Eli Dourado

Dec 6, 2024 | city-journal.org | Eli Dourado |Jordan McGillis

Eli Dourado joins Jordan McGillis to discuss economic productivity and areas such as space and energy, where innovation can thrive. Jordan McGillis: Welcome to 10 Blocks. I’m Jordan McGillis, economics editor of City Journal. My guest today is Eli Dourado, chief economist at the Abundance Institute, a new think tank focused on creating space for emerging technologies to grow, thrive, and reach their full potential. Eli, thanks for coming on. Eli Dourado: Great to be here, Jordan.

Oct 14, 2024 | elidourado.com | Eli Dourado

Last year, I published an article on airships. The article was the fruit of a few years’ exploration of the industry. I spoke to multiple airship manufacturers under NDA. I traded ideas with other cargo airship enthusiasts. And ultimately, along with my friends Ian McKay and Matt Sattler, I hired an engineer to develop new data on a 500-ton cargo airship. My article explained why airships could transform the freight market and offered my thoughts on how they should be designed and operated.

May 29, 2024 | bigthink.com | Eli Dourado

A society does not ever die ‘from natural causes,’ but always dies from suicide or murder—and nearly always from the former.” — D. C. Somervell. 1À propos of nothing, I have found myself wondering recently what it would be like to live through a collapse. Would I see it coming? What would be the signs? A number of times in human history, a society has gone from a relatively high level of sociopolitical complexity to a much lower one—rapidly, within the span of a few decades.

May 6, 2024 | elidourado.com | Eli Dourado

“A society does not ever die ‘from natural causes,’ but always dies from suicide or murder—and nearly always from the former.” — D. C. Somervell. À propos of nothing, I have found myself wondering recently what it would be like to live through a collapse. Would I see it coming? What would be the signs? A number of times in human history, a society has gone from a relatively high level of sociopolitical complexity to a much lower one—rapidly, within the span of a few decades.

Oct 27, 2023 | notboring.co | Eli Dourado |Packy McCormick

Hi friends 👋,Happy Friday and welcome back to our 66th Weekly Dose of Optimism. Packy here for a Weekly Dose first: an essay takeover. First things first, I’m launching a new podcast today, Age of Miracles, along with Julia DeWahl and the incredible Turpentine team – Nancy Xu, Amelia Salyers, Tom Hollands, Justin Golden, Jake Salyers, and Erik Torenberg.