Juan Orbea

The problem isn’t encouraging young people to aim high or dream big. It’s pretending that each of us is a blank canvas. I can dream all I want of becoming the next Michael Jordan, but my five-foot-seven frame and general lack of coordination say otherwise. Better advice came from the Greeks almost 2,500 years ago: “To know thyself is the beginning... See more

- How Chris thinks about writing outstanding explanations.

Through compelling stories that reveal surprising insights, Johnson explains how we can most effectively approach the choices that can chart the course of a life, an organization, or a civilization. 

In this policy paper, authors Austin Vernon and Eli Dourado explore what life would be like with endless energy. Coining the term “energy superabundance,” they look at energy policy, not in the usual sense of trying to restrict energy consumption, but as a way to promote energy abundance—a future in which energy is so clean and plentiful, limiting... See more

Over 20% of energy in the US comes from a nuclear source. Up to 70% in France. Yet it's not a technology that has been widely accepted, primarily due to concerns of historical safety risks and storage + a dependency on coal and gas.

On one side, there are employees who think of the company like a job. They come in, they work hard, and they do their job. They are rational actors, and the value they add to the company, while valuable, scales linearly.