{"id":138,"date":"2026-01-26T16:10:46","date_gmt":"2026-01-26T15:10:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/urosevic1.ddns.net\/blogs\/?page_id=138"},"modified":"2026-01-28T08:36:18","modified_gmt":"2026-01-28T07:36:18","slug":"not-boring","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/urosevic1.ddns.net\/blogs\/not-boring\/","title":{"rendered":"Not Boring"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/substackcdn.com\/image\/fetch\/$s_!H0d-!,w_1456,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep\/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9798c610-7842-4965-a5bc-656476d906e0_3600x956.png\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Not Boring\u2019s mission is to make the world more optimistic. We do that in three ways.<\/p>\n\n\n<ul class=\"has-dates has-authors has-excerpts wp-block-rss\"><li class='wp-block-rss__item'><div class='wp-block-rss__item-title'><a href='https:\/\/www.notboring.co\/p\/weekly-dose-of-optimism-191' target=\"_blank\">Weekly Dose of Optimism #191<\/a><\/div><time datetime=\"2026-05-01T14:53:52+02:00\" class=\"wp-block-rss__item-publish-date\">1. May 2026<\/time> <span class=\"wp-block-rss__item-author\">by Packy McCormick<\/span><div class=\"wp-block-rss__item-excerpt\">Cancer Sniffing Dogs, Zuck&#039;s Virtual Cell + Space Lasers, Rainmeasurer, De-extincting the Bluebuck, Millennial Dads + Science Breakthroughs + Extra Doses<\/div><\/li><li class='wp-block-rss__item'><div class='wp-block-rss__item-title'><a href='https:\/\/www.notboring.co\/p\/scarce-assets' target=\"_blank\">Scarce Assets<\/a><\/div><time datetime=\"2026-04-30T14:49:50+02:00\" class=\"wp-block-rss__item-publish-date\">30. April 2026<\/time> <span class=\"wp-block-rss__item-author\">by Packy McCormick<\/span><div class=\"wp-block-rss__item-excerpt\">The Abundance-Driven Scarcity Supercycle<\/div><\/li><li class='wp-block-rss__item'><div class='wp-block-rss__item-title'><a href='https:\/\/www.notboring.co\/p\/weekly-dose-of-optimism-190' target=\"_blank\">Weekly Dose of Optimism #190<\/a><\/div><time datetime=\"2026-04-24T14:55:48+02:00\" class=\"wp-block-rss__item-publish-date\">24. April 2026<\/time> <span class=\"wp-block-rss__item-author\">by Packy McCormick<\/span><div class=\"wp-block-rss__item-excerpt\">Pancreatic cancer, SpaceX x Cursor, Fervo S-1, Autonomous Truck, Autonomous Bio Lan + Science Breakthroughs and Extra Doses<\/div><\/li><li class='wp-block-rss__item'><div class='wp-block-rss__item-title'><a href='https:\/\/www.notboring.co\/p\/the-great-blue-frontier' target=\"_blank\">The Great Blue Frontier<\/a><\/div><time datetime=\"2026-04-23T14:59:00+02:00\" class=\"wp-block-rss__item-publish-date\">23. April 2026<\/time> <span class=\"wp-block-rss__item-author\">by Packy McCormick<\/span><div class=\"wp-block-rss__item-excerpt\">A Co-Written Essay on the Ocean with Will O&#039;Brien<\/div><\/li><li class='wp-block-rss__item'><div class='wp-block-rss__item-title'><a href='https:\/\/www.notboring.co\/p\/weekly-dose-of-optimism-189' target=\"_blank\">Weekly Dose of Optimism #189<\/a><\/div><time datetime=\"2026-04-17T14:48:26+02:00\" class=\"wp-block-rss__item-publish-date\">17. April 2026<\/time> <span class=\"wp-block-rss__item-author\">by Packy McCormick<\/span><div class=\"wp-block-rss__item-excerpt\">Superhot Geothermal, Panthalassa, Vital Lyfe, Mind-Reading Hat, Lucid Dreams, Sonogenetics + Science Breakthroughs + Friedberg<\/div><\/li><li class='wp-block-rss__item'><div class='wp-block-rss__item-title'><a href='https:\/\/www.notboring.co\/p\/weekly-dose-of-optimism-188' target=\"_blank\">Weekly Dose of Optimism #188<\/a><\/div><time datetime=\"2026-04-10T14:32:59+02:00\" class=\"wp-block-rss__item-publish-date\">10. April 2026<\/time> <span class=\"wp-block-rss__item-author\">by