The Minutes of David Friedberg on abundance https://minutesof.com/david-friedberg/on/abundance/ Everything David Friedberg has said on abundance: 2 verbatim quotes from May 2025, each with a timestamp and a link to the recording it came from. en Sun, 30 Aug 2026 16:22:47 +0000 Friedberg notes we could theoretically synthesize any element using heavy ion beams if energy costs dropped su https://minutesof.com/q/60d4fe00-ca3b-4741-9b9b-6cd3758d39fc/ https://minutesof.com/q/60d4fe00-ca3b-4741-9b9b-6cd3758d39fc/ “So theoretically, we could make any element we want if energy costs were low enough.” — This Week in Startups Thu, 22 May 2025 16:00:06 +0000 abundance Friedberg argues once robots automate labor, cost becomes purely a function of electricity at 3500 calories pe https://minutesof.com/q/7e7bb509-142b-4d4b-9312-997cbb629a31/ https://minutesof.com/q/7e7bb509-142b-4d4b-9312-997cbb629a31/ “So, you know, we have if robots are making all of our stuff, we could get robots to make housing for us, make roads for us.” — This Week in Startups Thu, 22 May 2025 16:00:06 +0000 abundance