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Brian Heligman
@BrianTHeligman
Cofounder and CEO at Biosphere. Working towards abundance through biology
Bay Area, CA
biosphere.io
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    Brian Heligman
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    Jan 9, 2025
    After 2+ years heads down, I'm thrilled to unveil what I've been building with @aryelipman! @biosphereio, we're unleashing biomanufacturing with a breakthrough UV-sterilized reactor that will slash the cost of producing abundant and sustainable chemicals and food at world scale.
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    Brian Heligman
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    Jul 15, 2018
    First the mob comes for @naval for not being pro-bitcoin enough, next @elonmusk for not being pro-Democrat enough. How is any of this productive? Great opportunity to signal that you're a card carrying member of your tribe though!
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    Brian Heligman
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    Aug 7, 2018
    1. In this thread, I pull out the interesting facts I learned from the incredible Energy and Civilization by Vaclav Smil. I’d pitch it as a quantitative Sapiens - one of the best books I've read in ages
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    Bill Gates
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    Dec 15, 2017
    I wait for new Vaclav Smil books the way some people wait for the next Star Wars movie. In his latest book, he lays out how our quest for energy has shaped human history: b-gat.es/2BcJODU
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    Brian Heligman
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    Jul 10, 2019
    Anyone have a better dream aesthetic?
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    Brian Heligman
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    Aug 11, 2018
    It’s said ‘Shirtsleeves to shirtsleeves in three generations.’ In Japan, it goes ‘Rice paddies to rice paddies in three generations.’ The Scottish say ‘The father buys, the son builds, the grandchild sells, and his son begs.’ In China, ‘Wealth never survives three generations.’
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    Brian Heligman
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    Apr 28, 2020
    1. I wanted to write some about the golden age of 20th century physics because I absolutley love it! So here’s the story of when humanity first began to understand the universe and accidentally tore physics in half.
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    Brian Heligman
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    Jan 14, 2019
    I do like @naval and @KapilGuptaMD’s framing that hard work is never the deciding factor for success; it’s desire. If you want something, you’ll do the work. If you won’t, you don’t really want it.
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    Brian Heligman
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    Feb 10, 2024
    You're down in LA meme-ing about American Dynamism, I'm at the old US Steel Plant helping to scale production of Mil-Spec Cinnamon Buns for Improved Soldier Lethality. We are not the same
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    Brian Heligman
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    Jul 29, 2021
    Well after a very long year, it’s now Dr. Brian. For my next act, I’m going to do something easier and bring my research to market and power all the vehicles in the world. Watch out world!
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    Brian Heligman
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    Jan 23, 2019
    Replying to @rivatez
    "If you want to build a ship, don't drum up people to collect wood and don't assign them tasks and work, but rather teach them to long for the endless immensity of the sea." - Antoine de Saint-Exupery
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    Brian Heligman
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    Oct 12, 2020
    How it started: How it's going:
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    Brian Heligman
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    Aug 7, 2018
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    35. If you factor in the time needed to earn the money to buy a car, fuel it, maintain it, and insure it, your average speed is no higher than 5 km/hr, or about 3 mph. That’s comparable to the speed of simply walking.
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    Brian Heligman
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    Feb 9, 2021
    Replying to @FantasyFan13 and @FishGuyKai
    Potato in Afrikaans is earth apple
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    Brian Heligman
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    Nov 23, 2021
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    This would be the syllabus