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The Past and Present of Computer-Augmented Hypothesis Generation
Don Swanson’s career started on a path familiar to many who read this blog. A BA in Physics from CalTech in 1945. A Ph.D. in Theoretical Physics from UC…
Aug 10
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Eric Gilliam
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Corin Wagen
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July 2023
An Alternative Approach to Deep Tech VC
Marrying early YC's goals with systems from the mid-20th C. deep tech pipeline
Jul 13
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Eric Gilliam
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May 2023
How Recent Innovation in Jiu-jitsu Helps Us Think About OpenAI’s Future
Check out my guest post for the ChinaTalk Substack on recent innovation in the sport of jiu-jitsu and how it can help us think about OpenAI’s future. In…
May 26
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Eric Gilliam
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Math and Physics’ Divorce, Poetry, and the Scientific Slowdown
An alternative hypothesis to the 'burden of knowledge' theory of the slowdown
May 25
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Eric Gilliam
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Thomas Edison, Technical Entrepreneur
My piece in Works in Progress
May 23
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Eric Gilliam
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April 2023
Tales of Edison's Lab
Listen now (57 mins) | What was it truly like inside the great man's lab?
Apr 25
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Eric Gilliam
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Bonus: More details on how Bell Labs operated
This was initially a section of my larger Bell Labs post. It would have come between the “Freedom comes in many forms” and “The mobile phone system…
Apr 20
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Eric Gilliam
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How did places like Bell Labs know how to ask the right questions?
Alternative Title: Why all applied research organizations should hire a Bell-style systems engineer
Apr 20
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Eric Gilliam
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January 2023
A Report on Scientific Branch-Creation: How the Rockefeller Foundation helped bootstrap the field of molecular biology
This piece is noticeably longer (twice the length) than the others on this Substack. This is because 1) it is a practically-oriented historical…
Jan 12
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Eric Gilliam
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December 2022
What would you like to know about how the new science orgs are run?
Hey Team! As you know, a lot of what I do is outline the details of how scientific systems and research institutes of the past worked. Tomorrow,…
Dec 12, 2022
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Eric Gilliam
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Update: What is FreakTakes "about"?
I’ve finally updated the “About” section of this Substack. For months and months, I put it off because I was so busy working a job and writing at night…
Dec 5, 2022
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Eric Gilliam
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Update: What is FreakTakes "about"?
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November 2022
How fast can a bureaucracy grow in a government scientific department?
Also: why the ‘burden of knowledge’ might be more of a social problem than a knowledge problem
Nov 22, 2022
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Eric Gilliam
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