Technology

How Humanity Learned to Fly

A century of technological and organizational innovation from the Wright Flyer to the Dreamliner

Oct 30 •

Railroads, Engines, Chips, and AI: Two Centuries of Global Investment Booms

Why Every Great Leap Forward Begins with a Financial Frenzy

Oct 20 •

How the steel plow transformed the Great Plains

More proof of the importance of subsistence technologies in human history

Sep 11 •

How technological innovations created scientific breakthroughs

And why science is more dependent on technology than vice versa.

Sep 2 •

Key innovations from the Renaissance in Northern Italy

And how they transformed the region from poverty to progress

Sep 1 •

How technological innovations liberated women

It was not feminist activism or government reforms.

Aug 21 •

Technological Innovation (the series)

One of the most important factors in how progress works in our daily lives.

Jan 18 •

Why I am a Techno-Realist

And not a Techno-Optimist

Nov 26, 2024 •

Book Review: The Nature of Technology

What It is And How It Evolves by W. Brian Arthur

Mar 1, 2024 •

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Top 10 Technological Innovations of the 19th Century

And the one that had the biggest impact on the 20th Century

Feb 16, 2024 •

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Innovating the next Energy revolution

A practical application of Innovation prizes

Jan 31, 2024 •

Innovation Prizes can accelerate technological innovation

An almost cost-free solution to many of our worst problems.

Jan 24, 2024 •

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