America’s new mission isn’t just to invent the new technology of AI. It must invent the systems that then make the most of AI.

Peter Leyden sums up the key themes and big ideas of his new series at a Freethink Conversation in San Francisco.

Innovators in every industry and field should adopt the same mantra: If you could start fresh with AI, then what would you do?

The tech community came together for the launch of the Great Progression event series, curated by Peter Leyden and produced by Freethink.

The 21st-century version of the Royal Society could be the Substack network that we are just starting to build out today.

AI could trigger a civilization-scale change for humanity the same way the steam engine helped usher in The Enlightenment 250 years ago.

AI and other new technologies could make things that are costly and scarce today, cheap and abundant for all tomorrow.

Three separate theories help explain why America enters a period of great progress every 80 years — and why another is coming soon.

President Donald Trump might clear the way for the building of 21st-century systems and open up the political space for a new way forward.

One of the most original and optimistic thinkers in America helps build out some big through lines on what's possible with AI in the next 25 years.

Futurist Peter Leyden finds parallels between America in 2025 and at three pivotal points in its history, each 80 years before the last.

To truly understand our historic moment, you need a comprehensive, big-picture, long-term perspective that deeply understands artificial intelligence and the next wave of transformative technologies.

We have a historic opportunity to harness AI and other transformative technologies in order to make a much better world in the next 25 years.