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Dean W. Ball
Personal blog · hyperdimensional.coaipoliticseconomics
Dean W. Ball writes Hyperdimensional, a personal blog at hyperdimensional.co about ai, politics and economics. Since 2024, 29 different Hacker News readers have linked it 48 times, most often “America Is All-In on Deep Learning; China Emphasises Robotics and Hardware”. It is still writing: the last post was on 2026-10-16, and you can follow it by feed.
A newsletter about emerging technology and the future of governance. Click to read Hyperdimensional, by Dean W. Ball, a Substack publication with tens of thousands of subscribers.
Most-linked posts?
- America Is All-In on Deep Learning; China Emphasises Robotics and Hardware4 people · 4 mentions · first linked 2025-11-15
- On Recursive Self-Improvement4 people · 4 mentions · first linked 2026-02-05
- Dean Ball uses coding agents3 people · 3 mentions · first linked 2026-01-08
- Where We Are Headed3 people · 3 mentions · first linked 2025-03-27
- Anthropic and the Department of War3 people · 3 mentions · first linked 2026-03-02
- 20232 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2026-03-26
- Leviathan Waking2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2026-06-16
- On The Loose – The Coming of Userless Agents2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2026-09-02
What Hacker News says?
Casey Handmer is a huge solar bull and his estimate is that solar becomes cheaper than any other form of electricity even when generated from northern states by 2030 (likely sooner) Iirc solar is meaningfully more efficient (30-50%) in southern states, so it will likely make sense to place energy intensive workloads in locations with more direct sun. However, the cost of transmitting additional power is interesting…
Comment linking /p/out-of-thin-air
on “Analysis finds anytime electricity from solar available as battery costs plummet”Submitted California Senate Passes SB 1047 as a story · 44 points
HN discussionSubmitted Where We Are Headed as a story · 11 points
HN discussionSubmitted Why Manus Matters as a story · 6 points
HN discussionSubmitted Where We Are Headed as a story · 5 points
HN discussionSubmitted America Is All-In on Deep Learning; China Emphasises Robotics and Hardware as a story · 4 points
HN discussionSubmitted Tough Rocks: Eliminating the Chinese Rare Earth Chokepoint as a story · 4 points
HN discussionSubmitted On Recursive Self-Improvement as a story · 3 points
HN discussionSubmitted Heiliger Dankgesang: Reflections on Claude Opus 4.5 as a story · 3 points
HN discussionSubmitted Texas Might Regulate AI as a story · 3 points
HN discussionSubmitted Is AI in Trouble at the Supreme Court? (Part One) as a story · 3 points
HN discussionSubmitted On the Loose as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted On The Loose – The Coming of Userless Agents as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted That Untravell'd World as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Leviathan Waking as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Anthropic and the Department of War as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Before Leviathan Wakes as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted "New Sages Unrivalled" – On Mythos as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Clawed as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted The Bitter Lessons as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Where Do You Stand? as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted The Bitter Lessons as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted The Bitter Lessons as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted U.S. Export Promotion Executive Order "AI Stack" as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted AI Governance: Where are we headed as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted The EU AI Act Is Coming to America as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Novus Ordo Seclorum as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Civilizational Triumph as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted An Extraordinary Alien: OpenAI's O1 Challenges AI Policy as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted The Timing of AI Regulation as a story · 2 points
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