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Brian Potter - Future of Construction, Ugly Modernism, & Environmental Review

Dwarkesh Podcast

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Is Automation a Good Way to Improve Productivity in Construction?

Sally Kohn: In your post about why there aren't automatic bricklares, it was really interesting. She asks if we can redesign building elements in a way that is easy for a machine to produce and a machine to put together. Kohn: A lot of the mechanization mechanization that you see is people trying to mechanize exactly what a person does. But yeah, I think things like insulated metal panels are perhaps one of the cheapest and easiest ways to build an exterior wall.

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