Emerging transformational technologies, as economist Joseph Schumpeter pointed out, do not advance the economy by consistent predictable increments. Rather, they disrupt and destroy, bankrupting entire industries by offering clearly superior alternatives. Historically, however, these technological advances have rarely been recognized and welcomed when they first appeared. For the most part, they ...read more

SOMETIMES, I DON'T REALIZE HOW HOT a topic is until I write about it — and get flooded with feedback. Clearly, nuclear energy is such a topic. Predictably, some of you clapped me on the back, some took me to task... And both for what you thought I was saying: That nuclear ...read more