Global Conference

The recent college admissions scandal has accomplished something positive: it has prompted people to talk in a more honest way about unequal access to education and other building blocks of prosperity. It starts with access to things such...

As people living in modern society, we widely believe that the market-based system of the United States, and similar ecosystems, leads to the highest distribution of prosperity because of relatively efficient resource allocation. The...

The term “Big Data” has become ubiquitous, yet adoption of predictive techniques has a long way to go. Data is abundant, is growing exponentially, and is essential to many industries and nonprofits today. Society has not, however, fully...

To me, prosperity means living a joyous, high-quality life. During my 27-year career as a health-care investor, I have been fortunate to witness significant progress in the understanding of disease pathways. Advances in understanding the...

I’m an optimist by nature. I see challenges as opportunities. I always imagine a brighter future for my grandchildren. That’s not to say my outlook isn’t occasionally tested. Take the rise of the Fourth Industrial Revolution that has led...

Prosperity means the freedom to take control of your destiny and drive your own outcomes. I am fortunate enough to be part of that small minority of humans who participate in a functioning fiat monetary system. But a mere two generations...

Prosperity means many different things to many different people. For some, it means wealth. For others, health. Or education. Or a sustainable environment. The resources—financial or otherwise—that society needs to make collective progress...

Prosperity cannot be shared on a dying planet. Without living systems, there can be no wealth. Today’s unevenly distributed prosperity was achieved by capturing and burning ancient sunlight in extravagant amounts—coal, gas, and oil. It was...

Prosperity is commonly thought of as a synonym for wealth, but it’s also defined as a successful, flourishing, or thriving condition. Wealth is nice, but flourishing and thriving is a bigger deal: It speaks to the dimensions that make us...

2018 was a revolutionary year for film. According to the MPAA, global box office receipts climbed to $41.1 billion, with revenue from theaters in the US and Canada reaching a new high. This revenue was not built on “business as usual”...