The reason we always wonder "what consultants do" is that those who hire them rarely admit their primary value proposition:

Seeking a US mfg. for parts on a Swiss lathe, but 4/5 quote forms are broken or reject 2D/3D CAD as a file type. Have multiple quotes from China in less time than it took to even submit the 1/5. We need Alibaba for US manufacturers to handle the frontend & demand aggregation.

This is the problem California Forever solves: America in the 21st century must co-locate high-growth urban environments with places of high desirability & high talent density.

We were promised the future of computing, instead we got a new way to yell at the Moana soundtrack as a family.

What makes more sense, logically, is that Waterloo is in The Future

We would love to grow & find a passionate human who wants to support with getting Edge Esmeralda's programming set up :)

🙋‍♂️ We founded California Forever to stand for abundance and opportunity. That’s what our state used to represent. Let’s bring that back.

What we call "Engineering" is really the process of conquering the magical chaos of the universe into exquisitely controlled tools that shape reality to our will. When you understand magnetorheological finishing, you understand we can accomplish anything:

If you gather up a few smart friends & commit to solving a problem with the kind of wild passion that makes others think you’re crazy, the future will be within your grasp, today.

What if this is how we rediscovered Fogbank:

Days too beautiful to filter will soon become the thing we owe ourselves the most

The reality is that free markets & even heavy tariffs are powerless against China wielding capitalism to deploy trillions & win the strategic industries of the 21st century. Nothing Trump has done so far is changing that course. We need to invest in the future to win it.

1/ California Forever is answering the call to propel American shipbuilding for the next century. With today’s President Donald J. Trump Executive Order and the bipartisan SHIPS Act, we’re offering 3 miles of our waterfront to build the Solano Shipyard, the largest shipbuilding complex in America. 🧵

So many read Chaotic Good "The Ministry for the Future" as a vision of our world, A lot of insight in understanding we're really on the Chaotic Neutral "Venomous Lumpsucker" timeline as envisioned by Ned Beauman

You will never run out of reasons to own an indestructible beater pickup truck with a lumber rack

Raising kids helps you see ~all of this~ as layers on top of the universal urge to build a contraption, and take it on a journey.

A modern grid could use ~2kV DC between buildings + semiconductor controls (SiC, GaN) which switch power off so fast that there would be less hazard than a standard 120VAC GFCI line. This would enable a safer grid & home electrification with ~1/8th the copper ( = $$$$). A

1/ America cannot compete with China without building America's Shenzen – a place to build drones, ships, robots, and everything else cutting edge. Where? On California Forever's 100 square miles in Solano, 60 miles north of SF/Silicon Valley, where we invent that stuff. Here's why. 🧵