Re-listening to my boy @rrana03_’s podcast features for his book Making Moonshots. Here are my key takeaways and personal thoughts [thread]

1. Making moonshots means relentlessly pursuing radical solutions for the promise of a better tomorrow.

2. Moonshots are central to the visions of the greatest civilizations. JFK’s moon landing, as “unrealistic” as it was, provided (and still provides) the backbone for the identity of the US as a state of progress and innovation.

3. Conversely, lacking moonshots as a central guiding vision is a sign of a deteriorating culture.

4. There is a moral imperative to make moonshots. Moonshots are society’s R&D engine, and we urgently need to develop radical solutions for a better future.

5. Moonshots are dual in nature. One type is exploring the limits of possibility, and the second is solving existing systemic problems. While many focus on the former, the latter can be more impactful for more people.

We need both.

6. Holding moonshot visions reshapes the identity of your work. When pursuing s, regardless of success or failure, your work provides foundations for idealists to build off of in the future.

7. Moonshots can be relative. To a Rutgers freshman with limited prior experience in deep-tech or VC, making a book on frontier-tech and building a following in VC is its own moonshot.

8. (aside) Creators and community leaders should take up moonshot goals to centralize their efforts, mobilize their communities, and drive more support - engagement and financial support.