Reading List: Hamming Answers

This reading list is a stub, please reach out at [email protected] with additions.
The Hamming Question, from Richard Hamming’s You and Your Research, asks:
  1. What are the most important problems in your field?
  1. Why aren’t you working on them?
A counterpart to this is a Hamming Answer, an argument or a piece of writing that responds:
  1. X is amongst the most important problems in this field
  1. Y is how you work on it
This reading list is a collection of essays & websites that each fit the rough shape of a Hamming Answer.

Hamming Answers

80,000 Hours, What are the most pressing world problems? - existential risk, factory farming, and effective altruism
YCombinator, Requests For Startups
Casey Handmer, You Should Be Working On Hardware, New Opportunities for Space Companies - Casey’s blog has a lot of other great Hamming Answers in climate, space & energy.
Construction Physics, What Makes Housing So Expensive?, Why It’s Hard To Innovate In Construction, Where Are The Robotic Bricklayers?
 
 

Reading List: Hamming Answers

This reading list is a stub, please reach out at [email protected] with additions.
The Hamming Question, from Richard Hamming’s You and Your Research, asks:
  1. What are the most important problems in your field?
  1. Why aren’t you working on them?
A counterpart to this is a Hamming Answer, an argument or a piece of writing that responds:
  1. X is amongst the most important problems in this field
  1. Y is how you work on it
This reading list is a collection of essays & websites that each fit the rough shape of a Hamming Answer.

Hamming Answers

80,000 Hours, What are the most pressing world problems? - existential risk, factory farming, and effective altruism
YCombinator, Requests For Startups
Casey Handmer, You Should Be Working On Hardware, New Opportunities for Space Companies - Casey’s blog has a lot of other great Hamming Answers in climate, space & energy.
Construction Physics, What Makes Housing So Expensive?, Why It’s Hard To Innovate In Construction, Where Are The Robotic Bricklayers?