Packy McCormick<\/span><div class=\"wp-block-rss__item-excerpt\">AI vs. Alzheimer&#039;s, Substrate x GDM, Robot Lamp, Artemis II, Primer + Extra Doses<\/div><\/li><li class='wp-block-rss__item'><div class='wp-block-rss__item-title'><a href='https:\/\/www.notboring.co\/p\/weekly-dose-of-optimism-187' target=\"_blank\">Weekly Dose of Optimism #187<\/a><\/div><time datetime=\"2026-04-03T14:35:07+02:00\" class=\"wp-block-rss__item-publish-date\">3. April 2026<\/time> <span class=\"wp-block-rss__item-author\">by Packy McCormick<\/span><div class=\"wp-block-rss__item-excerpt\">Artemis, TBPN, Gemma 4, Solar, Somos + Science Breakthroughs + Extra Doses<\/div><\/li><li class='wp-block-rss__item'><div class='wp-block-rss__item-title'><a href='https:\/\/www.notboring.co\/p\/bad-analogies' target=\"_blank\">Bad Analogies<\/a><\/div><time datetime=\"2026-04-02T16:01:40+02:00\" class=\"wp-block-rss__item-publish-date\">2. April 2026<\/time> <span class=\"wp-block-rss__item-author\">by Packy McCormick<\/span><div class=\"wp-block-rss__item-excerpt\">Not Every Money-Burning Company is Amazon<\/div><\/li><li class='wp-block-rss__item'><div class='wp-block-rss__item-title'><a href='https:\/\/www.notboring.co\/p\/weekly-dose-of-optimism-186' target=\"_blank\">Weekly Dose of Optimism #186<\/a><\/div><time datetime=\"2026-03-27T14:39:57+01:00\" class=\"wp-block-rss__item-publish-date\">27. March 2026<\/time> <span class=\"wp-block-rss__item-author\">by Packy McCormick<\/span><div class=\"wp-block-rss__item-excerpt\">NASA Goes Nuclear, Terraform, Arbor Turbines, Flu Vaccine, Chicken Egg Drugs + Science Breakthroughs + Extra Doses<\/div><\/li><li class='wp-block-rss__item'><div class='wp-block-rss__item-title'><a href='https:\/\/www.notboring.co\/p\/electromagnetism-secretly-runs-the' target=\"_blank\">Electromagnetism Secretly Runs the World<\/a><\/div><time datetime=\"2026-03-24T14:57:34+01:00\" class=\"wp-block-rss__item-publish-date\">24. March 2026<\/time> <span class=\"wp-block-rss__item-author\">by Packy McCormick<\/span><div class=\"wp-block-rss__item-excerpt\">A Co-Written Essay with Arena Physica CEO Pratap Ranade<\/div><\/li><li class='wp-block-rss__item'><div class='wp-block-rss__item-title'><a href='https:\/\/www.notboring.co\/p\/weekly-dose-of-optimism-185' target=\"_blank\">Weekly Dose of Optimism #185<\/a><\/div><time datetime=\"2026-03-20T14:46:59+01:00\" class=\"wp-block-rss__item-publish-date\">20. March 2026<\/time> <span class=\"wp-block-rss__item-author\">by Packy McCormick<\/span><div class=\"wp-block-rss__item-excerpt\">Kalanick, Bezos, Copper One, Cancer Drugs, Shinzen + Scientific Breakthroughs + My Favorite Essay of the Week<\/div><\/li><li class='wp-block-rss__item'><div class='wp-block-rss__item-title'><a href='https:\/\/www.notboring.co\/p\/world-models' target=\"_blank\">World Models: Computing the Uncomputable<\/a><\/div><time datetime=\"2026-03-19T14:55:52+01:00\" class=\"wp-block-rss__item-publish-date\">19. March 2026<\/time> <span class=\"wp-block-rss__item-author\">by Packy McCormick<\/span><div class=\"wp-block-rss__item-excerpt\">A Co-Written Essay with General Intuition&#039;s Pim DeWitte<\/div><\/li><li class='wp-block-rss__item'><div class='wp-block-rss__item-title'><a href='https:\/\/www.notboring.co\/p\/weekly-dose-of-optimism-184' target=\"_blank\">Weekly Dose of Optimism #184<\/a><\/div><time datetime=\"2026-03-13T14:54:26+01:00\" class=\"wp-block-rss__item-publish-date\">13. March 2026<\/time> <span class=\"wp-block-rss__item-author\">by Packy McCormick<\/span><div class=\"wp-block-rss__item-excerpt\">Solar and Brains&#039; Big Week, Zero Point Energy, Replit Agent 4 + Funding News + Nietzsche<\/div><\/li><li class='wp-block-rss__item'><div class='wp-block-rss__item-title'><a href='https:\/\/www.notboring.co\/p\/weekly-dose-of-optimism-183' target=\"_blank\">Weekly Dose of Optimism #183<\/a><\/div><time datetime=\"2026-03-06T16:02:45+01:00\" class=\"wp-block-rss__item-publish-date\">6. March 2026<\/time> <span class=\"wp-block-rss__item-author\">by Packy McCormick<\/span><div class=\"wp-block-rss__item-excerpt\">a16z AD Summit, Pi memory, Evo 2, Injectable Livers, Ginkgo Cloud Lab + 5 fundraising stories and my favorite sci-fi series.