More People Mean More Genius Innovators
With 18 times more people you get 18 times more geniuses. You also get enormous markets that can accommodate complex and expensive fixed-cost products.
Gale Pooley
Blog Post | Natural Resource Prices
Update on the Five Metals from the Simon–Ehrlich Bet
Since 1900, the average abundance of these five metals has increased 36.5 percent faster than the population.
Blog Post | Accidents, Injuries & Poisonings
Waymo Drivers Are Way Safer (10x) Than Humans
Waymo is on an exponential learning curve, with every mile driven adding to its knowledge base.
Home Alone with Pizza Abundance
For the time price of one pizza in 1990, unskilled workers get 3.8 pizzas today. Upskilling workers get 8.4.
Thanksgiving Dinner Will Be 8.8 Percent Cheaper This Year
Be thankful for the increase in human knowledge that transforms atoms into valuable resources.
We’re All Billionaires Now (Thanks to New Knowledge)
We may not have a billion dollars in the bank, but we enjoy the benefits of many billions of dollars invested on our behalf.
Costco Raises Membership Fee, but It’s Still 21 Percent Cheaper than in 1983
The hot dog combo is 70 percent cheaper.
Infinite Abundance of Long-Distance Phone Calls
Entrepreneurs and innovators transform scarcities into abundances once again.