Benjamin Tincq

GLP-1 agonists weren’t designed to reduce cravings for alcohol, opioids, nicotine, etc. but that side effect will have many social benefits

Human civilization as we know it might depend on finding a drug that similarly reduces cravings for social-media-derived dopamine

12.04.2025 13:57 — 👍 10    🔁 1    💬 1    📌 0

The DOGE Brain Drain Has Begun It’s not just jobs cut and agencies gutted. It’s the talent that will be lost for generations to come.

if I were Europe I'd be doing a crash university buildout right now. a whole bunch of top US academics can be had at pennies on the dollar www.thebulwark.com/p/the-doge-b...

19.02.2025 15:44 — 👍 1287    🔁 216    💬 51    📌 36

New post! Frequently Asked Questions about US Government Funding for R&D.
Short answers in the thread, longer answers at the link in the replies.

20.02.2025 14:03 — 👍 27    🔁 13    💬 1    📌 1

The one you can see from space in Morocco is insane

Limestone > conveyor belt > ocean

30.01.2025 21:02 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

My annual decarbonization presentation is here.

200 slides, covering everything from water levels in Lake Gatún to sulfur dioxide emissions to ESG fund flows to Chinese auto exports to artificial intelligence. www.nathanielbullard.com/presentations

30.01.2025 12:28 — 👍 701    🔁 223    💬 39    📌 70

I end up talking to a lot of founders where their technology involves somehow solving like 3-5 fundamental challenges at once and it ends up sounding like a Rube Goldberg machine.

New tech doesn’t work like that. Solving one challenge is hard enough. Do that well, and then maybe take on a 2nd one.

03.01.2025 02:55 — 👍 37    🔁 2    💬 4    📌 2

🔥 Beyond human: OpenAI’s o3 wake up call A reasoning breakthrough arrives months - not years - after its predecessor. Here's why we need to talk

Some thoughts on OpenAI’s remarkable results with o3

www.exponentialview.co/p/beyond-hum...

21.12.2024 10:39 — 👍 7    🔁 1    💬 1    📌 1

Read the review version and it the final report has similar numbers it’s actually not that bad!

It will likely amplify the message that geothermal has been massively underinvested and deserves more attention

13.12.2024 06:42 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Extremely optimistic about the future of geothermal!

Planning to launch or a few co’s with Marble — reach out!

Congrats @timlatimer.bsky.social and the Fervo team for leading the way in next-gen geothermal!

13.12.2024 06:39 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Introducing Griddle 0.2.0: the American update!

Now featuring an "easy mode" that narrows the pool of possible countries from 176 to 57 recognizable by a majority of Americans. Also new: an early version of a US States gamemode!

Check it out: jmelville.science/griddle/

More updates to come...

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24.11.2024 11:16 — 👍 31    🔁 6    💬 4    📌 2

Northvolt chief resigns a day after battery maker collapses into bankruptcy Europe’s best-funded start-up raised $15bn but was left with just $30mn in cash

Many takes lamenting downfall of Northvolt pinning the blame on EU policy. Wrong!

Northvolt received billions € in support and had signed offtakes! It's downfall is a textbook case of mismanagement through poor financial discipline and overstretching.

www.ft.com/content/773f...

22.11.2024 16:15 — 👍 31    🔁 10    💬 4    📌 3

What can we do as individuals for climate?
A recent review propose 6 types of action: how we eat, move, use energy in homes, buy products. "Citizenship", "Influence" refer to how we can have a larger impact. How we vote, talk about climate, engage with our communities, choose our jobs, or invest.

18.11.2024 18:56 — 👍 18    🔁 7    💬 5    📌 0