A Golden Age of Building? Excerpts and lessons from Empire State, Pentagon, Skunk Works and SpaceX — LessWrong
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Patrick Collison has a fantastic list of examples of people quickly accomplishing ambitious things together since the 19th Century. It does make you…
x A Golden Age of Building? Excerpts and lessons from Empire State, Pentagon, Skunk Works and SpaceX — LessWrong Bureaucracy Planning & Decision-Making Progress Studies World Modeling World Optimization Curated 188 A Golden Age of Building? Excerpts and lessons from Empire State, Pentagon, Skunk Works and SpaceX by Bird Concept 1st Sep 2023 29 min read 26 188 Patrick Collison has a fantastic list of examples of people quickly accomplishing ambitious things together since the 19th Century. It does make you yearn for a time that feels... different, when the lethargic behemoths of government depa
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