Eric Gilliam
@eric_is_weird
I write about how 20th C. R&D orgs operated | Associate @RenPhil21 and Fellow @GoodSciProject, Stanford '19. Working to build more BBNs
The addition of @Convergent_FROs to the R&D ecosystem has been a game-changer. But fundraising for new FROs is a bottleneck Today’s FreakTakes outlines a model to help ambitious field strategists with vision build FRO-like orgs with less upfront capital freaktakes.com/p/a-scrappy-co…
Some notes on how to give an external research talk, adapted from internal Rowan materials:
I once met an HR person in Chicago who hadn’t considered that without them, promotions would still get made. Their mind was so engrossed in current process that they imagined the counterfactual was no promotions.
ALCON: Please do listen to this and consider how to be a @DARPA PM. We are constantly recruiting. Literally every year we need ~2-4 PMs per tech office. EVERY YEAR! Get at me if you’d like to know more 🫡🇺🇸
This was fun! You should especially make time to listen if you’d like to *be* an ARPA-style PM, nerd out over R&D procedures, or just want to know what’s going on at “ARPAs” around the world Will tweet out more clips over the weekend. Some of Jano’s answers excerpt wonderfully!
On a train to Sheffield from London. The UK is *way* emptier than I thought. I feel like they have all the tools to understand how empty America is. Two subs: 1) Instead of cows in gorgeous rolling green hills, it’s corn 2) We tolerate 6 hours of travel the way you tolerate 2.5
Not only is this R&D space one that's obviously exciting to the West Coasters who follow me, but @ObadiaAlex is the kind of personality those interested in the space will love working with If you have ideas, you should reach out to him!
v1 of our @ARIA_research opportunity space 'Trust Everything, Everywhere' is now live! we're focusing on new security primitives that straddle digital and physical worlds, and will be spending the next months zeroing in on a £10-100m first challenge within the space 🎯
I'm in SF until Friday. Keen to meet people about @BasisOrg: automating robotics, city models. scientific discovery, collab. intelligence. Extra keen to meet people who want more compelling visions of our (AI) future — new art ∩ science thing brewing... DMs/intros welcome
One more time because I can't get this edit out of my head. And if you know anyone interested in policy, philanthropy or venture supporting efforts like this in London and Berlin - let me know! I'm visiting for the next two weeks.
From the @corememory pod this week
If you (accidentally) ask Gemini to summarize emails where @KumarAGarg or @Parthion intro you to somebody, the summary is longer than the email. The faces of people-connector efficiency.