We explore how AI tutors are revolutionizing education with remarkable results.

The Rational Optimist Diary is moving…

In this week's Rational Optimist Podcast, we explore SpaceX's dramatic rescue of NASA astronauts stranded in space for 9 months after...

After 50 years of stagnation, humanity is returning to the Moon…

We explore why AI will create more jobs than it destroys.

This is the one job AI can’t replace…

Where will you go when supersonic travel shrinks the world?

NASA hasn't returned to the Moon since 1972. Now private companies are doing what the government couldn't for over 53 years.

“Everything that moves will be robotic”…

In this week's Rational Optimist Podcast, we explore the rapidly advancing world of robotics.

This is what Matt Ridley had to say about today’s breakthrough technologies…

Boom Supersonic just pulled off the impossible: they broke the sound barrier without making a sound. Wild, right?

In this week's Rational Optimist Podcast, we explore how over-regulation is finally giving way to innovation. Plus: why Starlink's new...

The future is happening—fast.

It is no longer a question of whether autonomous vehicles will become the norm, but when.

This will be the first of many diaries where we explore how to use this incredible new technology.

DeepSeek's training costs were much higher than reported ($1.6B, not $6M) - but that's not the real story. Big Tech is doubling down...

What if, instead of watching helplessly as nature wreaks havoc, we could control it?

DeepSeek's AI breakthrough sent shockwaves through tech markets, wiping $600B in value. But beyond the headlines lies a bigger story...

If I’m right, America’s next chapter will be its best. The next 50 years will look radically different than the last 50.