This week’s news includes: a Chinese plan to build a nuclear reactor on the moon; Noah Smith and Mike Solana arguing that past civilisations’ key to success is emulating them, not inheriting them; a new robotics company releasing a model that can generalise to completely new environments, resembling human behaviour more closely; Argentina’s economy being in good shape under the leadership of the libertarian-leaning presidential candidate, with poverty and inflation being at a lower rate than when he took office; and a study showing that creatine supplements do not cause hair loss, as was previously thought.
The astera residency is advertised at the end of the newsletter, offering residencies of $125-250k for fall 2025 with a focus on creating public goods in the form of Mars terraforming, AI interfaces with brains, and geoengineering, amongst other things.
