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[PODCAST] The defining resource competition of our age
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[PODCAST] The defining resource competition of our age

Ultimately, it is carbon versus silicon

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This is a reader-supported publication. I give it all away for free but could really use your support if you want me to keep doing this.

I have spent a good deal of time lately advising CEO Karen Fleckner of the Washington state-based water/power/data management firm Artesion Inc., which is a technology and services company specializing in resilient platform systems and infrastructure projects. The firm currently has ongoing work in South Korea, Hawaii, and the continental US, along with patents that span the planet.

I have written about Karen’s thinking and vision in the past, because I find it fascinating and tectonic in the best anticipatory way.


Waterworld

Waterworld

Water is life is power is currency is 21st century ordering principle

The Puzzle Masters

The Puzzle Masters

Industry leaders who fill in the blank spaces, seeing the larger picture

WAPO: He seeded clouds over Texas. Then came the conspiracy theories; Cloud seeding couldn’t have caused the floods that killed more than 100 people, experts say. But rumormongers suggested a link to one company’s work.

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