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The culture today is toxic. Media reflects it and amplifies it. As a society, we’ve become… Cynical about the motivations of others Simplistic in our thinking about complex issues Certain that we have all the answers Scared of the challenges we face It’s understandable, but unsustainable. And it doesn’t have to be like this. Progress happens when we’re… Curious about new ideas Thoughtful about hard questions Open to considering other perspectives Constructive about the challenges we face In everything we do at Freethink Media, it’s our ethos that makes us different. And it’s our ethos that makes what we do matter. Freethink: A platform for the people and the ideas that are changing the world
Freethink189,364 views • 2 years ago
“This is a system that will enable the sub-thousand dollar ticket from San Francisco to Tokyo in 3.5 hours.” - Astro Mechanica‘s Timestamps: 0:00 - Welcome to Hard Reset 1:18 - Astro Mechanica HQ 2:46 - An affordable, electric plane 3:16 - The tech powering AM 4:25 - A turboelectric, adaptive engine 8:45 - Chaos vs. order 12:15 - Choosing liquified natural gas 14:01 - The hot fire test 15:09 - The toast test 16:39 - A ‘Hard Reset’ on air travel
Freethink62,427 views • 1 year ago
What's holding back the green energy revolution? According to Alec Stapp (Alec Stapp), some of the laws that are put in place to protect people and our natural environment can halt the very innovations that seek to do the same. 0:00 - Mission: decarbonization 1:21 - The barrier to energy infrastructure 2:58 - Adversarial legalism 3:49 - “Significant impact” 5:19 - Permitting reform 7:27 - Building AI infrastructure
Freethink47,817 views • 1 year ago
Casey Handmer (Casey Handmer) and Terraform Industries are making cheap, synthetic, natural gas out of thin air. Timestamps 0:00 - Welcome to Hard Reset 1:16 - Meet Casey Handmer 3:06 - A cheaper kind of fuel 6:13 - Casey’s plan 7:08 - The terraformer 8:27 - The carbon capture system 10:50 - The power of methane 12:16 - An inefficient process 13:50 - Terraform Industries’ next step
Freethink34,482 views • 1 year ago
What if we connected a ‘delivery tube’ to every home? That’s the idea behind Pipedream Labs - a logistics company that is trying to replace big, inefficient delivery trucks with robots and tunnels. 00:00 – This is a tube that grants wishes 01:48 – Welcome to Hard Reset 03:23 – Follow us to Pipedream Labs in Austin, Texas 04:02 – Building a city-wide network of tubes 04:55 – Pipedream Labs’ prototype graveyard 06:30 – Last-mile logistics is expensive and car-dependant 09:16 – Pipedream could make mail delivery safer 09:51 – The engineering problems with Pipedream 11:30 – How Pipedream is testing tube tech in Georgia 12:55 – Here’s how these pipes are installed 14:30 – Pipedream’s in-house prototype of this tech 17:50 – Pipedream’s long-term plan
Freethink23,925 views • 1 year ago
Why the future of pharma is off-planet Varda Space Industries Will Bruey 00:00 A live conversation with Will Bruey 02:20 The Varda future 06:19 A history of human space travel 08:27 Drug development in space 11:33 The Varda culture 17:26 Retrieving from orbit 20:08 The Varda capsule 24:05 Pharma in space
Freethink20,156 views • 1 year ago
What if we had a thermostat for the climate? Make Sunsets luke iseman Andrew Song 0:00 Sunblock for the planet? 1:00 LOL, but for real though 1:09 Inspired by Neal Stephenson 2:10 A two man startup 2:40 Balloons and Sulfur Dioxide = a surprising solution 3:17 Legos! 3:29 Reflecting the sun, like volcanoes 4:20 So2 from maritime shipping has already proven to cool the surface 4:53 But it's the wrong way to do this 5:19 The right way to do it 5:50 But what about acid rain? 6:10 Putting it in perspective 6:55 How to DIY terraform 7:56 Taking measurements 8:40 Leave a comment if you get Nick's reference here 8:45 The computer 9:12 Launching a balloon 9:45 The lack of data 10:31 Is this really controversial? 11:20 Yes, this is actually legal 11:59 The morality of geoengineering 13:04 How to scale 14:18 Is this the solution we want? 15:10 Risks 15:35 The real question 16:29 Best and worst case scenarios 16:59 Termination Shock
Freethink14,773 views • 1 year ago
Why is the news cynical, simplistic, certain, and scared? And how do we fix it? Freethink Media co-founder Chandler Tuttle proposes a way forward at the Roots of Progress Institute conference. Timestamps: 0:00 - Modern media 1:00 - What’s wrong with the news? 2:29 - Fundamental questions 8:14 - A new definition 12:22 - Cynical, simplistic, certain, scared 14:10 - Why do we tune in? 16:33 - Curious, thoughtful, open, constructive
Freethink13,916 views • 1 year ago
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