π BookI’ve been skeptical about universal basic income, and I’m still not convinced that it is a good idea. But this book opened my eyes to the thoughts behind the idea.The idea comes from a deep trust in humanity, that humans will do something good out of...
π BookHave you read your first short Warp News e-book yet? It comes free with your Premium Supporter membership. (Others can buy it on Amazon.)Even if you are not a space geek, I recommend you read it. Especially if you’re not a space geek. It is short and very...
Open: The Story of Human ProgressWarp Institute wants to make the future come sooner. The best way to speed up progress is to have more ideas and be better at spreading them. This has been the case for all of human history.Johan Norberg shows in this book that this is...
π BookThis book is from 2009, which is great because then you can check if the author was right on his predictions.”The cost of solar energy is expected to be as low as 3.5 Β’/kWh in 2020,” Tony Seba claims in the book. This is way lower than anyone else...
Image source: Juergen Faelchle/Leonardo B. Martins/Shutterstock/Big Thinkπ BookI’ve read them all: Johan Norberg, Hans Rosling, Steven Pinker and so on. All the authors that write about how the world is getting better. Even if you have read them too, I still...
π BookDavid McCullough’s The Wright Brothers is a story about breakthrough innovation, and the persistence that goes with it.Today Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, is full of bars and hotels, but back then in the early 1900s, it was a lousy place to spend any time....