Archive - Doomslayer

The Most Important Check in Economics

The Simon–Ehrlich wager and why predictions of resource scarcity keep getting it wrong.

Mar 20 • Marian L Tupy and Gale Pooley

Why HAL 9000 Was Afraid to Die and Real AIs Aren’t

Intelligence does not imply dominance.

Mar 17 • Maarten Boudry

Doomslayer: Progress Roundup

More farmers are planting GM crops, dogs are biting less in India, the largest HPV vaccination program in history, and more.

Mar 15 • Malcolm Cochran

Olive Oil Prices Are Falling—So Should Olive Oil Climate Hysteria

Climate alarmists jump to hasty conclusions, then fail to correct the record.

Mar 13 • Human Progress

Ice Blocks to Electrons: The Rise of Refrigeration Abundance

Workers today get 214 refrigerators for the time price of one in 1925.

Mar 10 • Gale Pooley

Doomslayer: Progress Roundup

Deregulation in South Africa, a new sodium-cooled nuclear reactor, $100 genome sequencing, and more.

Mar 8 • Malcolm Cochran

The Grim Truth About the “Good Old Days”

Preindustrial life wasn’t simple or serene—it was filthy, violent, and short.

Mar 6 • Chelsea Olivia Follett

A Vindication of Bjorn Lomborg

Lomborg’s experience shows what happens when a researcher challenges a powerful narrative with inconvenient numbers.

Mar 3 • Marian L Tupy

Doomslayer: Progress Roundup

Fewer Americans are working at night, sugar demand is falling, and oil companies are drilling more with less.

Mar 1 • Malcolm Cochran

February 2026

Discontent in the Age of Plenty

Brink Lindsey explores why unprecedented prosperity has failed to deliver widespread meaning.

Feb 27 • Marian L Tupy

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Doomslayer: Progress Roundup

A check on US tariffs, reasons to trust crime statistics, beaver acceleration in the UK, and more.

Feb 22 • Malcolm Cochran

Are Americans Getting Richer? New Data Might Surprise You

Workers have proven resilient over the past decade, despite inflation and valid affordability fears.

Feb 20 • Human Progress

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