For millennia, myths and philosophy warned of tools entrapping us in tragedies of our own making. But the discovery of technology offers its own horizon of choice, and with it escape from such fates.

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 Bay Area is a regional economy hindered by fragmented local governments. The answer is consolidation into Greater San Francisco.

Germany is renowned for its automotive engineering. But its historic car industry is getting left behind in the electric vehicle transition, calling the country’s entire economic model into question.