Graphene Wire blogger now authoring on Moomoo
Years before any offer of employment with $Intel (INTC.US)$, I had started a blog to compile all the research I could find from academics and professional scientists on the material science properties of graphene. I cited the sources, included direct quotations from the experts, and summarized the key points in each blog. Graphene has astoundingly many capabilities at the nano-dimensional level: from filtration to thermal insulation to 3D printed circuitry. Graphene, I theorized, would be "extremely important" for new battery technology while electronic gadgetry is pushing the boundaries of getting smaller, incorporating solar. Doing more with fewer watts, (and in hotter global temperatures!) running fewer joules per second would be essential.
What companies are really taking advantage of graphene today, more than 12 years into the "futures" from my blog*?
My small portfolio, 12 years ago had started a minuscule position in a graphene R & D company, but that investment got prematurely cut off from any gains. A big, ugly and vague concoction of wannabe "hedged" investors with a generic name crushed its value. Then it removed the graphene company from the public market entirely.
What could I do? Me: a Native American, woman, science-minded, underemployed "independent" consultant -- who do you think was forced to take all the losses on her already below poverty-line income 12 years ago? As you can see by the dates on the blog, I kind of lost interest in the blog after I joined Intel.
And yet, 4 years without Intel, we get reminded again that college dropout CEOs and hedge funds' actions are the reason 3D (non-printed) shrubs and hedges are this year getting "literally" washed away. Note that as a professional technical writer, I use the word "literal" sparingly. It means "as in a literal interpretation, not metaphorically" --hedges, shrubs, houses, bridges and cars all getting washed away.
More GANN Stanley blowing fake aloha breezes into the stock of college dropout CEO results in shrubs at purportedly flood-safe altitudes in the mountains getting catastrophically washed away.
A scientifically-minded person would note: nothing is "hedged" securely in a disaster. Nobody would ever be able to acquire enough insurance to protect themselves against the CEO whose insatiable spending wasted 543 percent of the Hurricane Helene disaster totals in a mere timespan of two hours. Imagine 5 Hurricane Helene disasters all hitting the Eastern seaboard in 2 hours, and that is a peek of the destruction ahead for folks way too invested in an empty software application run by a college dropout.
Let's get the Internet of Science running again. Save the Internet Archive.
*mostly unproofed, "information is organized data", never monetized, research-oriented
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Tonyco : Interesting article, but the ultimate point seems vague. You jump around the pitfalls of billionaire CEOs, which I agree with. For example, META wasted how many billions on "Second Life 2"? Overpriced garbage company with dying userbase replenished with fake accounts (and no accountability in user metric reports, literally using the honor system lol)..
However, 3D printing really is revolutionary, and if things are being "washed away," it is due to the fiscal policies of red states like North Carolina defunding their tax system. This results in very old and inferior infrastructure.
Remember Hurricane Katrina? Same deal - eventually, society pays the price of Boomer's greed.
Where 3d printing comes in, is in relief efforts:
Tonyco : As far as AI is concerned, which you seem to think is overblown (I think?) , it isn't a mechanism for mass displacement.
It's a mechanism for opportunities and efficiency that can and will help our lives. For example, comments in one of the videos talking about tech worklife and pay you linked: A person making that kind of money for that joke of a job? Cut the fat! Companies without resources of the giant corpos can save alot from bad actors leeching off "tech jobs" and their inflated salaries.
Coding is going to AI, too, and good! I think coders have long felt deep down their inflated 6 figure salaries are probably not justified. Most programmers I've interacted with tell me they spend most their time fucking off on the internet or playing video games st work.
AI has helped me reach +700% returns in this, my first year, in trading stocks. It's not making my choices for me, but able to navigate the internet and respond to my questions.
Like any tools, it will be both good and bad. As a society, we must make sure to limit the bad and amplify the benefits.
You seem more aware than your peers, but like you, I'm not gonna give free passes. I have reasons for my beliefs, and one of those remains: until Boomer (Gen X might as well be boomers, regardless they don't vote or care) influence is gone, humanity will suffer.