Christopher Koopman
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CEO @abundanceinst. Meghan's husband. Henry, Danny, Caroline, Jude, Anna, Rose, and Grace’s dad.
Utah, USA
Joined April 2009
🧵 The NRC has been operating an illegal nuclear blockade for 50 years and a recent lawsuit might finally bring it to an end. Buckle up...
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What can lawmakers do about rising electricity costs? Hear from: - @Clancy4Utah - @NiconomistLoris - Michael Buschbacher, Boyden Gray This Thursday at 11 MT / 1pm ET! - State nuclear policy - SPEED Act and permitting - And why we need to build more
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“a hint of patchouli”
@GoingParabolic A mix of pine wood from the paneling, sweaty bodies and bare feet from the crowd, faint cigarette or weed smoke, spilled beer on the carpet, and a hint of patchouli incense lingering in the air. Classic 70s vibes!
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I for one think it is good to restore vision to people who have lost theirs
Some patients who were once blind are reading again—thanks to @ScienceCorp_ and @maxhodak_. Their neural implants don’t just patch what’s broken; they rebuild communication inside the brain. This isn’t science fiction, but the future of restoration technology.
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Enabling the government to pick winners and losers is bad. It’ll get worse when the government itself could be the winner or loser!
Overall this is a sensible plan! But I do not concur about government equity stakes in firms. Imagine that a new firm (no USG ownership) comes along with a new, better magnet that uses no rare earths. This is good! Rare earths are pretty awful businesses and for the
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This kind of reasoning shows how easily even the self-styled philosophers of tech will bend logic to serve politics. We’ve got a red herring with shades of false equivalence and a straw man. All in under 125 words! Dress it up all you want. But it doesn’t change what you’re
Our position has been consistent: AI will deliver enormous benefits and should be developed thoughtfully. We share the administration's goals of maximizing those benefits, managing risks, and advancing America's lead in AI. A statement from our CEO:
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And on quiet evenings, if you listen just right, you can even hear his panicked shrieking in the breeze 😱
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Our office decor @abundanceinst HQ already went hard. Now it’s about to get dangerous.
About last night … #TusksUp @isaiahcollier04
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It takes 660 gallon of water to make a hamburger. I’m not anti-hamburgers. But we should not be clutching pearls over data centers and water.
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At some point we should probably start caring about AI data centers consuming all of our energy and water
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From Anthropic almost exactly a year ago.
Anthropic is running a sophisticated regulatory capture strategy based on fear-mongering. It is principally responsible for the state regulatory frenzy that is damaging the startup ecosystem.
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What disruptive, meaningful, world-changing tech did FTX build?
OpenAI starting to give off FTX vibes
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This cannot be serious.
"The recent Salt Lake City ordinance that restricts alcohol consumption between 2 a.m. and 6 a.m. indirectly targets marginalized communities that frequent late-night gatherings, including the LGBTQ+ community," writes Levi Dias.
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For too long Utah has been treated as a playground for coastal elites. But what we really are is America’s sandbox. The place place to test, build, and prove what’s possible. The future won’t just pass through Utah. It will be built here.
Ward 250 Program Update No. 2 Not a model. Not a theory. A reactor in Utah. Making power in 2026. When we split the atom, everything changes.
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at @abundanceinst Cap Hill event on AI policy, @HouseCommerce Chair @RepGuthrie again calls for federal AI framework and decries growing patchwork of state AI regulations. The issue is "clearly in our jurisdiction" and we've "got to have a national standard."
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