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Not the LLM kind :)

Adding some personal analysis to your point, the last time I looked at plastic market research in detail, the two biggest markets by volume and revenue were packaging and insulatio…

Having worked in polymers and seen the development of some recyclable, 3D-printed thermosets like what's proposed here, I think this is a fair take. On the whole, I'm glad to see o…

An excellent question. The long-term consequences are the realm of analysis, not politics, which is why I wrote this article. Those ideas shape how politicians make decisions and w…

>How is this problem anything resembling actionable, for normal people? Vote

I'm the author, and I'm always deeply flattered when people submit my stuff. Thank you! Happy to chat more, as there was a ton of research that went into it, most of which didn't m…

The US government is dedicating something like $39B to the silicon business—is it using it wisely? Part of a series on the modern silicon foundry business, this chapter sets up the…

People seemed to enjoy my deep-dive on 155mm, so I'm sharing another on leading-edge semiconductor manufacturing, an industry I actually have some experience in. Please let me know…

Done, forgot I hadn't included it here. For simplicity, I can be reached at rob.lheureux.3@gmail.com.

I'm a huge Dan Carlin fan. I started my career as a mechanical engineer, and I have a deep appreciation for chemistry and materials science, as everything rests on that. Most of th…

FWIW I have spent a few years leading GTM strategy for startups, am consulting on marketing for startups, and thinking about getting back into a startup, so I'd be open to a conver…

I'm delighted you enjoyed the piece so much. Honestly, I expected to get 20 views on the whole thing, as I felt like a crazy person researching this area for like 6 months. That co…

This was an idea I considered, but I'm not enough of a metallurgist to know how feasible it is. In a crisis, I imagine we would try lots of things, but it's easiest to start by jus…