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Everything posted so far, newest first. Sixteen essays written between 2017 and 2026, 220,605 words in total. There are shorter ways to make an argument. This is not one of them.

2026

Sep 1 - Predictions That Did Not Happen - The Receipts - 11,856 words

Aug 2 - Accelerate Everything - Notebook - 1,852 words

Aug 2 - Optimism Right Now - Building - 14,237 words

2025

Dec 6 - The Ledger of Progress - The Receipts - 10,321 words

Oct 5 - Accelerationism - Philosophy - 13,259 words

Jul 3 - The History of Venture Capital - Money - 14,592 words

2024

Nov 6 - Optimism's Enemies - Philosophy - 15,283 words

2023

Nov 4 - The Hopeful Imaginers - The Optimists - 14,762 words

May 3 - The Future, Unevenly Distributed - Building - 13,928 words

2021

Dec 4 - The Data Optimists - The Optimists - 14,592 words

2020

April - The Meaning of Life is Uncaptured Value - Long Essays - 24,409 words

Feb 5 - The Philosophers of Progress - The Optimists - 14,771 words

2019

Jun 7 - The Students of Technology - The Optimists - 14,031 words

2018

Oct 4 - The Deep Philosophy of Optimism - Philosophy - 14,886 words

Jul 7 - The Libertarian Wager - Money - 14,311 words

2017

Jan 9 - Rem Koolhaas - Building - 13,515 words

BY CATEGORY

Building (3)

Money (2)

Philosophy (3)

The Optimists (4)

Long Essays (1)

The Receipts (2)

Notebook (1)

All essays can be read at madsbjerg.com/blog.