2021-10-11
Kate McMahon on fire insurance maps, DARPA's Subterranean Challenge, and combined sewers.
The Prepared Archive
From late 2013 through late 2022, we published a weekly newsletter called The Prepared; it evolved into Scope of Work in 2023. Our Members- and Supporters-only archive includes all back issues from this time period.
2021-10-04
Amreeta Duttchoudhury on space cowboys, test pilots, and Roomba poop avoidance.
2021-09-27
Lee Wilkins on hacking vintage tech and nationalist visions of space from around the world.
2021-09-20
Spencer Wright on the industrial history of rubber, mean wind turbine output, and yet another perversity of the US auto market
2021-09-13
Sean Kelley on the great resignation, high-speed rail, and kettlebell manufacturing.
2021-09-06
Ruth Grace Wong on curbside recycling, pseudo-self cleaning toilets, and shipping market concentration.