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Should US homebuilders emulate Sweden?
A common sentiment I see with folks interested in improving US homebuilding is that we should try and emulate Sweden.
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How Accurate Are Learning Curves?
We’ve talked several times on this substack (as well as in my book), about the learning curve, the observation that costs of a produced good tend to…
Dec 24, 2025
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Reading List 12/20/25
Tesla’s robotaxi crash reports, a fusion startup merger, the decline of US injection molding, Wyoming’s snow fences, and more
Dec 20, 2025
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How Bell Labs Won Its First Nobel Prize
Bell Labs, as we’ve noted before, was for years America’s premier industrial research lab.
Dec 18, 2025
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Reading List 12/13/2025
Boom Supersonic’s gas turbine, the reliability of learning curves, a fake bridge collapse, using coal mines for geothermal energy, and more.
Dec 13, 2025
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Stagnant Construction Productivity Is a Worldwide Problem
We’ve spent a lot of time examining the problem of construction productivity in the US — the fact that, across a variety of different metrics…
Dec 11, 2025
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Reading List 12/06/2025
3D printed legos, exploding wire detonators, the David Taylor model basin, multi-point metal forming, and more.
Dec 6, 2025
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Reading List 11/29/25
NIMBYism and aesthetics, defibrillator drones, railway track detonators, a proposed mach-23 space gun, and more.
Nov 29, 2025
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