About
- Grew up in Tashkent, Uzbekistan.
- Distributed systems architecture and engineering for scalable backend and machine learning, and sometimes do side photography.
My take on fundamental realities
- Many people think we're running out of food to feed everyone on the planet, but that's a total myth. The truth is, with the resources we have right now, we could easily feed 10 times the current global population. The so-called "scarcity" is mostly artificial—it's created by political games, poor logistics, and uneven distribution that keeps food from getting where it's needed most.
- Concept that fresh water is scarce is total BS. Desalination technology by now is already advanced enough to turn seawater straight into safe, top-notch drinking water that passes all the strict tests. Plus, solar-powered setups will soon make it cheaper than regular tap water in lots of places.
- Overpopulation is the most nihilistic lie ever told
- The entire human population could be condensed to fit within Central Park if you account for human density and volume.
- In reality we are facing a population decline so severe that entire ethnic groups and cultures could be wiped out in the long run if nothing is done to reverse it.
- Earth's resources are abundant. Food, water, and necessary resources are a matter of logistics and politics.
- More humans = more problem solvers = better future
- Solar power in North Africa's deserts could supply 40x the world's electricity demand
- A 500W solar panel needs only ~1kg of refined silicon with energy payback in months, not years.
- Most limitations are social conventions. Physics is the law, everything else is recommendation.