Factories and offices will always generate far more wealth than hotels and restaurants. Growing tourism is a sign of economic stagnation, not dynamism.

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.

Giants of the global economy like Intel and Boeing have been aggressively mismanaged into irrelevance. Great companies have missions, not metrics.

The two halves of Western civilization are poor in different ways. Neither is building the future anymore. Both should.

There is only one durable justification for space exploration. If we fail to understand it, our civilization will end on Earth, not among the stars.

Forget about AI. There is a much more alarming type of intelligence arising in the oceans beneath us. Most people don’t even know about it. Without a solution, humanity will be overwhelmed.