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Notes on Space GPUs
John Collison and I just interviewed Elon . The interview was recorded before we knew that SpaceX was acquiring xAI, so the fact that our first topic was space GPUs now feels all the more relevant. As I was preparing to interview Elon, I put together some notes and a spreadsheet to help me think through orbital datacenters. I turned those notes into this blog post. Even if orbital data centers don’t make sense yet, in the long run the singularity is clearly moving into space. Earth interce...
Hiring scouts to help me find guests
My main bottleneck is finding excellent guests. So, I’m hiring a couple part time scouts to help me find the next David Reich/Sarah Paine/Adam Brown. $100/hour, fully remote, work hours are flexible - I expect it’ll be 5-10 hours a week. Ideal candidate is maybe a grad student, or a post doc, or working in one of the fields I wanna find guests in. I’m looking for people who are really plugged into some discipline and have high taste. Beyond just scouting guests, I’ll want...
What I've been reading recently - Jan 10, 2026
I was recently chatting with a friend who has a similar job to mine. We were talking about how even though our jobs are fundamentally about learning about stuff, our time so easily gets sucked up by other things. So to hold myself accountable, I’m gonna try to publish a blog post every two weeks or so where I explain what I’ve been reading. Max Hodak’s theory of consciousness I’m totally gonna butcher this - please excuse. If you wanna get the real deal, go check out his ...