HPMOR certainly had an impact one me and having some colleagues in Bangalore, I think it is a great target. There seems to be a focus on AI safety with this proposal but the book advertises rationalist thinking in general, so I consider the value potential is higher. Even with a low success rate, it should not be hard to achieve the 1.3K valuation.

I have no clue about YIMBY/NIMBY in California. However, the valuation of 15k seems so cheap for buildings. It only takes a second anecdote like the brother mentioned there, which can be traced directly to this MVP.

Maybe I’m a sucker for doing such research. The impact of a repeal could easily be billions. Of course, a single paper will not achieve this but it could start something. The protectionist aspects around the Jones Act make it plausible to me that funding through “normal science grants” might not happen, so this could fill an important gap.