There were some implied odds within the betting market that it was a fraud and I thought it was pretty clear from the fact pattern that this was not a fraudulent result. Part of the reason people are skeptical is because there have been a lot of claims about high temperature superconductor some of which have proven to likely be kind of scientific fraud. Here it's seemingly simple to synthesize certainly the materials are simple and so to me it was like there was no incentive to like create to do it fraudulently because you'd be immediately disproven.
If you know ARK, then you probably know about our long-term research projections, like estimating where we will be 5-10 years from now! But just because we are long-term investors, doesn’t mean we don’t have strong views and opinions on breaking news. In fact, we discuss and debate this every day. So now we’re sharing some of these internal discussions with you in our new video series, “The Brainstorm”, a co-production from ARK and Public.com. Tune in every week as we react to the latest in innovation. Here and there we’ll be joined by special guests, but ultimately this is our chance to join the conversation and share ARK’s quick takes on what’s going on in tech today.
This week, Associate Portfolio Manager Nick Grous and Director of Research, Autonomous Tech & Robotics Sam Korus are joined by ARK Chief Futurist Brett Winton. Together they discuss the possibility of a Room Temperature Superconductor, what we are learning about ad spending from company earnings reports, and Sam Altman’s Worldcoin.
Key Points From This Episode:
- Intro
- Potential Super Conductor
- Ad Spending
- Worldcoin