History

What I’m excited about: canal developments in 1790s in UK

innovations down stream from Newcomen engine that pumped water out of mines led to development of the steam engine

Steam engine led to being able to move lots of mass using canals, which led to massive canal development in England over the next few decades

creating and destroying; built flying cars & autonomous vehicles, now building roc.camera, writings: july.rocks

steam engines made ships orders 10x better. steam engines also gave rise to trains: that was a 100-1000x improvement on land transport. we started seeing thriving land-locked cities. 

i think steam ships are crypto->tradfi. trains are net-new web3-native economies. 