Splitting Infinity

Links #28

Chase's annual opinions on solar, an AI deluge, and more.

Oct 24 • 

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Currency as an information system

On cryptocurrencies, why currency is information, and why it feels alienating.

Oct 17 • 

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Understanding fiat currency

A monopoly on violence makes for better currency.

Oct 13 • 

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Understanding physical currency

Part of a series on money.

Oct 10 • 

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September 2025

RL-as-a-Service will outcompete AGI companies (and that's good)

Hyping up a safer way to develop AI.

Sep 8 • 

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Links #27

Fixing pain in the brain, startup for clean industrial heat, solar takes off in Africa, and much more.

Sep 4 • 

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August 2025

Links #26

Hybrid planes for ubiquitous air travel, will prosperity bring community, high-variance management, and more.

Aug 14 • 

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Net zero, part 5: Stopping climate change

Recapping the series, an international treaty, and some asides.

Aug 8 • 

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July 2025

Links #25

New drugs and ending heart disease, population peaking sooner than we thought, and more.

Jul 24 • 

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Net zero part 4: agriculture

Ag's climate impacts are complicated but look surmountable.

Jul 11 • 

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Net zero, part 3: production

Point source capture and cleantech works for most things. Ammonia isn't one of them.

Jul 7 • 

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Net zero, part 2: transport

$100/ton DAC raises prices a little, clean tech can fix that.

Jul 4 • 

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