The Saturday Morning Newsletter #36

Questions, Mars, Wastewater, Fact Checking, Success, and More

May 3, 2025 - Drew Jackson

For Want of a Nail

A Futures Thinking Perspective

Apr 30, 2025 - Drew Jackson

The Saturday Morning Newsletter #35

Space Traffic, Peace, Growing Up, Air, Iron, and More

Apr 26, 2025 - Drew Jackson

The Saturday Morning Newsletter #34

Paradox, Quotes, Life, Females, Patents, and More

Apr 19, 2025 - Drew Jackson

The Vague Playbook for Growth

Examined Through Growth Case Studies

Apr 16, 2025 - Drew Jackson

The Saturday Morning Newsletter #33

ROI, Wilde, Amazon, Rain, Toxicity, and More

Apr 12, 2025 - Drew Jackson

The Saturday Morning Newsletter #32

Stop Signs, Home Risks, Tigers, Pirates, IP, and More

Apr 5, 2025 - Drew Jackson

Pushing the Limits of Impossible

The Bannister Effect

Apr 2, 2025 - Drew Jackson

The Saturday Morning Newsletter #31

Brand Protection, Lawn Products, Waste, Glass, Heat, and More

Mar 29, 2025 - Drew Jackson

The Saturday Morning Newsletter #30

Balance, Connections, Moon Landers, Uranium, Fusion, and More

Mar 22, 2025 - Drew Jackson

How to Teach Your Kids About the World

A Futures Thinking Perspective

Mar 19, 2025 - Drew Jackson

The Saturday Morning Newsletter #29

Meat Substitutes, Breaks, Floods, Ships, Thoughts, and More

Mar 15, 2025 - Drew Jackson

The Saturday Morning Newsletter #28

Socks, Lagom, Space Probes, Wildfires, Energy, and More

Mar 8, 2025 - Drew Jackson

The Vast Competitive Landscape

A Proactive Approach to Competitors

Mar 5, 2025 - Drew Jackson

The Saturday Morning Newsletter #27

Perspective, Tiny Homes, Trickle Down, Shingles, and More

Mar 1, 2025 - Drew Jackson

Behind the Scenes of Running the Brainwaves Platform - Q1’Y2

Quarterly Update

Feb 26, 2025 - Drew Jackson

The Saturday Morning Newsletter #26

Burnout, Kids, Fusion, Wind, Space Mining, and More

Feb 22, 2025 - Drew Jackson

Futures Thinking

A Modern Approach to the Future

Feb 19, 2025 - Drew Jackson

The Saturday Morning Newsletter #25

Comfort, Visualizations, Dogs, Balloons, the UN, and More

Feb 15, 2025 - Drew Jackson

Fundraising: How to Use Capital to Grow as a Company

The Sources and Uses of Company Funds

Feb 12, 2025 - Drew Jackson

The Saturday Morning Newsletter #24

Weakness, Supercomputer, Coal, Portland, Corporate VC, and More

Feb 8, 2025 - Drew Jackson

Special Edition: Interview with Arnon Oren

Owner of Anaviv Catering, Ta’yeem, the Sailing Goat, and More

Feb 5, 2025 - Drew Jackson

The Saturday Morning Newsletter #23

Space Movie, Emotions, California, Fusion, Subscriptions, and More

Feb 1, 2025 - Drew Jackson

The Saturday Morning Newsletter #22

Action, Tariffs, Mars, Change, Fusion, and More

Jan 25, 2025 - Drew Jackson

Should We Commercialize Space?

