401K into battery stocks. Jack logs into his brokerage account, plugs […]
Nothing will make you feel more alive than exploring a country with no fences. Rent a Mongolian mule – the Mustang Shineray 150 – in Ulaanbaatar and set off into the most sparsely populated country in the world, trying not to hit any of the five jewels – horses, goats, camels, cows, and sheep – […]