2021-11-22
Divya Manian on the social mission of Lucas Aerospace, SF's infrastructure, and the capitalist invention of time.…
The Prepared Archive
From late 2013 through late 2022, we published a weekly newsletter called The Prepared; it evolved into Scope of Work in 2023. Our Members- and Supporters-only archive includes all back issues from this time period.
469 posts
2021-11-15
SJ Jones on leaving toxic work environments, mini nuclear reactors, and FDA inspection delays.…
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2021-11-08
Kane Hsieh on the the Orfield challenge, gashapon, and reviving Roman concrete.…
2021-11-01
Surjan Singh on high stakes engineering education, being killed by your own inventions, and Nomex honeycomb.…
2021-10-25
Spencer Wright on unsuccessful repair efforts, international standards organizations, and the Schwinn Varsity.…
2021-10-18
Hillary Predko on bizarre Alibaba finds, San Francisco's bespoke trash cans, and the precise definition of flotsam and jetsam.…
2021-10-11
Kate McMahon on fire insurance maps, DARPA's Subterranean Challenge, and combined sewers.…
2021-10-04
Amreeta Duttchoudhury on space cowboys, test pilots, and Roomba poop avoidance.…
2021-09-27
Lee Wilkins on hacking vintage tech and nationalist visions of space from around the world.…
2021-09-20
Spencer Wright on the industrial history of rubber, mean wind turbine output, and yet another perversity of the US auto market…
2021-09-13
Sean Kelley on the great resignation, high-speed rail, and kettlebell manufacturing.…
2021-09-06
Ruth Grace Wong on curbside recycling, pseudo-self cleaning toilets, and shipping market concentration.…