Space Commercialization Part 6

Jan 22, 2025 - Drew Jackson

The Saturday Morning Newsletter #21

Sleep, Debris, Blue Origin, Insurance, Heat, and More

Jan 18, 2025 - Drew Jackson

Historical Rationales for Space Exploration

Space Commercialization Part 5

Jan 15, 2025 - Drew Jackson

The Saturday Morning Newsletter #20

Brainrot, Murder, the Flu, China, Kenya, and More

Jan 11, 2025 - Drew Jackson

The Waves of Space Commercialization

Space Commercialization Part 4

Jan 8, 2025 - Drew Jackson

The Saturday Morning Newsletter #19

Hydrogen, Private Credit, Phone Time, Freedom, Goals, and More

Jan 4, 2025 - Drew Jackson

The Saturday Morning Newsletter #18

Fusion, Venezuela, Seinfield, Drugs, Self-Help, and More

Dec 28, 2024 - Drew Jackson

Revisiting the Minimum Wage Argument in 2024

A Complex, Unsatisfying Conclusion

Dec 25, 2024 - Drew Jackson

The Saturday Morning Newsletter #17

Government Contracts, Bezos, the Universe, Insurance, Wealth, and More

Dec 21, 2024 - Drew Jackson

The Saturday Morning Newsletter #16

Chocolate, Meta, Horticulture, Catastrophes, Luxuries, and More

Dec 14, 2024 - Drew Jackson

A Fresh Look on Why We Say Sorry

The Mindset of An Apology

Dec 11, 2024 - Drew Jackson

The Saturday Morning Newsletter #15

Coatings, Reading, AI Weather, Patagonia, Subsea Cables, and More

Dec 7, 2024 - Drew Jackson

The Saturday Morning Newsletter #14

Hydrofoil, Doughnuts, COP29, Uncertainty, Thanksgiving, and More

Nov 30, 2024 - Drew Jackson

A Year Full of Doors

Brainwaves: A Year in Review

Nov 27, 2024 - Drew Jackson

Behind the Scenes of Running the Brainwaves Platform - Q4’Y1

Quarterly Update

Nov 26, 2024 - Drew Jackson

The Saturday Morning Newsletter #13

Space Leaks, VC Returns, IP Sanctions, Obesity, 4 Minutes, and More

Nov 23, 2024 - Drew Jackson

Personnel Economics

An Easy Framework For Picking Job Opportunities

Nov 20, 2024 - Drew Jackson

The Saturday Morning Newsletter #12

Stealth Mode, Stocks, Aerobraking, Jupiter, Peace, and More

Nov 16, 2024 - Drew Jackson

We're All Dying

What Death Tells You About Life

Nov 13, 2024 - Drew Jackson

The Saturday Morning Newsletter #11

Uranium, 1.5 Threshold, Tariffs, Cancer, Protein, and More

Nov 9, 2024 - Drew Jackson

Veblen Goods: Demand for Luxury

Dissecting Conspicuous Consumption Economics

Nov 6, 2024 - Drew Jackson

The Saturday Morning Newsletter #10

Private Jets, Ocean Acid, Trees, Disasters, Trolleys, and More

Nov 2, 2024 - Drew Jackson

Geothermal Energy

The All-Around Energy Solution

Oct 30, 2024 - Drew Jackson

The Saturday Morning Newsletter #9

Robots, Space Innovations, Prada, Venture Debt, Saudi Arabia, and More

Oct 26, 2024 - Drew Jackson

Value Propositions

Identifying a Strategy for Sustainable Value

Oct 23, 2024 - Drew Jackson

The Saturday Morning Newsletter #8

Nobel Prize, Zombie Funds, Jupiter, Dark Matter, Used Cars, and More

Oct 19, 2024 - Drew Jackson

The Power of 1%

The Strategy and Methodology of Continuous Improvement

Oct 16, 2024 - Drew Jackson

The Saturday Morning Newsletter #7

Table Tennis, AI Renaissance, the Midwest, Minimum Wage, Trains, and More

Oct 12, 2024 - Drew Jackson

Externalities & Decision-Making

Basic Intro to Decision-Making While Factoring in Externalities

Oct 9, 2024 - Drew Jackson

The Saturday Morning Newsletter #6

Brands, Food Waste, Big Tech, Africa IP, Crime, and More

Oct 5, 2024 - Drew Jackson

Space Commercialization (Part 3)

