Topics & People

Shenzhen
Location

Chinese city cited as a prime example of rapid technological, infrastructural, and manufacturing advancement.

Boring Company
Organization

Elon Musk's tunnel construction company, referenced regarding underground automation and mining tech.

Pronto
Organization

A San Francisco-based autonomous mining equipment company acquired by Atoms.

The previous, purposely obtuse stealth name of Kalanick's company before rebranding to Atoms.

Atoms
Organization

Travis Kalanick's newly un-stealthed company focused on physical automation, food computation, and robotics.

Hoover Institution
Organization

Think tank where Steve Hilton served as a fellow.

Miami
Location

City in Florida attracting wealthy individuals fleeing high-tax states.

A rising issue of wagering addiction and unregulated speculation among young adult men.

Non-exchange trading venues regulated as broker-dealers by the SEC.

Dodd-Frank
PoliticalEntity

Financial reform legislation enacted after the 2008 financial crisis affecting derivative markets.

A methodology calculating margin requirements based on the risk of an entire portfolio.

Futures contracts based on individual stocks, hampered by SEC/CFTC jurisdictional overlap.