Arcadia and the Amazon were both created by human gardeners, not by natural forces. Our newfound responsibility to steward the Earth’s biosphere is best met with technologically-enhanced gardening.

South Africa’s spiral of corruption and decay is what happens when an extractive, revolutionary political elite takes charge of a fundamentally Western, liberal, and modern society.

Sovereign wealth promises to make the government legible to citizens and help the U.S. catch up to Chinese manufacturing. Our political culture must embrace long-term strategy to use them well.

After fifteen years, the digital asset has outlasted critics and hit new highs. It is time to consider whether this technology unlocks an unbreakable link to our distant future.

Government saving failing companies slows down technological progress. This is why economists’ recommendation to use stimulus to prevent downturns leads to a more impoverished future.

The biggest rocket ever built will not just transform our current space and satellite industry, but power human civilization all the way to Mars. The time has come to settle a second planet.

In the wake of the terrible Los Angeles fires, a whole new approach is needed, not just new leadership. Without technology, these new challenges will be impossible to meet.

The coalition seeks to slow the creation of AI which it fears will destroy humanity. But these same activists have only accelerated AI development in the past, and are on track to do so again.

Not every innovation in military technology transforms warfare at first. But only early adopters, whether in the 19th century or today, find the ones that do.

Urban mismanagement and burdensome regulation are twin killers for American innovation. New cities built on federal land can spark an economic renaissance.

Thawing ice has unlocked the mineral wealth and strategic value of the Arctic Ocean. It necessitates a fresh look at questions of sovereignty and expansion.

We must honor the heroes and martyrs of our internet. This is why I’m building the late programmer and hacktivist Aaron Swartz a statue right here in San Francisco.

Sergei Korolev was the secret architect of the Soviet space program. His career demonstrates the triumph of vision and institutional innovation over conventionality and bureaucracy.

Decreasing cost to orbit makes new space structures viable. A transformative option is a telescope capable of seeing distant planets up close.

Giants of the global economy like Intel and Boeing have been aggressively mismanaged into irrelevance. Great companies have missions, not metrics.

An us-versus-them framing of AI development mobilizes government support but also incentivizes China to join a risky arms race. A more balanced approach is needed.