✍🏼 Essays
Every week you get a thought-provoking essay on how you can understand and create the future.
⬆️ Optimism's Theory of Knowledge
The optimist's view differs from the pessimist's in a fundamental respect: the optimist sees what could be done with the half-full glass, what it can be used for, and who might need a little water right now, writes Nicklas Berild Lundblad.
💡 Infinite human knowledge is possible
Is there an upper limit to what we as humanity can know and learn? Are there problems we can't solve because our brains are too insignificant? Yes, at least according to the prevailing attitude of most people. But is that really true? Not if you ask Oxford professor David Deutsch.
🕊 This is how wind and solar energy make the world more peaceful
Our move to renewable energy will make the world more peaceful. As countries become self-sufficient in energy, many incentives for conflict will diminish.
📰 Do you think media is a dying business? Think again
Most people think that media is a lousy business, because they see lots of old media companies struggling. But the free global distribution of content is a huge opportunity for journalism and will create massive global media companies.
💰 Big ideas on how to make big money - investing in the future
A fact-based optimist sees opportunities before everyone else. One opportunity is to invest in companies that create a better world, and at the same time make a lot of money.
🔭 The values that guide development going forward
If man were fundamentally pessimistic, then why are so many of our daily decisions about doing good? More and more consumers are exhibiting value-driven behavior. For companies, this means that business-as-usual is no longer a profitable alternative, writes Victoria Bäck.
💡 "If it seems too bad to be true – it probably is"
It is wise to be a critical thinker. The problem is that far too many confuse critical thinking with pessimism. Luckily, there is a solution, writes Magnus Aschan, Editor-in-Chief of Warp News.
🌎 217 million optimists - the case for thinking bigger
Politicians and countries should think bigger and create common goals. But countries are not the only way to have a vast impact: Now we can connect with like-minded people all over the world in global communities - and think bigger together.
🌱To cultivate utopias is to take existential responsibility
Since the pandemic made its debut at the beginning of the year, several have painted the picture of 2020 as a dystopia. But in this gloomy description, there is every reason to start formulating our utopias. The only question is whether we dare, writes Victoria Bäck.