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WTF happened in 2024?
If I’m right, America’s next chapter will be its best. The next 50 years will look radically different than the last 50.
Jan 29


Part #4: The innovation feast and you
Here’s how Rational Optimists should prepare for the innovation avalanche…
Jan 26


Part #3: The Final Frontiers
From AI to rocket launches, we’re entering a new age of tech innovation…
Jan 19


Part #2: The Five Frontiers
Welcome to the “innovation feast”…
Jan 12


WTF happened in 2024?
2024 marks the end of the innovation slump…
Jan 5


Meet your fellow Rational Optimists
Today, we’re publishing your answers to our request from last week to tell your fellow Rational Optimists about yourselves.
Dec 26, 2024


The awesome future of nanotech
Nanotech could one day create real-life superheroes...
Dec 22, 2024


Lasers, hot rocks, and endless energy
The energy revolution lies under our feet…
Dec 12, 2024


The new Air Force
Human fighter pilots will barely exist in a few years...
Dec 8, 2024


Bring back the blimp
Meet the startup set to revolutionize world trade
Dec 1, 2024


Mr. President, tear down these regulations
We must defeat The Blight
Nov 21, 2024


This machine turns air into jet fuel
It’s roughly the size of two shipping containers and works like a reverse power plant.
Nov 14, 2024


Welcome to the innovation feast
We’re at the start of what could be the greatest burst of innovation in human history.
Nov 10, 2024


The radical change college needs
My visit to the new University of Austin (UATX) filled me with hope for the future of college in America.
Nov 3, 2024


The awesome near-future of solar
People are vastly underestimating the stunning pace of innovation in solar
Oct 25, 2024


Biotech’s breakout moment
The biotech revolution is unfolding right under our noses
Oct 20, 2024


Nuclear cheat code
Let’s help make atomic energy cool again.
Oct 10, 2024


Welcome to the new space economy
Right now, 250 miles above our heads, innovation specialists at Airbus are growing mini hearts, livers, and kidneys in space.
Oct 3, 2024


Oh, the places we’ll go!
If you could be anywhere in just a few hours, where would you go?
Sep 29, 2024


The revolution begins
The future can be brighter than we imagine, if we build it.
Sep 22, 2024
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