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Pessimists Archive Podcast, Ep. 23: Teddy Bears
April 23, 2020
Curiosities
Pessimists Archive Podcast, Ep. 21: Scooters and Roller Skates
April 13, 2020
Curiosities
Pessimists Archive Podcast, Ep. 20: Comic Books
April 02, 2020

Curiosities
Pessimists Archive Podcast, Ep. 17: The Waltz
March 12, 2020
Curiosities
Pessimists Archive Podcast, Ep. 14: The Novel
February 20, 2020
Curiosities
Pessimists Archive Podcast, Ep. 10: Pinball
January 23, 2020
Curiosities
How Carnival Sideshows Saved Premature Infants
December 05, 2019

News
How Airships Could Return to Our Crowded Skies
November 08, 2019
News
Americans Have More Free Time than Is Recognized: Study
October 29, 2019
Curiosities
The Surprising and Forgotten History of London's Coffeehouses
May 28, 2019

Curiosities
When Infants in Incubators Were a Sideshow Attraction
May 09, 2019
Visualization
International Travel Is at an All Time High
February 11, 2019
Video
You have access to better entertainment than Howard Hughes
January 29, 2019

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How Prosperity Democratized Global Tourism
January 11, 2019
Visualization
More People Than Ever Before Are Traveling to Other Countries
August 27, 2018
News
Robots Can Now Assemble Ikea Furniture
April 18, 2018

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Cinemas Back in Saudi Arabia After 35 Year Ban Ends
April 16, 2018
News
First Space Hotel to Open in 2022, Now Taking Reservations
April 10, 2018
Video
Introducing the New and Improved HumanProgress.org
March 28, 2018

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Hotel Mogul Claims Space Tourists Will Orbit Earth in 2021
February 21, 2018
News
Two-in-One Smart Washer-Dryer Laundry Machine Invented
January 08, 2018
Video
Norberg: Unintended Consequences of Mobile Phones
November 15, 2017

News
The World's Most Visited Countries in 2016
September 27, 2017
Visualization
Number of International Tourists Skyrockets
May 12, 2017
News
New Record for Global Tourism Spending Set by Chinese
April 14, 2017

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China Continues to Lead International Outbound Tourism
April 12, 2017
News
Virgin Galactic Selling Tickets to Space for $250,000
April 05, 2017
News
Blue Origin's New Horizon Rocket to Offer Rides
April 05, 2017

Video
Deirdre McCloskey: How Commerce Protects Us
March 24, 2017
Visualization
Tourism Accounts for a Growing Share of World GDP
January 29, 2017
News
The Growth of International Tourism Continues
January 17, 2017

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No Discernible Rise in Well-Being? Look at the Data...
December 16, 2016
Exclusive
The Secret Lives of North Korean Children
December 16, 2016
Exclusive
We Work Less, Have More Leisure Time and Earn More
November 15, 2016

News
Who has More Leisure Time? The Rich or the Poor?
September 13, 2016
News
Biometric Payments Could Be the Future
August 07, 2016
Visualization
More People Visit the U.S. Every Year
August 06, 2016

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Farewell to the VHS Tape and Other Old Technologies
August 03, 2016
News
Drones Make Personal Aircraft a Plausible Scenario
June 25, 2016
Video
Technology is Bringing Rembrandt Back to Life
April 05, 2016

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Rising Gross Domestic Products and Declining Work Hours
March 29, 2016
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There Were 1.2 Billion Tourists in 2015
January 19, 2016
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The Best Map You Will See Today (cont.)
January 11, 2016

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Americans Work Fewer Hours than They Used to
December 21, 2015
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More People Enjoy the Miracle of Flight
December 01, 2015
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Flying Has Become Safer Over the Years
November 11, 2015

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Competition Could Propel Mankind to Mars
October 07, 2015
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Could Airlander Be the Future of Freight?
October 06, 2015
News
Upward Leisure Mobility in the United States
August 31, 2015

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Germans Surpassed by Chinese as Biggest Tourist Spenders
April 04, 2015