Mike Powers
@_mikepowers_
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founder of BuildVision - a procurement network for commercial construction
New York, NY
Joined September 2012
I wrote about an emerging construction platform opportunity - how a "Model Context Layer" could become the App Store for construction robotics by solving the fragmentation crisis where every robot speaks a different language. https://t.co/hiJIcrrAYY
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The Factories That Build The Factories That Build The Homes (say that again) I am super excited and proud to FINALLY release our feature-documentary with @buildwithcuby. đź§µ Thread
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Yes. And this chart. Please update your priors on nuclear if anything here is surprising.
THAT'S IT? This is what 20 years worth of spent nuclear fuel looks like safely stored at the former Maine Yankee nuclear plant. `The energy produced from this fuel helped avoid 70 million metric tons of CO2 emissions.
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This is the best, most interesting and saddest (!) presentation I have witnessed at any conference. Hard to be all three. @bgurley torches the political class and calls out some superior forms of corruption he’s witnessed during his business career. Must. Watch.
2,851 Miles by @bgurley from the @allinsummit now available in full on @x (0:00) 2,851 Miles (24:44) In conversation with @bgurley
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Looking forward to our community coworking days. We'll be having our first in NYC next week & have a really great group of founders that have RSVP'd already. We have a few more spots open, so DM me if you'd like to join!
ICYMI we announced our community coworking days. We're also a week away from our first coworking day, which will be next Thursday, 8/24 in NYC. Here's more on our blog: https://t.co/Twz3HNB496
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THREAD: China wants to lead the world in AI. But there's something suprising standing in the way: The CCP. Here's why:
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1/15 Good piece: "There is one obvious answer. China needs to fundamentally reorientate its economy away from the current over-reliance on investment and towards greater consumer spending." But it is important to know how this works. https://t.co/n2fbod9nlp
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Beijing should prepare for a long and difficult economic transformation
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MYTH: We don't have a solution to nuclear's "waste problem" REALITY: Nuclear waste isn't a problem. In fact, it’s the best solution we have to meeting our energy needs while protecting the natural environment! Here's what you need to know:
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All of this happened in China this week. A thread. 1/10
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"What's most efficient at the moment is rarely the most effective in the end." A Tiny Thought worth reading in the @farnamstreet Brain Food Newsletter https://t.co/Odgj9h8Snx
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The price of longevity is redundancy. ​
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This will go down as one of the greatest Twitter exchanges of all time
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16 Bad Things Decreasing; 16 Good Things Increasing https://t.co/w42sfiJTMA Original source of figures: https://t.co/F1FZuCOGwV
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15 Visuals that will motivate you to read more books: 1. "Read what you love until you love to read." -@naval
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People think they can’t change themselves, but they can. People think they can change others, but they can’t.
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This is the story of how @larvalabs, the creators Cryptopunks, hid a secret NFT prize almost a year ago—and how a couple friends and I recently solved the puzzle to claim it.
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All of this happened in greater China this week. A thread. 1/10
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People forget just how completely non-obvious the entire digital revolution was every step of the way. 1995: WWW will fail 2002: Google will fail 2007: iPhone will fail 2013: Facebook will fail
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