📊 EV’s Charts of the Week #87

Catalytic governance, CHIPS and Tweets++

Hi, I’m away with my family, so today we have an abbreviated edition of Charts of the Week. Enjoy and share with your friends.

But first…

In a recent briefing for paying members of Exponential View, I shared my perspective on deep tech’s future. My quick take is that we’ll be underwhelmed in the short term, but surprised by deep tech’s development in the long run. We already see that teams are deepening as milestones are met among quantum hardware startups; while in fields like nuclear fusion, commercial entities are exceeding their technical goals.

Dimensions of governance

The Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) is trying to do many things. It covers health policy, drug access, taxation, and climate investment. In parallel, President Biden’s administration put together the CHIPS Act, an attempt to mitigate the risks to the supply of semiconductors and further invest in climate research and technology.

These two acts are a good illustration of what I think is currently replacing neoliberalism: c…