Singing Praise for the String Age
An interview with Virginia Postrel on the history of textiles. Virginia Postrel’s The Fabric of Civilization: How Textiles Made the World tells the interwoven
Interview
Interviews with authors, thinkers, and operators in the build environment.
Standard Issue Fun
An interview with an ASTM volunteer who keeps amusement parks safe. Standards quietly subtend everything in the modern world - the food we eat, the electricity
NYC x MFG
An interview with Neil Padukone While researching our recent piece on Vaclav Smil’s Made in the USA, I reached out to Neil Padukone, Executive
The Future is Old News
An interview with Fred Scharmen It’s an exciting time in space news, with ever accelerating launch schedules and new private space companies staking out
Learning at Scale
An Interview with Stewart Brand A few months ago Stewart Brand, a reader of this newsletter, signed up to become a Member of Scope of
Glass Act
The Coanda effect and why we transform nuclear waste into borosilicate glass. Every week, after the flagship Monday issue of this newsletter is sent out,