Peter Thiel’s plan to become CEO of America

The infamous investor has made a long shot bet on Trump to make the United States…

The Great Enrichment and Social Justice

The great strange fact of human history is how it came to be that a good chunk of our species, after more than 100,000 years of scraping by, suddenly got rather wildly rich. Deirdre McCloskey, the eminent economic historian and social theorist, calls it the…

Silicon Valley is Eating the Democratic Party

The Democratic Party of the future will be the party of market liberalism and innovation.

The Business Case for Supersonic Overland

Ending the ban on supersonic overland is the key to achieving affordable, faster-than-sound air travel.

The Future of Liberalism and the Politicization of Everything

The ideals of liberalism seem…

What’s That? WhatsApp Goes Full Encryption

If you thought the Apple vs FBI fight was big, just you wait.

The “Why” in Wage Segregation

(Alternative Title: How Ezra Klein Caused Income Inequality)

Burr and Feinstein: To Hell With Encryption

All your encryption are belong to government.

How We Think About Privacy Matters

Privacy isn’t everything. But it also isn’t nothing.

A Technological Axial Age

Profound technological change has brought us to a pivot point in human history.