Nov 4, 2023
Readers, happy to be back in your inbox with the 29th issue of the White Pill, the hard tech, space, energy, engineering newsletter GOAT. This week’s email is a banger. It features a recently proposed, shocking new theory about the Earth’s mantle by seismologists, several developments in the technology, engineering, and computing section that will convince you that the future really is starting to look like the future, a mini-review of the amazing new HBO sci-fi series Scavenger’s Reign, and more.
Ok, let’s get to it.
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
tipping culture has gone insane, and the ipads now ask for more money almost everywhere. how the hell did we get here and when will it stop?