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The Rational Optimist with Matt Ridley

The great climate climbdown is finally here

From the original Rational Optimist

Dec 15, 2025 • Matt Ridley

Ridley: Are we finally about to crack fusion energy?

From the original Rational Optimist

Dec 3, 2025 • Matt Ridley

RIDLEY: Stop taxing the poor to fund useless climate programs

All this for a <0.0005°C reduction?

Jul 25, 2025 • Matt Ridley

Podcasts

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New Podcast: The electronic battlefield just changed forever

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Recent posts

We must defeat B.A.N.A.N.A.

Time to break the rules

Dec 21, 2025 • Stephen McBride

The great climate climbdown is finally here

From the original Rational Optimist

Dec 15, 2025 • Matt Ridley

Dude, where’s my supersonic jet?

3 innovators reimagining how we fly

Dec 14, 2025 • Stephen McBride

Cracking the Methuselah code

The quest to cure aging

Dec 7, 2025 • Rational Optimist Society

Ridley: Are we finally about to crack fusion energy?

From the original Rational Optimist

Dec 3, 2025 • Matt Ridley

Ridley: America recharged my optimism batteries

From the original Rational Optimist

Nov 30, 2025 • Matt Ridley

The $65 million cube

Celebrating SPDHTs

Nov 23, 2025 • Dan Steinhart

Welcome to Bastrop

The next trillion-dollar company?

Nov 16, 2025 • Stephen McBride

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