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Big names like Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos, and Richard Branson are pioneering humanity's future in space.
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Optimist's Edge
The difference between what people believe and the facts.
Would you have liked to have understood Tesla in 2015?
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.
Every week you’ll get a new insight in a short and accessible format.
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Community
The future is created by optimists.
A global community of fact-based optimists.
Here you’ll find the people that you can create a positive future with together.
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One example of the Optimist's Edge
💡 Optimist’s Edge: Should we fix Earth before going to space?
61 percent believe we should 'fix Earth' before we go to space.
That is wrong.
Optimist's Edge:
We need space to fix Earth.
Without satellites it will be much harder and more expansive to fight climate change, save coral reefs and help people during natural disasters.
But our facts show that satellites can help us understand Earth better by providing vital information in many different areas, giving a global perspective with many details on problems that before only could be studied in pieces at a time.
Satellites can, for instance, photograph and monitor Earth’s surface, help with predictions by observing weather and climate, and monitor ecosystems that are otherwise hidden.
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Warp News Space Experts
Christer Fuglesang
Warp News
Space Expert
— Astronaut with two trips to the ISS,
Professor of space travel.
Karin Nilsdotter
Warp News
Space Expert
— Future astronaut, CEO Spaceport Sweden.
Pictured here with Elon Musk
Space Impact at Warp Space Summit
Two Swedish explorers building their own rocket to go to Mars
Tom and Tina Sjogren
Porkchop
CEO and co-founder, Matija Milenovic
More space in school
Jenny Jannson
Warp News Space Coverage
🚀 SpaceX landed a 25-story building between two arms on the launch tower
The first stage of the rocket, the one that landed at the launch tower, is about 70 meters tall, equivalent to a 25-story building. Reusing rockets makes our access to space much cheaper.
☄️ Scientists show nuclear explosion can deflect asteroid
Scientists have simulated the effect of X-rays from a nuclear explosion on asteroids. The results show that the method can provide sufficient force to change the trajectory of large asteroids. The technique could potentially be used to avert threats from asteroids up to four kilometers in diameter.
🌟 Earth may NOT be swallowed by the sun in 6 billion years
A rocky planet has been discovered orbiting a white dwarf star 4000 light-years away. The planet is believed to have survived the star's red giant phase by moving to a more distant orbit. The discovery provides insights into Earth's possible future when the sun expands.
👩🚀 New record: 19 people orbited Earth simultaneously
Three people were launched towards the International Space Station on September 11. This raised the number of people in Earth's orbit to a record-high 19. The previous record was 17 people, set last year.
🙉 Don't get swept away by short-sighted pessimism
Many opinions are based on the tree one is staring at. Instead, take a step back and see the forest. In space, AI, and batteries, I zoom out from the chatter and try to see what's actually happening.
👩🚀 First private spacewalk conducted by SpaceX
SpaceX Polaris Dawn mission performed the first ever commercial spacewalk. The crew reached an altitude of nearly 1400 km, higher than any other manned spaceflight since the Apollo program. The mission tested new SpaceX equipment and conducted 36 scientific experiments.
Mathias Sundin —
The Angry Optimist
Co-founder & CEO of Warp News
Co-founder & Executive Chairman of the
Warp Institute Foundation
Mathias used to be a Member of Parliament, but choose not to run for reelection in 2018, because he had seen a big opportunity to have a more positive impact on the future.
Over the years he had become angry over how pessimists were seen as rational. Frustrated when optimists were mocked. Annoyed with the news media for their focus on negative news.
At the same time, he got more and more optimistic about the future of humanity. Life on Earth improved at a rate never seen before.
But progress was slowed down by all the pessimism. To solve enormous challenges like climate change we need to move faster.
Mathias started dreaming of a world where optimists are seen as rational. With news media showing a fact-based view of the world. And naive pessimists don't stand in the way of progress.
Therefore he founded the non-profit Warp Institute Foundation with the mission to make the future come sooner.
Warp Institute started gathering fact-based optimists from all over the world in a community.
In the community ideas are born that move humanity forward.
One future that we must make come sooner is the green future. Slowing down and stopping climate change requires faster action, more ideas and new technology.
That is why we cover the impact startups doing that.
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