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Mintz: California spent $20B on homelessness as homeless population rose 20%
“The state has spent twenty billion dollars on homeless services in the last five years. Twenty billion dollars. The number of homeless people in the state's gone up 20% in that time.”
Mintz: Fully autonomous vehicles are at least five years away
“I would say we're at least five years away.”
Mintz: Elon Musk could reach Mars by around 2026
“I mean, I wouldn't be surprised if Elon makes it to Mars by twenty-twenty-six or so.”
Mintz: 90% of 200 counter-drone systems were ineffective garage-built jammers
“And so there had been a study published that showed there were 200 different systems for counter UAS and 90% of them were crappy jammers that somebody built in their garage for like 40,000 dollars and didn't work.”
Mintz: Passenger car OEM design cycles range from two to ten years
“The passenger car design cycle, depending on if you're talking about a Chinese OEM an American OEM, European or Japanese can go from two to 10 years even”
Mintz: US lacks 80,000 truck drivers with median age nearing 50
“We have 80,000 we're 80,000 truck drivers short. The median age of truck drivers in this country is approaching 50 years old.”
Mintz: Asteroid mining is likely about 20 years away
“I think so. I think it's probably more like 20 years away than five years away, but we're certainly trending in that direction”