It is challenging being young in Africa. But there are also many reasons to be hopeful for the future, both for the new generation and for the continent.Youths in Africa are facing difficulties in accessing services like jobs, health, transport, education, and other...
Life is – we often note – much like a game. The game is, in fact, one of the most interesting generative metaphors we have: it allows us to think constructively about complex and important problems – but it also allows us to think about the kinds...
This is a premium article opened for you by our Premium Supporters. They support our work to spread fact-based optimism. If you also want to support us, you can read more here.In this article, the debate is embodied by three people: The today unknown but enormously...
Space is not something just "out there." However, most people, including royals such as the Duke of Cambridge, tend to believe that. In an attempt to address the climate issue, Prince William recently criticized entrepreneurs –...
Mankind has a long tradition of predicting doomsday. But fortunately, despite predictions of nuclear war, epidemics, and asteroid strikes, no one has been right so far.Now, in 2021, when, despite the pandemic, we have a historically long life expectancy, low child...
As an optimist, you are often faced with an interesting dilemma: the rest of the world thinks that the world is getting worse, and you think that it will get better – should you try to convince everyone else that it really gets better? Or is it that we have...