Ben Reinhardt
@benjaminreinhardt.com
Dare mighty things! Journeyman wondersmith at Speculative Technologies. 🏴☠️🪐🐉
https://Benjaminreinhardt.com + https://spec.tech
https://Benjaminreinhardt.com + https://spec.tech
(Re)published a piece on the Spectech Blog about how efficiency warps the types of ideas that get support, which ones get killed too early, and which ideas people choose to pursue in the first place.
blog.spec.tech/p/efficiency...
blog.spec.tech/p/efficiency...
July 24, 2025 at 2:49 PM
(Re)published a piece on the Spectech Blog about how efficiency warps the types of ideas that get support, which ones get killed too early, and which ideas people choose to pursue in the first place.
blog.spec.tech/p/efficiency...
blog.spec.tech/p/efficiency...
For some reason I get a lot of joy out of the flight path from Helsinki to Tokyo
July 7, 2025 at 1:30 AM
For some reason I get a lot of joy out of the flight path from Helsinki to Tokyo
Testing gentle ways of reminding people in group chats to clean tracking information off of links
June 1, 2025 at 7:59 PM
Testing gentle ways of reminding people in group chats to clean tracking information off of links
I finally had a chance to search for "wirecutter wirecutter"
May 21, 2025 at 1:10 AM
I finally had a chance to search for "wirecutter wirecutter"
Although curmudgeonly, the actual scientists who do takedowns of hype-y things have a great record
I think the Heinlein quote holds — scientists saying “that is impossible” is often wrong.
But “this actually existing work is not as exciting as you think it is” is often right.
I think the Heinlein quote holds — scientists saying “that is impossible” is often wrong.
But “this actually existing work is not as exciting as you think it is” is often right.
May 16, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Although curmudgeonly, the actual scientists who do takedowns of hype-y things have a great record
I think the Heinlein quote holds — scientists saying “that is impossible” is often wrong.
But “this actually existing work is not as exciting as you think it is” is often right.
I think the Heinlein quote holds — scientists saying “that is impossible” is often wrong.
But “this actually existing work is not as exciting as you think it is” is often right.
Applications are now open for a special cohort of the Brains Accelerator targeting ambitious AI research programs, with a special focus on security and governance capabilities!
spec.tech/ai-brains
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May 13, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Applications are now open for a special cohort of the Brains Accelerator targeting ambitious AI research programs, with a special focus on security and governance capabilities!
spec.tech/ai-brains
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spec.tech/ai-brains
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"The problem with most people's writing is located between their ears"
Lots of people think they need to get better at writing, but nobody thinks they need to get better at thinking, and this is why they don't get better at writing.
Crucial observation from @mastroianni.bsky.social
Lots of people think they need to get better at writing, but nobody thinks they need to get better at thinking, and this is why they don't get better at writing.
Crucial observation from @mastroianni.bsky.social
April 30, 2025 at 12:34 PM
"The problem with most people's writing is located between their ears"
Lots of people think they need to get better at writing, but nobody thinks they need to get better at thinking, and this is why they don't get better at writing.
Crucial observation from @mastroianni.bsky.social
Lots of people think they need to get better at writing, but nobody thinks they need to get better at thinking, and this is why they don't get better at writing.
Crucial observation from @mastroianni.bsky.social
This attitude of "doing it right no matter what it takes" is what separates good work from great work.
(From @antonhowes.bsky.social's recent excellent piece)
(From @antonhowes.bsky.social's recent excellent piece)
April 25, 2025 at 4:52 PM
This attitude of "doing it right no matter what it takes" is what separates good work from great work.
(From @antonhowes.bsky.social's recent excellent piece)
(From @antonhowes.bsky.social's recent excellent piece)
I find trees splitting rocks inspirational. Long game.
(From a hike this past weekend)
(From a hike this past weekend)
April 22, 2025 at 2:32 PM
I find trees splitting rocks inspirational. Long game.
(From a hike this past weekend)
(From a hike this past weekend)
Was going back through my blog for unrelated reasons and came across this nugget from 2013.
At least I'm consistent.
At least I'm consistent.
March 5, 2025 at 8:06 PM
Was going back through my blog for unrelated reasons and came across this nugget from 2013.
At least I'm consistent.
At least I'm consistent.
Imagine if we kept making physical technologies whose form factors changed this much in 12 years. (Pictures from 1945 and 1957 respectively.)
March 3, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Imagine if we kept making physical technologies whose form factors changed this much in 12 years. (Pictures from 1945 and 1957 respectively.)
March 2, 2025 at 6:46 PM
A fun blast from the past (2018). I guess I've been going on about the same things for a long time.
February 26, 2025 at 5:47 PM
A fun blast from the past (2018). I guess I've been going on about the same things for a long time.
I'm still pleased with this one
February 20, 2025 at 2:31 AM
I'm still pleased with this one
This story has notes of a leitmotif I have heard over and over again
- Genuine breakthrough
- Takes VC money
- Pressure to pivot because
- Failure to scale
(From sarahconstantin.substack.com/p/whats-behi...)
- Genuine breakthrough
- Takes VC money
- Pressure to pivot because
- Failure to scale
(From sarahconstantin.substack.com/p/whats-behi...)
January 31, 2025 at 12:52 AM
This story has notes of a leitmotif I have heard over and over again
- Genuine breakthrough
- Takes VC money
- Pressure to pivot because
- Failure to scale
(From sarahconstantin.substack.com/p/whats-behi...)
- Genuine breakthrough
- Takes VC money
- Pressure to pivot because
- Failure to scale
(From sarahconstantin.substack.com/p/whats-behi...)
I miss the serendipity of discovering other books you want to read because they’re on the shelf next to the book you were looking for.
January 26, 2025 at 12:46 AM
I miss the serendipity of discovering other books you want to read because they’re on the shelf next to the book you were looking for.
This 1984 NASA report goes hard
January 25, 2025 at 5:23 PM
This 1984 NASA report goes hard
(Probably not helpful but...)
1. Just read all of fbswiki.org/wiki/index.p... in 24 hrs :-p
2. I just think of this picture, and then you get to play around with u so that what you want to happen happens ...
1. Just read all of fbswiki.org/wiki/index.p... in 24 hrs :-p
2. I just think of this picture, and then you get to play around with u so that what you want to happen happens ...
January 18, 2025 at 1:22 PM
(Probably not helpful but...)
1. Just read all of fbswiki.org/wiki/index.p... in 24 hrs :-p
2. I just think of this picture, and then you get to play around with u so that what you want to happen happens ...
1. Just read all of fbswiki.org/wiki/index.p... in 24 hrs :-p
2. I just think of this picture, and then you get to play around with u so that what you want to happen happens ...