I’m officially a resident of Abu Dhabi, having moved my family here last week from Ireland. Of the many reasons we moved, #1 is: I am determined to give my kids the best possible education.

Abu Dhabi transformed from flat desert in 1970 to a booming, gleaming metropolis today.

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Watch the news and you’ll hear America is failing. The system is rigged. The dream is dead. Our best days are behind us.

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Brad Smith’s comeback story shook me to my core. You might remember Brad from our podcast—he’s a dad of three suffering from ALS, aka “Lou Gehrig’s disease.”

Two flying robots recently dropped off my burrito lunch. The first one arrived so fast, in 5 minutes, I missed capturing it on video. So I ordered another and ate both.

Down a dank and narrow back alley in San Francisco, Ian Brooke and a team of fewer than ten are quietly rebuilding the future of flight.

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America should embrace its superpower: innovation. Innovation brings abundance, where everyone wins.

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