Do you believe that scarcity exists? On the first day of the high school economics course I teach, the students are challenged to help me prove that it doesn’t. “If we can prove that scarcity doesn’t ...

The grocery store is a busy place, full of signs and signals that we may or may not always notice. Picture yourself in your usual store: do your eyes get drawn to a “limited quantities” sign or a “buy ...

S ome years ago, an academic friend fell under the spell of Angela Duckworth’s work on grit. Hearing her argument only secondhand, I initially found it militaristic and anti-creative. Now, having ...

How well equipped are we as a civilization to overcome resource scarcity in the future? originally appeared on Quora: the place to gain and share knowledge, empowering people to learn from others and ...