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The most important thing to happen in 1776
We have the revolution backwards
Jul 4
Ridley: We’re using the wrong pronouns for AI
It’s biology, not wordplay
Jul 1
A Look Inside the Startup Making Homes Affordable Again | Cuby
We’ve put supercomputers in our pockets and landed rockets back on their tails … but it takes us longer to build a house today than in 1971.
Jul 1
America, you saved my life
A love letter from a Dublin kid
Jun 28
Ridley: We must finally embrace gene editing
America did what Britain only debated
Jun 26
The rational optimist’s guide to using AI
The expert doctor, coder and teacher in your pocket
Jun 24
The AI School That’s Fixing Education | Alpha School
On Joe Liemandt’s first day as Alpha School principal, he asked kids what would make them love school. The most common answer? "Less school."
Jun 23
Unlocking the ocean economy
A trillion-dollar frontier in plain sight
Jun 21
Ridley: CO2 is greening the Earth
So why aren't climate alarmists celebrating?
Jun 18
The Startup Lifting Cities out of Flood Zones | Terranova
Flooding already costs America $180 billion a year. By 2050, more than 300 million people will live with regular flooding.
Jun 17
We can’t let Degrowth win
Our kids’ future depends on it
Jun 17
Matt Ridley: An amateur sleuth is singlehandedly demolishing dangerous scientific groupthink
Sholto David has found a clumsy error in cancer studies across the world
Jun 15
Data centers in space are going to happen
SpaceX is already building the parts
Jun 14
The Founder Taking On China's Battery Empire
With Ouros founder Ethan Loosbrock
Jun 10
It’s hardware’s turn to eat the world.
The “Silicon Industrial” revolution
Jun 7
AGI Is BS | Jamie Metzl's AI Prediction
Jamie Metzl explains why he believes "AGI is BS," what artificial intelligence will actually mean for jobs, and how humanity can navigate the biggest technological transition in history.
Jun 3
The nuclear SMR race is down to the wire
Our final SMR power rankings
May 31
Has the singularity begun?
It sure seems like it…
May 24
What I told my daughter about climate change
“Do more” optimism wins
May 17
Ridley: How dangerous is the cruise ship hantavirus outbreak?
Here we go again... or maybe not.
May 15
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