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Synthesis: Intelligence Is Expensive

Synthesis: Intelligence Is Expensive

We've traveled from the compute ceiling to Landauer's limit, from the brain's 20 watts to organoid wetware, from neuromorphic chips to nuclear plants to fusion dreams, from tungsten mines to reversible computing. Now let's pull it together. What have we learned about

Reversible Computing: Escaping Landauer

Reversible Computing: Escaping Landauer

We've talked about Landauer's limit—the thermodynamic floor on computation that says every bit erased releases heat. At room temperature, that's about 2.8 × 10⁻²¹ joules per bit. Tiny, but non-negotiable. Physics doesn't care about your engineering. But there's a

Fusion Dreams: Tokamaks Meet Training Runs

Fusion Dreams: Tokamaks Meet Training Runs

"Fusion is thirty years away, and always has been." This joke has circulated among physicists for decades. It captures the field's history of perpetual promise and perpetual delay. Since the 1950s, fusion—the process that powers the sun—has been "almost ready" for commercial

Tungsten and the Chip Supply Chain

Tungsten and the Chip Supply Chain

The compute ceiling isn't just about energy. It's also about stuff—the physical materials that go into making chips. And one of the most critical, least discussed materials is tungsten. Tungsten is everywhere in semiconductors. It's in the interconnects that wire transistors together. It&

Fire and Cooking: The First Energy Revolution

Fire and Cooking: The First Energy Revolution

Around two million years ago, our ancestors did something no other species had done: they harnessed fire. This wasn't just a convenience. It wasn't just warmth and protection from predators. Fire was humanity's first energy technology, and it changed everything—including our bodies. The

Why Eating Less Extends Life: The Science of Caloric Restriction

Why Eating Less Extends Life: The Science of Caloric Restriction

Series: Longevity Science | Part: 5 of 7 Primary Tag: FRONTIER SCIENCE Keywords: caloric restriction, intermittent fasting, mTOR, AMPK, sirtuins, longevity, metabolism In 1935, a nutritionist at Cornell named Clive McCay reported something remarkable. Rats fed a diet with 30-40% fewer calories than normal lived significantly longer—up to 50% longer

The Energy of Civilization

The Energy of Civilization

Every leap in human capacity has been an energy leap. Fire. Agriculture. Coal. Oil. Electricity. Nuclear. Each transition expanded what humanity could do—not through cleverness alone, but through access to more power. The story of civilization is, in large part, the story of energy. This series traces that history