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Personal · Space Forty-six years to the day after ISRO first reached orbit from that same island, a private rocket did it. I was there once, as a boy, before any of it existed. July 18, 2026 Vikram-1 on the first launch pad at the Satish Dhawan Space Centre, Sriharikota, ahead of its July 18 orbital flight. Photo: Skyroot Aerospace.the date is the part I keep turning over. On July 18, 1980, an Indi…
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I keep thinking about where she said it, and how hopeful it was.She said it to a room of people who draw the lines for a living. The San Diego Convention Center, the second week o…
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The plan was Four Corners. You stand on a painted circle and put a hand in Arizona, a hand in New Mexico, a foot in Utah, a foot in Colorado, and for one silly minute you are in f…
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I take two walks a day now, one in the morning and one in the afternoon, a habit I built somewhere in the second year of the pandemic and never gave up. The earbuds go in, the san…
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The Watch Came in a Jewelry Box | Lessons from the Titan StoryThe Watch Came in a Jewelry BoxThe first watch I ever bought for myself came after I got married, and I bought it wit…
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When I speak at conferences, people often tell me I did a great job. My first thought, before I even finish hearing the sentence, is that they're being polite.
I've decide…
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Analysis · Enterprise AI · June 2026Three companies released data about AI and human oversight in the same week. None of them coordinated. All three pointed in the same direction.…
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