Deep Dives
I'd rather go deep on a few things than skim everything. This is the list.
Energy · Human Abundance
Energy is the one resource behind everything else humanity has ever built. This traces how we went from fire to reactors and grids, and what it'll take to make cheap, abundant energy available to everyone on the planet.
Chips · The Chip Supply Chain
Chris Miller put it best in Chip War: the science behind extreme ultraviolet lithography came from labs worldwide, but “the manufacturing of EUV wasn't globalized, it was monopolized.” One Dutch company builds every machine capable of it. This traces how a chip gets made, and maps that kind of chokepoint across the rest of the supply chain.
Robotics · General-Purpose Humanoids
Robots are finally starting to see, move, and learn the way we do. This traces how we got here and lays out who's positioned to win the race to build a real, general-purpose robot.