Our favorite rational optimist Matt Ridley is back with more interesting writing. “To solve 21st-century problems, innovators need the freedom to experiment without the burden of overregulation and the abuse of intellectual property rights by vested interests.” | learn more
“Schools should expect a 15% decline in enrollment next fall and a $45 billion decline in revenue from tuition, room and board and other services, according to the American Council on Education, the nation’s largest advocacy group for colleges and […]
I love this idea because it introduces the concept of a gap year to Americans at a time when maybe they’ll accept it! | learn more
Matt Ridley is best known for his writings on science, including the book Rational Optimist. Now: “There are reasons to be optimistic about the therapies being tested.” | learn
“The situation changes every day, there is a lot of information available—much of it contradictory—and it can be hard to make sense of all the proposals and ideas you may hear about. It can also sound like we have all […]
The cofounder of esteemed venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz published this excellent essay recently. “There is only one way to create the future we want for our own children and grandchildren, and that’s to build.” I couldn’t agree more! As […]
Speaking from that past, our first President has some incredibly timely warnings about the dangers of political parties! “Let me now take a more comprehensive view, and warn you in the most solemn manner against the baneful effects of the […]
“Since 1950, the world has created 6.3 trillion kilograms of plastic waste — and 91 percent has never been recycled even once, according to a landmark 2017 study published in the journal Science Advances.” | learn more
This is still a crazy idea at this point. However, it’s being proposed by a physicist Nobel laureate. “We think that in 10 or 15 years’ time we will have something we can demonstrate.” Solving the nuclear waste problem would […]
Slow down–this does not mean aliens exist. However, it does signal the building blocks of Earth life may have come from space. “Named hemolithin, the new protein contains iron and lithium and may play an important role in seeding life […]