PS Newsletter
💡 Result of our investigation: Sixth mass extinction
A journalistic reflex is to think: "That sounds too good to be true." But rarely if ever the opposite: "That sounds too bad to be true." That's why we wanted to do a "too bad to be true" review.
💡 Premium Supporter recap + fact-based optimistic news
🌞 Climate optimism at Stockholm Climate Week. 🥇 Graphene just broke another physics record. 🐛 Printing electronics into living worms. 🩸 Lab-grown red blood cells.
💡 How Jeff Bezos used the Optimist's Edge
Something called the internet was growing at 2300 percent per year. But it was dismissed as a fad. Jeff Bezos used Optimist's Edge to make a life-changing decision. You can do that too.
🚀 A new era: Before and after Starship
Not only is a new space age being initiated, but possibly a new era for humanity.
💡 Premium Supporter recap + fact-based optimistic news
💉 Fewer child deaths, thanks to new vaccine. 🛰️ Satellite to monitor air pollution in near real-time. 🤖 WALL-Y: ChaosGPT's comical quest for world domination.
💡 Musings of The Angry Optimist: Bombing AI labs and crashing the Universe
Bomb AI labs and AI can crash the universe, say the AI alarmists. Even the pause-AI letter contains far-reaching alarmism.
🙈 Climate skeptics slow down progress
Here are two arguments for why we should transition to sustainability, that have nothing to do with climate change.
💡 Premium Supporter recap + fact-based optimistic news
💉 New vaccine technology can provide better cancer treatment and increased survival rate. 🌕 The four astronauts who will go around the Moon. 🧠 New gel offers hope for brain tissue regeneration. And - an AI pause is a bad idea.
😰 The Pattern of Technology Panic
Technology panics also follow Gartner's hype curve, and in the worst case, they can initiate ill-considered bans and restrictions, writes Waldemar Ingdahl.