The NIMBY War Against MicronFeb 27
a chip company wants to bring 50,000 jobs to syracuse. but mountains of paperwork, 'endangered bats,' and nimbys from literally california have added years to the timeline
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The Case for Turning Starbase Into a Special Economic Zone
a newly incorporated city on texas' southern tip could become america's portal to space — but we'll never get there under current regulations
Tomas Pueyo
Jun 2, 2025
One of the most potent ideas for actually building things in America again is to create Special Economic Zones (SEZs) — swathes of land that operate free of hostile regulation. The iconic example is Shenzhen, which China made an SEZ in 1980, stripping it of most regulation and allowing market capitalism to run free. As a result, Shenzhen became China's tech capital, a cyberpunk futurescape complete with high-speed rail and one of the world's largest ports.
In February, Tomas Pueyo proposed turning Guantanamo Bay into an American Shenzhen. Now, he's returned to explain why we should lift regulations on Starbase, the newly incorporated Texan city home to SpaceX. We could subsequently transform it into the world's first space portal metropolis — a bustling company town built around future travel to Mars, the moon, and wherever else we dare. Enjoy.
The NIMBY War Against Micron
How Claude (Maybe) Went to WarFeb 24
inside anthropic’s supposed discomfort with a pentagon operation, and why you should probably stop tweeting about it
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The Sound of FuryFeb 23
inside anduril's race to build america's first autonomous fighter jet — and the pentagon's bet that robotic airpower will redefine warfare in the decades to come
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