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Reading List 12/13/2025

Boom Supersonic’s gas turbine, the reliability of learning curves, a fake bridge collapse, using coal mines for geothermal energy, and more.

Stagnant Construction Productivity Is a Worldwide Problem

We’ve spent a lot of time examining the problem of construction productivity in the US — the fact that, across a variety of different metrics, construction never seems to get any more efficient (in te

Reading List 12/06/2025

3D printed legos, exploding wire detonators, the David Taylor model basin, multi-point metal forming, and more.