Neil Hacker

I recently wrote an article for Works in Progress on how ASML achieved their monopoly on EUV lithography.

A few centuries ago, much of the world’s natural systems lay outside the reach of human activity.

I’ve now worked at Isometric for three years.

To achieve the necessary scale for carbon dioxide removal (CDR) to meaningfully address climate change, we cannot rely on market signals or generalized climate policies alone; instead, we must embrace targeted industrial policies.

I joke that I blogged my way into a job at a startup and while that’s not entirely true it’s true enough that I have thoughts on the topic.

Most things are made of some kind of group, your neighbourhood, your workplace, the UN.

Details matter.

I came across a blog post recently titled ‘Where are all the successful rationalists‘ by a newish blog called Applied Divinity Studies.

What is the ultimate source of knowledge?

Mechanism design is a broad and somewhat abstract part of Economics that one rarely hears about in day to day conversation.