<\/div><\/li><li class='wp-block-rss__item'><div class='wp-block-rss__item-title'><a href='https:\/\/www.notboring.co\/p\/costless-sacrifice' target=\"_blank\">Costless Sacrifice<\/a><\/div><time datetime=\"2026-03-05T17:14:24+01:00\" class=\"wp-block-rss__item-publish-date\">5. March 2026<\/time> <span class=\"wp-block-rss__item-author\">by Packy McCormick<\/span><div class=\"wp-block-rss__item-excerpt\">Going off the Gold Standard but for Information<\/div><\/li><li class='wp-block-rss__item'><div class='wp-block-rss__item-title'><a href='https:\/\/www.notboring.co\/p\/weekly-dose-of-optimism-182' target=\"_blank\">Weekly Dose of Optimism #182<\/a><\/div><time datetime=\"2026-02-27T15:37:12+01:00\" class=\"wp-block-rss__item-publish-date\">27. February 2026<\/time> <span class=\"wp-block-rss__item-author\">by Packy McCormick<\/span><div class=\"wp-block-rss__item-excerpt\">Form Batteries, Proxima Fusion, Shrooms, Stripe 2025, Vitamins + Scientific Breakthroughs, Two Profiles, Mario Joins Hummingbird<\/div><\/li><li class='wp-block-rss__item'><div class='wp-block-rss__item-title'><a href='https:\/\/www.notboring.co\/p\/weekly-dose-of-optimism-181' target=\"_blank\">Weekly Dose of Optimism #181<\/a><\/div><time datetime=\"2026-02-20T15:55:19+01:00\" class=\"wp-block-rss__item-publish-date\">20. February 2026<\/time> <span class=\"wp-block-rss__item-author\">by Packy McCormick<\/span><div class=\"wp-block-rss__item-excerpt\">Heron Transformers, C-17 Reactor Flight, Vaccine for coughs, colds, &amp; flus, Ineffable Intelligence, Alien Files + 8 Scientific Breakthroughs, 2 pods + Research Revival<\/div><\/li><li class='wp-block-rss__item'><div class='wp-block-rss__item-title'><a href='https:\/\/www.notboring.co\/p\/power-in-the-age-of-intelligence' target=\"_blank\">Power in the Age of Intelligence<\/a><\/div><time datetime=\"2026-02-18T15:33:05+01:00\" class=\"wp-block-rss__item-publish-date\">18. February 2026<\/time> <span class=\"wp-block-rss__item-author\">by Packy McCormick<\/span><div class=\"wp-block-rss__item-excerpt\">Or, strategy for those who plan to benefit from abundance<\/div><\/li><li class='wp-block-rss__item'><div class='wp-block-rss__item-title'><a href='https:\/\/www.notboring.co\/p\/weekly-dose-of-optimism-180' target=\"_blank\">Weekly Dose of Optimism #180<\/a><\/div><time datetime=\"2026-02-13T15:07:33+01:00\" class=\"wp-block-rss__item-publish-date\">13. February 2026<\/time> <span class=\"wp-block-rss__item-author\">by Packy McCormick<\/span><div class=\"wp-block-rss__item-excerpt\">IsoDDE, Gemini 3 DeepThink, Blue Water + Saronic, Origin of Life, Texas School Choice + 7 Extra Doses<\/div><\/li><li class='wp-block-rss__item'><div class='wp-block-rss__item-title'><a href='https:\/\/www.notboring.co\/p\/weekly-dose-of-optimism-179' target=\"_blank\">Weekly Dose of Optimism #179<\/a><\/div><time datetime=\"2026-02-06T15:57:45+01:00\" class=\"wp-block-rss__item-publish-date\">6. February 2026<\/time> <span class=\"wp-block-rss__item-author\">by Packy McCormick<\/span><div class=\"wp-block-rss__item-excerpt\">Opus 4.6, GPT-5.3-Codex, As Rocks May Think, Mouse Brain Computers, Waymo, Contrary Tech Trends + 4 Extra Doses<\/div><\/li><\/ul>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Not Boring\u2019s mission is to make the world more optimistic. 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