💡 Optimist's Edge

As a Warp News Premium Supporter, you get access to the Optimist's Edge. The difference between what people believe and the facts. Because of negative headlines and a pessimistic world-view, people miss important trends. We do surveys of what people believe and compare that with the facts, giving you unique insights

Maria Eriksson 3 min read

💡 Optimist’s Edge: Let your stuff make money for you

Contrary to many people's beliefs, it is possible to make good money by renting out your belongings. Here we give examples of what is popular on the sharing sites, how much you can earn - and our best tips for how to get started.

Anna Rennéus Guthrie 4 min read

💡 Optimist's Edge: Diabetes will be able to be cured - sooner rather than later

Diabetes has been described as a global epidemic, but its end may now be within reach.

Mathias Sundin 4 min read

💡 Optimist’s Edge: Will the Tesla Bot replace all physical human labor?

Robots that understand and can interact with the surrounding environment will be able to replace all physical human labor, which will lead to a dramatic expansion of the world economy.

Mathias Sundin 3 min read

💡 Optimist’s Edge: No language barrier

Humanity has been working on machine translation for hundreds of years, but in the last ten years, progress has been exponential. We are close to a world with perfect machine translations of texts, removing a big language barrier for the world.

Magnus Aschan 4 min read

💡 Optimist's Edge: Do you want a gene-edited pet?

Would you buy a genetically modified pet? Maybe a luminous cat who can not get sick with AIDS? Or why not a pet that does not cause allergies? Or dogs that can not get muscular dystrophy?

Mathias Sundin 4 min read

💡 Optimist's Edge Top 5

Optimist's Edge is the advantage fact-based optimists have, which gives them the superpower to be able to see opportunities before everyone else.

Anna Rennéus Guthrie 4 min read

💡 Optimist’s Edge: You may be less of a climate villain than you think

Could climate anxiety be on the decline? According to a recent survey, most people believe that they live a sustainable life.

Maria Eriksson 3 min read

💡 Optimist's Edge: You can still count on antibiotics

After all the warnings about antibiotic resistance, you might think the medicine soon will belong to the past. This is not the case. Maria Eriksson explains the benefits of antibiotics.

Marco Borsari 3 min read

💡 Optimist's Edge: Forbidden substances - tomorrow's medicine?

Research on psychedelics is growing exponentially. The results when it comes to tackling depression and other mental health issues are striking. In this week's Optimist's Edge, Marco Borsari takes a look at the "psychedelic revolution" in medicine.