The practice of archaeology is almost unique to our contemporary Western civilization rather than universal, and it is unlikely to be continued by future civilizations.
The vast majority of the UK’s mineral wealth lies undiscovered in the vast icy territory. It offers a test and challenge worthy of a national effort.
Taking whatever shortcut is available has become common sense to young American university graduates who find themselves with few prospects of productive work.
Humanity and industry can be made compatible, not extinguished for degrowth or AI. The solution is a civilization oriented towards maximum production and challenging megaprojects.
The technology to grow a baby outside a mother is closer than you think. Even with wide adoption, it won’t raise fertility enough to stop population decline—but will be enough to save lives.
Intentional design is replacing evolution as the main driver of genetic change in humans. To enhance the brain is to rewire the machinery that makes institutions possible.
A city best-known for its inauthenticity is in touch with an uncomfortable but important truth about human nature.
The ultimate high ground cannot be divided geographically. The threat of stagnant peace under one world government means humanity must once more wrestle with war to thrive.
Hyper-scaling the computational power of AI systems holds great promise, but the Earth cannot indefinitely shoulder their energy needs. The Moon can.
As space colonization advances, translating rapidly progressing hibernation research into humans may prove necessary. On Earth, human hibernation may help us coordinate multigenerational projects.
The physicist Gerard O’Neill thought a planetary surface isn’t the right place for an expanding civilization. As launch costs fall, we need more ambitious goals to drive technology further.
China has launched hundreds of rockets and built a space industry second only to SpaceX. The United States is now in a space race that decision-makers and the public are barely aware of.
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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.