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Going robotic

Going robotic

Sep 7, 2025

Weekly Diary

Stephen McBride

Roboticizing a $2 trillion industry

Your AI super doctor will see you now

Your AI super doctor will see you now

Aug 31, 2025

Weekly Diary

Stephen McBride

A 101 on how to benefit from Dr. GPT

Will AI make kids dumb?

Will AI make kids dumb?

Aug 24, 2025

Weekly Diary

Stephen McBride

AI’s disruption to education reminds me of when I first discovered bitcoin in 2012.

Why I’m obsessed with AI schooling

Why I’m obsessed with AI schooling

Aug 17, 2025

Weekly Diary

Stephen McBride

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.

The biggest IPO ever

The biggest IPO ever

Aug 10, 2025

Weekly Diary

Stephen McBride

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

The Standard Oil of nuclear

The Standard Oil of nuclear

Aug 3, 2025

Weekly Diary

Stephen McBride

A single uranium pellet the size of a gummy bear contains as much energy as 140 barrels of oil. It’s the cleanest, safest energy source known to man.

Matt Ridley corrects the Daily Mail

Matt Ridley corrects the Daily Mail

Jul 25, 2025

Matt Ridley

Warning! The @DailyMail is carrying an article by me that contains numerous errors, introduced by editors while I was without access to a phone signal or internet, hiking in the Rockies.

Austin + Detroit = winning

Austin + Detroit = winning

Jul 25, 2025

Weekly Diary

Stephen McBride

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

SpaceX of the sea

SpaceX of the sea

Jul 13, 2025

Weekly Diary

Stephen McBride

The ocean is the new frontier

Genomics’ is having its broadband moment

Genomics’ is having its broadband moment

Jul 6, 2025

Weekly Diary

Stephen McBride

The world’s most underrated tech

Meet the new time machines

Meet the new time machines

Jun 29, 2025

Weekly Diary

Stephen McBride

Reclaim your most valuable resource

The Henry Ford of Satellites

The Henry Ford of Satellites

Jun 20, 2025

Weekly Diary

Stephen McBride

Can you feel the Apollo 8 energy?

AI: Age (of the) Individual

AI: Age (of the) Individual

Jun 8, 2025

Weekly Diary

Stephen McBride

AI sent me into an existential crisis.

The new nuclear capital of America

The new nuclear capital of America

Jun 1, 2025

Weekly Diary

Stephen McBride

Imagine a nuclear reactor the size of a shipping container quietly powering your local hospital.

Matt Ridley Interviews Richard Dawkins

Matt Ridley Interviews Richard Dawkins

May 28, 2025

Matt Ridley

When I sat down to interview Richard Dawkins the question I had in my mind was: How did a young lad born in Kenya and raised on a foggy island across the North Sea, who had a fascination for natural history and a way with words, become arguably the world's foremost public intellectual?

The Neuralink mafia fixing brains

The Neuralink mafia fixing brains

May 23, 2025

Weekly Diary

Stephen McBride

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.”

Ridley: CRISPR announcement is great moment in medical history

Ridley: CRISPR announcement is great moment in medical history

May 19, 2025

Matt Ridley

Baby KJ lacked a working copy of a vital gene

Welcome to D.R.E.A.M world

Welcome to D.R.E.A.M world

May 18, 2025

Weekly Diary

Stephen McBride

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.

Honey, I shrunk the world

Honey, I shrunk the world

May 11, 2025

Weekly Diary

Stephen McBride with Dan Steinhart

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.

Did you hear the good climate news?

Did you hear the good climate news?

May 11, 2025

Dan Steinhart

After ~20 years of shrinkage, the Antarctic ice sheet expanded by 108 gigatons/year from 2021-2023.

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