Adam Dorr
@adam_dorr
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Environmental social scientist. Technology theorist. Director of Research at RethinkX. Optimist Prime. https://t.co/JWN51CPZj1
Ann Arbor, MI
Joined February 2012
Launching October 13. “One of the most important books I’ve read in a decade at least. It’s a very long time since I read a book in just one day. That’s how good it is.” -- @mark_lynas
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Launching tomorrow! “One of the most important books I’ve read in a decade at least. It’s a very long time since I read a book in just one day. That’s how good it is.” -- @mark_lynas
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Launching October 13. “One of the most important books I’ve read in a decade at least. It’s a very long time since I read a book in just one day. That’s how good it is.” -- @mark_lynas
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Our future is brighter than you think. We only just seeing the first light of a Stellar world dawning on the horizon. What's coming in a few short years is astonishing. Amazing work by @neuralink, and this is just the beginning.
ALS took Nick’s arm mobility. Now, he can control a robotic arm with his Neuralink device to feed himself. “Life with my BCI has been and continues to be so surreal and so rewarding. Can’t wait to see what comes next!”
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People worry about longevity tech allowing dictators to live forever. Some dictators may even like the idea. They haven’t thought things through. Dying is the one sure way to escape punishment t for your crimes. You can’t be imprisoned or tortured if you’re dead and gone. But if
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America is in deep trouble. We are making the wrong moves @SecretaryWright. China is on track to deploy more solar just in 2025 than the US has deployed in total, ever. Meanwhile, fossil fuels are getting priority while SWB gets obstruction from US leadership. Being first to
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I see a lot of conversations framing AI energy needs as solar+batteries vs. SMR nuclear. False. SMR requires batteries too. At best, it's solar+batteries vs SMR+batteries. The loads at AI datacenters swing so wildly from moment to moment that mega batteries acting as gigantic
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Paging @PessimistsArc. The authors @friederrrr and William Hart are hardly alone. We see incumbents of all kinds throughout history try very hard indeed to disparage new technologies that promise to upset the status quo from which they benefit.
GPT-5-Pro solved, in just 15 minutes (without any internet search), the presentation problem known as “Yu Tsumura’s 554th Problem.” https://t.co/tKae6Vo0Kb This is the first model to solve this task completely. I expect more such results soon — the model demonstrates a strong
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A good point by @GoingBallistic5 - we should expect psyops from foreign adversaries trying to stoke domestic hostility towards robots. Convincing your enemies' population to slow down robot deployment is like convincing an opposing racing team's pit crew to slash their own car's
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Very excited to announce the audiobook version of “STELLAR: A World Beyond Limits And How To Get There”. 📚 🎧 — narrated by my niece Allyson and @jamiearbib’s daughter Scarlet, two undeniably #StellarHumans. ✨🙏🏼 __________________ Amazon 👉🏼 https://t.co/pbAnvxACqu Apple
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Solar, wind, and batteries (SWB) has a lot of naysayers, especially in the UK. Just keep in mind they don't have the deciding vote for humanity's energy future.
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"We're going to start building these giant gigawatt datacenters in space". Lunar datacenters would be even better. @JeffBezos has the right idea, but isn't saying the important part out loud: off-planet datacenters give unfriendly ASI a convenient ready-made escape vector. If we
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Humanoid Robots and the Coming Age of Abundance @adam_dorr of @rethinkx about his blog post, "“Living Like Kings: How Humanoid Robots Will Democratize Luxury.” We discuss the Stellar World: cheap energy + cheap artificial labour = abundance https://t.co/gxXcDMCr6g
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A good conversation to hear between @mark_lynas and @billmckibben on the WePlanet podcast. Great to hear Bill hitting the 🎯 "The problem with nuclear energy is not the series of physical threats. Those are real, but manageable and in comparison with overheating the planet,
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By 2040, everyone who owns or rents a humanoid robot will command greater expertise than any historical monarch. What would you do with this luxury?
rethinkx.com
How humanoid robots will democratize luxury, creating universal access to premium services and transforming living standards for everyone by 2040.
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Living Like Kings: How Humanoid Robots Will Democratize Luxury Written By Adam Dorr (highlights mine) What does it mean to “live like a king”? This expression has long captured humanity’s aspiration for the ultimate in material comfort and personal service. Kings and queens,
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Democratizing luxury with AI+robots:
rethinkx.com
How humanoid robots will democratize luxury, creating universal access to premium services and transforming living standards for everyone by 2040.
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John Elkington with a first look at upcoming book, "The Degrowth Delusion" :
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