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Start Here: Building the Protopia
Progress: The economic, technological, and organizational advancements that gave rise to modern civilization are under threat.
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J.K. Lund
The Triple Helix of Innovation
Fostering a synergistic innovation culture
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How Growth Can Protect the Environment
The Environmental Kuznets Curve
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Just Tax the Land
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How the Atom Can Split Martian Travel Time
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A Look at China's Reusable Super Rocket
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The Age of Deferred Aging
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Democracy Without Elections
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The Race for the 'Holy Grail' of Rocketry
How private companies are making space affordable
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The Key to a Sustainable Economy
How a carbon tax can solve the climate problem
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Back to the Propeller?
How the "Propfan" can change air travel
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Do We Live In a Protopia?
Not dystopia, not utopia, but something else
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Revisiting China's Lost "Sky City"
When revolutionary ideas solve the wrong problem
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Not Qualified, or Overqualified
How credential inflation inhibits progress
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China and the US are Going to the Moon
A comparison of how they plan to get there
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Supercharging Innovation
Rethinking how we approach intellectual property
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The Paradox of Limitation
When efficient isn't actually productive
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