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Michael Polanyi

The investment thesis behind Anduril

April 12, 2021 Eric Lofgren 2

Here’s Katherine Boyle from General Catalyst talking on the Venture Stories podcast about her rationale being funding Anduril in the early days: Anduril’s a company […]

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The reason bureaucratic planning doesn’t resolve weapons risk

February 12, 2021 Eric Lofgren 0

Navy leaders have known for a very long time about what chemist and philosopher Michael Polanyi called “tacit knowledge,” or knowledge that is difficult to […]

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Marc Andreessen says it’s time to build. But what’s standing in the way?

April 22, 2020 Eric Lofgren 4

Medical equipment and financial conduits involve no rocket science whatsoever. At least therapies and vaccines are hard! Making masks and transferring money are not hard. […]

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Zuckerberg wisely advocates big bets on tools and people, not outputs

December 20, 2019 Eric Lofgren 0

The government is the largest and most important funder of science, but the grants tend to be very spread out across a lot of people. […]

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The R&D slowdown and how to return to a society of explorers

September 3, 2019 Eric Lofgren 0

The discussion about whether or not progress in science and technology is slowing down could greatly benefit from a thorough reading of Michael Polanyi’s 1966 […]

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