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Manufactured on Luna

Manufactured on Luna

Mar 20, 2025

Weekly Diary

Stephen McBride

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

Why AI is not a job killer

Why AI is not a job killer

Mar 13, 2025

Weekly Diary

Stephen McBride

This is the one job AI can’t replace…

Shhhh… supersonic, without the boom

Shhhh… supersonic, without the boom

Mar 9, 2025

Weekly Diary

Stephen McBride

Where will you go when supersonic travel shrinks the world?

The year of the robot

The year of the robot

Mar 2, 2025

Weekly Diary

Stephen McBride

“Everything that moves will be robotic”…

Breakfast with the godfather of Rational Optimism

Breakfast with the godfather of Rational Optimism

Feb 23, 2025

Weekly Diary

Stephen McBride

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

Welcome to the future we were promised

Welcome to the future we were promised

Feb 14, 2025

Weekly Diary

Stephen McBride

The future is happening—fast.

The rational optimist guide to using AI

The rational optimist guide to using AI

Feb 9, 2025

Weekly Diary

Stephen McBride

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

Honey, crank up the sun

Honey, crank up the sun

Feb 2, 2025

Weekly Diary

Stephen McBride

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

WTF happened in 2024?

WTF happened in 2024?

Jan 29, 2025

Weekly Diary

Stephen McBride

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

Part #4: The innovation feast and you

Part #4: The innovation feast and you

Jan 26, 2025

Weekly Diary

Stephen McBride

Here’s how Rational Optimists should prepare for the innovation avalanche…

Part #3: The Final Frontiers

Part #3: The Final Frontiers

Jan 19, 2025

Weekly Diary

Stephen McBride

From AI to rocket launches, we’re entering a new age of tech innovation…

Part #2: The Five Frontiers

Part #2: The Five Frontiers

Jan 12, 2025

Weekly Diary

Stephen McBride

Welcome to the “innovation feast”…

WTF happened in 2024?

WTF happened in 2024?

Jan 5, 2025

Weekly Diary

Stephen McBride

2024 marks the end of the innovation slump…

Meet your fellow Rational Optimists

Meet your fellow Rational Optimists

Dec 26, 2024

Weekly Diary

Stephen McBride

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

The awesome future of nanotech

The awesome future of nanotech

Dec 22, 2024

Weekly Diary

Stephen McBride

Nanotech could one day create real-life superheroes...

Lasers, hot rocks, and endless energy

Lasers, hot rocks, and endless energy

Dec 12, 2024

Weekly Diary

Stephen McBride

The energy revolution lies under our feet…

The new Air Force

The new Air Force

Dec 8, 2024

Weekly Diary

Stephen McBride

Human fighter pilots will barely exist in a few years...

Bring back the blimp

Bring back the blimp

Dec 1, 2024

Weekly Diary

Stephen McBride

Meet the startup set to revolutionize world trade

Mr. President, tear down these regulations

Mr. President, tear down these regulations

Nov 21, 2024

Weekly Diary

Stephen McBride

We must defeat The Blight

This machine turns air into jet fuel

This machine turns air into jet fuel

Nov 14, 2024

Weekly Diary

Stephen McBride

It’s roughly the size of two shipping containers and works like a reverse power plant.

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