Charlee
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Every December since 2017, I've delivered a keynote at Q2B Silicon Valley, commenting on recent progress in quantum computing. Here is what I said this time. It's been a good year for quantum.
quantumfrontiers.com/2025/12/26/q...
quantumfrontiers.com/2025/12/26/q...
Quantum computing in the second quantum century
On December 10, I gave a keynote address at the Q2B 2025 Conference in Silicon Valley. This is a transcript of my remarks. The slides I presented are here. The first century We are nearing the end …
quantumfrontiers.com
December 26, 2025 at 11:23 PM
Every December since 2017, I've delivered a keynote at Q2B Silicon Valley, commenting on recent progress in quantum computing. Here is what I said this time. It's been a good year for quantum.
quantumfrontiers.com/2025/12/26/q...
quantumfrontiers.com/2025/12/26/q...
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"Due to the stochastic nature of this microscopic
engine, there are large fluctuations in its heat exchange,
including heat flowing the thermodynamically “wrong”
way".
Make an engine small enough and hot enough, and weird stuff happens.
journals.aps.org/prl/abstract...
engine, there are large fluctuations in its heat exchange,
including heat flowing the thermodynamically “wrong”
way".
Make an engine small enough and hot enough, and weird stuff happens.
journals.aps.org/prl/abstract...
journals.aps.org
November 24, 2025 at 9:33 AM
"Due to the stochastic nature of this microscopic
engine, there are large fluctuations in its heat exchange,
including heat flowing the thermodynamically “wrong”
way".
Make an engine small enough and hot enough, and weird stuff happens.
journals.aps.org/prl/abstract...
engine, there are large fluctuations in its heat exchange,
including heat flowing the thermodynamically “wrong”
way".
Make an engine small enough and hot enough, and weird stuff happens.
journals.aps.org/prl/abstract...
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The theoretical physicists Juan Maldacena and Ying Zhao helped create the “island formula,” a theoretical approach for exploring the interiors of black holes. When this method is applied to a whole universe, a puzzle emerges. www.quantamagazine.org/cosmic-parad...
November 23, 2025 at 2:15 PM
The theoretical physicists Juan Maldacena and Ying Zhao helped create the “island formula,” a theoretical approach for exploring the interiors of black holes. When this method is applied to a whole universe, a puzzle emerges. www.quantamagazine.org/cosmic-parad...
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Next talk from the #NaturalPhilosophy Symposium is David Albert on Fundamental Laws of Physics and the Idea of Agency, with commentary by Naftali Weinberger @dagophile.bsky.social.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=8TwP...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=8TwP...
November 5, 2025 at 1:51 PM
Next talk from the #NaturalPhilosophy Symposium is David Albert on Fundamental Laws of Physics and the Idea of Agency, with commentary by Naftali Weinberger @dagophile.bsky.social.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=8TwP...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=8TwP...
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The Institute for Quantum Information (and Matter) @caltech.edu is celebrating its 25th anniversary. It has been a great run so far, and quantum information science is more fun now than ever!
www.caltech.edu/about/news/c...
www.caltech.edu/about/news/c...
Caltech's Pioneering Quantum Hub Celebrates 25 Years
John Preskill reflects on the history and impact of IQIM
www.caltech.edu
November 6, 2025 at 1:34 AM
The Institute for Quantum Information (and Matter) @caltech.edu is celebrating its 25th anniversary. It has been a great run so far, and quantum information science is more fun now than ever!
www.caltech.edu/about/news/c...
www.caltech.edu/about/news/c...
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“I don't feel frightened by not knowing things, by being lost in a mysterious universe without any purpose, which is the way it really is, as far as I can tell. Possibly. It doesn't frighten me.”
June 12, 2025 at 6:15 PM
“I don't feel frightened by not knowing things, by being lost in a mysterious universe without any purpose, which is the way it really is, as far as I can tell. Possibly. It doesn't frighten me.”
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Carlo Rovelli is always worth reading. But I find the framing of this piece questioning the need for "new physics" a little strange. I support the impulse to avoid fishing speculative new theories out of the air, but Carlo is using it here to support his own... /1
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Why bad philosophy is stopping progress in physics
Theoretical physicists are in thrall to a misguided mindset that allows viable ideas to be advanced only by overturning what already exists.
www.nature.com
May 14, 2025 at 8:47 PM
Carlo Rovelli is always worth reading. But I find the framing of this piece questioning the need for "new physics" a little strange. I support the impulse to avoid fishing speculative new theories out of the air, but Carlo is using it here to support his own... /1
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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In my latest piece for Foreign Affairs, I argue that the failure of the Smoot-Hawley tariffs of 1930 tell us nothing about how they would affect the US economy today.
www.foreignaffairs.com/united-state...
www.foreignaffairs.com/united-state...
How Tariffs Can Help America
Economists have drawn the wrong lessons from the failures of the 1930s.
www.foreignaffairs.com
December 27, 2024 at 1:08 PM
In my latest piece for Foreign Affairs, I argue that the failure of the Smoot-Hawley tariffs of 1930 tell us nothing about how they would affect the US economy today.
www.foreignaffairs.com/united-state...
www.foreignaffairs.com/united-state...