Regarding the infrastructure difficulties and obtaining enough electricity to move forward that you mentioned in the first part of your post norman, what do you think about what Elon Musk has to say about harnessing electricity and Sun from solar things on other planets?
So Musk is right about solar energy however this is far off in the future.
But today’s leadership issue is much more immediate:
Can we build enough power generation?
Can we connect it to the grid?
Can we get permits?
Can we build transformers, substations, transmission lines, batteries, and cooling systems?
Can communities absorb the load without electricity prices rising?
Last year, I managed a large consulting project building server racks and servers. These were for Amazon, cost $500k each, demand 100 per day. That is 50 million a day, 7 days a week and 24 .
There was a similar company in Mexico do the same assembly for Amazon.
This frames the magnitude of the cost with just one company Amazon, it’s staggering.
To test these servers before shipping, the electricity requirements were so large the city of Cincinnati could supply them enough. They had 6 tractor trailers running generators to supply their need.
Yes the sun can do this but not anytime soon.
That is the real Norman’s Law angle.
External pressure: AI, data centers, electrification, robotics, and industrial reshoring.
Internal regulation: grid capacity, permitting speed, utility planning, supply chains, public trust, and political will.
When external pressure exceeds internal regulation, disruption follows.
Regarding the infrastructure difficulties and obtaining enough electricity to move forward that you mentioned in the first part of your post norman, what do you think about what Elon Musk has to say about harnessing electricity and Sun from solar things on other planets?
This is core of Norman’s Law, when external pressure exceeds internal regulation disruption occurs.
On a global level, if the external pressure, change at this velocity is greater than our internal regulation to absorb it, we break.
You are not alone. As a species are we wired to handle changes this fast.
I wonder from an evolutionary point, what the analysis would say?
You study people, what’s your expertise tell you?
So Musk is right about solar energy however this is far off in the future.
But today’s leadership issue is much more immediate:
Can we build enough power generation?
Can we connect it to the grid?
Can we get permits?
Can we build transformers, substations, transmission lines, batteries, and cooling systems?
Can communities absorb the load without electricity prices rising?
Last year, I managed a large consulting project building server racks and servers. These were for Amazon, cost $500k each, demand 100 per day. That is 50 million a day, 7 days a week and 24 .
There was a similar company in Mexico do the same assembly for Amazon.
This frames the magnitude of the cost with just one company Amazon, it’s staggering.
To test these servers before shipping, the electricity requirements were so large the city of Cincinnati could supply them enough. They had 6 tractor trailers running generators to supply their need.
Yes the sun can do this but not anytime soon.
That is the real Norman’s Law angle.
External pressure: AI, data centers, electrification, robotics, and industrial reshoring.
Internal regulation: grid capacity, permitting speed, utility planning, supply chains, public trust, and political will.
When external pressure exceeds internal regulation, disruption follows.
I don't honestly think we're going to be able to keep up going the way that we are