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1/ Have you noticed that Elon Musk is driving development of at least 4 technologies needed for easier living in a failed state? News about power outages in California brought this home. Obviously he's doing it with the PowerWalls and solar roofs. But not just those.
2/ During the electric power outages the gas stations couldn't pump gas. But someone with a Tesla car could recharge from their PowerWall. So 3 technologies for a failed state. But there's another: cheap rocket launchers from SpaceX. Do you see the relevance to failed states?
3/ In a failed state you can't count on ground-based internet access. So cheap communication satellites are a must. Musk isn't as far along on that. But he's getting there. What could Musk do next? Food supply! How about home robotic food growing pods with LEDs to supply food?
4/ I like the whole arc of technology development that has the potential to reduce family vulnerability to failed states. Granted, non-failed states are preferable. But we can't count on one always being there.
5/ This trend toward great home self sufficiency is taking other forms that are not widely appreciated. For example, you can make your own parts at home for some purposes using pretty affordable CNC machine tools and laptop software to control it.
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