Are we in a bubble? Is that even a bad thing?
That’s a question I hope to answer this week by delving into BOOM: Bubbles and the End of Stagnation with a book club on Tuesday.
It’s easy to look around and see stagnation. Rising cost of living, stress, isolation… On a social level this is true. But the contrast with technological abundance is stark. Techno-optimsism is out of favour in the mainstream, and in a large part we have AI to blame for that.
We need to get people excited about technology again. We need grassroots building of robots, autonomous labs, independent science.
Perhaps we need a bigger bubble?
Have a vision for something new in the London ecosystem? Want to host an event? Want to lead a floor?
Say hi in the WhatsApp group - https://chat.whatsapp.com/CchkLAJxDNC4fF3UNf6Ei8 - or speak to Lachlan.
Get Involved:
Town Hall Call
Join us at midday every other Wednesday to hear updates, brainstorm new ideas and meet the community.
> get it in ya calendar
Next one:
Wednesday, 18 February · 12:00 – 12:30pm
https://meet.google.com/ohp-nthp-uxm
Frontier Dinners
We are hosting a series of curated +1 dinners across the different verticals of our community to create a space to share expertise from the frontiers of technology.
The robotics dinner was incredible. Next up we’ll be addressing the role of Blockchain in “How we Trust in a Post AI World” and then diving deep into NeuroTech as a follow up to the London NeuroTech Hackathon.
Suggest a theme for our next dinner here: https://luma.com/56qcomri
Till next time,
Lachlan and the FT Team
Our Events:
Moonshot: A 5050 x Frontier Tower Forum
Friday 20th February, 5.30-8.30pm, Soho Sq.
Very excited for this. We’ve got founders from Lodestar, BioOrbit and Astron Systems on the panel, awesome showcases including from Mint Neuro and office hours with VCs and lawyers.
We’re opening up the final places, apply here: https://luma.com/ppq4e92z
This one’s for DeepTech founders and those about to dive into hard science!
And wrapping up with an afterparty, because no one changed the world without having a little fun!
Frontier Dinners: Join the Next One
Suggest a topic here: https://luma.com/56qcomri
Events from our Friends:
Hackathons:
Too many exciting hackathons going on we need a section!!!
This is going to be a regular email - if you’re working on cool things and want us to feature them, let me know!