Archive - Faster, Please!

☢ The Chernobyl Syndrome: Another example of just how deadly nuclear fear can be

Also: A Quick Q&A on nuclear energy infrastructure with … regulatory policy analyst Thomas Hochman ⚛️

14 hrs ago •

James Pethokoukis

📈 This was a good US GDP report!

📺 Thursday Throwback: The thrilling pro-progress message of the 2012 London Olympic Games

Jul 25 •

James Pethokoukis

🌐↔ A Quick Q&A on trade protectionism with ... economist Kimberly Clausing

Also: A few thoughts on Tesla and self-driving cars

Jul 24 •

James Pethokoukis

⏩ We're slowly breaking through the wall of stagnation

Making it easier to build in America is an important step forward (with more needed)

Jul 23 •

James Pethokoukis

⤵ My chat (+transcript) with investor Ruchir Sharma on where capitalist economies went wrong

Faster, Please! — The Podcast #54

Jul 19 •

James Pethokoukis

23:26

🚀 Can JD Vance make MAGA more pro-progress (and Up Wing)?

Light AI regulation is great, but so is liberal democracy.

Jul 18 •

James Pethokoukis

🔮 We need more futurism in Washington

How about a Strategic Foresight Advisory Board that reports directly to the president?

Jul 17 •

James Pethokoukis

⚠ The risk of preemptively tackling AI risk

We don't know what we don't know, and we shouldn't risk delaying the benefits of tech progress under the arrogant pretence of knowledge

Jul 16 •

James Pethokoukis

⚛ My chat (+transcript) with the US Energy Department's Mike Goff on powering the US with more nuclear energy

Faster, Please! — The Podcast #53

Jul 11 •

James Pethokoukis

25:45

⤵️ 5 megaprojects that America didn’t build (but should have)

These are some of our worst decisions of the past half century

Jul 10 •

James Pethokoukis

🎁 AI and technological 'eucatastrophe'

Are we seeing a repeat of the surprise 1990s boom?

Jul 8 •

James Pethokoukis

⤴⤵ Up Wing/Down Wing #8

A curated selection of pro-progress and anti-progress news items from the week that was

Jul 6 •

James Pethokoukis

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