Many Small Steps for Robots, One Giant Leap for Mankind

A Co-Written Essay with Evan Beard

Many Small Steps for Robots, One Giant Leap for Mankind A Co-Written Essay with Evan Beard Jan 16, 2026 ∙ Paid 168 27 Share Welcome to the 1,179 newly Not Boring people who have joined us our last essay ! Join 256,826 smart, curious folks by subscribing here: Subscribe Hi friends 👋 , Happy Thursday! I am thrilled to bring you not boring world’s first co-written essay (cossay? need something here) with my friend Evan Beard , the co-founder and CEO of Standard Bots . Evan is the perfect person to kick this off. I have known Evan for ~20 years, which is crazy. We went to Duke together, worked at

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