Do you know of any compendiums of such Z_Ns? Would love to read one
I know of one: the steam engine was “working” and continuously patented and modified for a century (iirc) before someone used it in boats at scale. https://youtu.be/-8lXXg8dWHk
See also my post https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/gHB4fNsRY8kAMA9d7/reflections-on-making-the-atomic-bomb
the Manhattan project was all about taking something that’s known to work in theory and solving all the Z_n’s
Do you know of any compendiums of such Z_Ns? Would love to read one
I know of one: the steam engine was “working” and continuously patented and modified for a century (iirc) before someone used it in boats at scale. https://youtu.be/-8lXXg8dWHk
See also my post https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/gHB4fNsRY8kAMA9d7/reflections-on-making-the-atomic-bomb
the Manhattan project was all about taking something that’s known to work in theory and solving all the Z_n’s