May 20, 2023
Readers: it’s the sixth issue of The White Pill, our weekly roundup of evocative, fun, mind-melting new developments in space, engineering, medicine, tech, and science.
Included in this week’s issue is a new recurring feature, the White Pill Investment Index, where we’ll catalog investment deals in companies developing future-forward products and services. It’ll take up the “lead story” spot in this issue, so check it out below.
the real chokepoint in the ai race is power, and elon is betting he can generate power in space faster than our glacial bureaucracy will allow down here on earth
this week, two leading betting platforms upped the ante in their blood feud by surprising broke new yorkers with free groceries. how did we get here?
I spoke with 21 billionaires about california’s unprecedented asset seizure ballot proposition. here: their plans to leave, their efforts to fight back, and the future of tech in california