America’s great migration
The young and ambitious are fleeing the stagnant coastal states for the booming heartland.
‘For many states that were once great have now become small; and those that were great in my time were small formerly. Knowing therefore that human prosperity never continues in one stay.’ So wrote Herodotus in his Histories, in the fifth century BC. He reminds us that world history is not a morality tale between the ‘powerful’ and their victims. Rather, societies evolve, grow stronger and overcome weaker ones. People – and, more recently, capital – migrate to places that offer greater opportunities.
Economic Dynamism
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An AI Commencement Address That Might Not Elicit Boos
Someone has to dare to point the path forward in those communities. We need many more Nehemiahs.
A Tech Republic, If You Can Keep It
Before destroying the sources of American technological dominance, perhaps we should consider what would happen if the U.S. finds itself envying technological advances happening elsewhere
