mission
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We are committed to improving the well-being of humankind and helping our species live in harmony with the biosphere. Our long-term aim is to solve modern civilization's core problem: everyday people's struggle to provide for themselves and maintain a high standard of living without selling years of their time.


Ordinary corporations fundamentally cannot address this because they (1) make people desire products, which requires people to work more, and (2) seek to accumulate ever-growing piles of purchasing power which, when spent, requires people to work more. Rivendell is different at its core: we seek to accumulate huge mass and energy flows, and will sell the least amount of crap necessary to do so.


Scientists and engineers start companies to push the bounds of what's physically possible on a grand scale, but invariably they find themselves playing a complex game against the economy and society at-large in order to fund their projects. Capturing the purchasing power and work-hours of their fellow humans often leaves society worse-off and distracts from the underlying technological goal of the company. Rivendell Heavy Industries was founded to overcome this fundamental problem: to play solely against nature.


Our valuation will be backed in the most ironclad way possible: by physical metal, just like the US dollar under the Bretton-Woods system. Other companies choose to back their value with the promise of future revenues. We think that's cope. With the proper infrastructure, we will be able to increase our book value using pure physical transformations of energy.





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