Happy Future

The New Artillery Shell Factory is a Dud

“It was just a bunch of guys taking turns going at the machine with a sledgehammer every night.”

Aug 23 • Rob L'Heureux

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April 2026

The Trouble with Transformers

And the long slouch towards cyberpunk

Apr 16 • Rob L'Heureux

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March 2026

August 2025

Surviving Involution

How long can China eat itself?

Aug 23, 2025 • Rob L'Heureux

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March 2025

The Doge and the DOGE

Lessons for DC from the Sacking of Constantinople

Mar 9, 2025 • Rob L'Heureux

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February 2025

Maverick, the first dog on Mars

A Progress Story

Feb 15, 2025 • Rob L'Heureux

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January 2025

Progress is The End of Desperation

Thoughts from a biography of George Washington: His Excellency

Jan 19, 2025 • Rob L'Heureux

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December 2024

Technology Development and the Collapse of IDM 2.0

Silicon Statesmanship #5: Explaining TD, TD culture, and how it hobbles IDMs

Dec 8, 2024 • Rob L'Heureux

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November 2024

You Are Not Worried Enough About Nuclear Proliferation

This topic is a far cry from my typical interests and experiences.

Nov 24, 2024 • Rob L'Heureux

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Kinds of Abundance

An Outline of Winning Conditions for Progress

Nov 15, 2024 • Rob L'Heureux

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October 2024

Failure Mode: Welchification

American Reindustrialization Must Learn from GE’s Mistakes

Oct 16, 2024 • Rob L'Heureux

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Charting a Path for US Material Progress after the China Shock

A nation’s competitiveness depends on the capacity of its industry to innovate and upgrade.

Oct 1, 2024 • Rob L'Heureux

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