Explaining Space Infrastructure, Laws, Economics, and More

Oct 2, 2024 - Drew Jackson

The Saturday Morning Newsletter #5

Geothermal, Space Reflectors, Belief in God, Creating Planets, and More

Sep 28, 2024 - Drew Jackson

Mergers & Acquisitions

From an Economist's Viewpoint

Sep 25, 2024 - Drew Jackson

The Saturday Morning Newsletter #4

Mobile Solar, Hail, Chile, GAAP Rules, Shopping Carts, and More

Sep 21, 2024 - Drew Jackson

Luck, Timing, and Success

Success = Preparation + Timing + Luck

Sep 18, 2024 - Drew Jackson

The Saturday Morning Newsletter #3

Microplastics, Next Gen Insurance, Landslides, Space Monopolies, and More

Sep 14, 2024 - Drew Jackson

Book Report: 7 Powers

Summarizing 7 Powers by Hamilton Helmer

Sep 11, 2024 - Drew Jackson

The Saturday Morning Newsletter #2

Micronuclear Reactors, Offshore Wind, Space Troubles, “Founder Mode” and More

Sep 7, 2024 - Drew Jackson

Current State of Nuclear Energy - Q3'24

COP 28, Brussels Summit, HALEU, Bill Gates, and More

Sep 4, 2024 - Drew Jackson

The Saturday Morning Newsletter #1

Renewable Energy, Stranded Astronauts, Gaming, AI, and More

Aug 31, 2024 - Drew Jackson

The Kessler Effect

Detailing the Current State of Space Debris

Aug 28, 2024 - Drew Jackson

Behind the Scenes of Running the Brainwaves Platform - Q3'Y1

Quarterly Update

Aug 26, 2024 - Drew Jackson

Introducing the Brainwaves Newsletter

A New Generation of Content

Aug 21, 2024 - Drew Jackson

Money Velocity

Explaining How Money Flies Around Our Economy

Aug 14, 2024 - Drew Jackson

Economics of ESG

Breaking ESG Down to the Basics

Aug 7, 2024 - Drew Jackson

Climate Pledges: Real or Facade?

Historical Pros and Cons of Climate Pledges

Jul 31, 2024 - Drew Jackson

The Current State of Recycling

Detailing the Imperfect System of Recycling

Jul 24, 2024 - Drew Jackson

Water Desalination

Desalination Could Be Critical to Our Future

Jul 17, 2024 - Drew Jackson

Space Commercialization (Part 2)

Detailing More Emerging Opportunities

Jul 10, 2024 - Drew Jackson

Ubuntu and Other Meanings of Life

What Do You Live For?

Jul 3, 2024 - Drew Jackson

Nuclear vs. Renewables: Solution to Energy Crisis?

What Will Be Feasible for Our Future?

Jun 26, 2024 - Drew Jackson

Supply & Demand: How Does It Work?

Simply Explaining Complex Market Dynamics

Jun 19, 2024 - Drew Jackson

Is Fusion Better Than Fission?

Introductory Primer on Fusion Energy

Jun 12, 2024 - Drew Jackson

When Will Humans Next Be On the Moon?

Explaining the Complex Moon Landing Dynamics

Jun 5, 2024 - Drew Jackson

Renewables: Is Hydropower the Best Solution?

Pros and Cons of Hydropower

May 29, 2024 - Drew Jackson

Behind the Scenes of Running a Blog #6

Quarterly Update Q2'Y1

May 29, 2024 - Drew Jackson

Why Do I Do This?

Asking Some Deep Questions

May 22, 2024 - Drew Jackson

Monopolies: the Good, the Bad, and the Profit

Exposing the Economics of Monopolies

May 15, 2024 - Drew Jackson

Space Commercialization

Detailing Legacy and Emerging Opportunities

May 8, 2024 - Drew Jackson

Renewables: Is Wind the Best Solution?

Pros and Cons of Wind Energy

May 1, 2024 - Drew Jackson

Behind the Scenes of Running a Blog #5

Monthy Update April 2024

April 26, 2024 - Drew Jackson

Why India Will Be the Next Powerhouse Nation

Explaining India's Exponential Rise

Apr 24, 2024 - Drew Jackson

Value of the Next Best Alternative

Better Decisions Come From Knowing Opportunity Costs

Apr 17, 2024 - Drew Jackson

Renewables: Is Solar the Best Solution

Pros and Cons of Solar Energy

Apr 10, 2024 - Drew Jackson

Philosophy of Knowledge

Knowledge is Power? Ignorance is Bliss?

Apr 3, 2024 - Drew Jackson

Economics of Green Energy

Should We Be Incentivizing Green Energy As Much As We Are?

Mar 27, 2024 - Drew Jackson

Behind the Scenes of Running a Blog #4

Monthly Update March 2024

Mar 26, 2024 - Drew Jackson

Space 101

What is in space? And why should you care?

Mar 20, 2024 - Drew Jackson

Things I Wish I Knew Going into Venture Capital

Is it Worth the Effort to Get a Job?

Mar 13, 2024 - Drew Jackson

Who Owns Artificial Intelligence Discoveries?

Is it Humans or Artificial Intelligence Entities?

Mar 6, 2024 - Drew Jackson

Myths of Nuclear: Fake or Fact?

Debunking Some Common Misconceptions

Feb 28, 2024 - Drew Jackson

Behind the Scenes of Running a Blog #3

Monthly Update February 2024

Feb 26, 2024 - Drew Jackson

Economics of Convenience

Too Much of a Good Thing Can Have Negative Impacts

Feb 21, 2024 - Drew Jackson

Nuclear is Not a Viable Solution

Considering the Pros and Cons, Nuclear isn't a Viable Solution for Most Countries

Feb 14, 2024 - Drew Jackson

Unlocking Earnings: Strategies for Capturing Value from Innovation

Capturing Created Value is Difficult, or Is It?

Feb 7, 2024 - Drew Jackson

An Inside Look: Evaluating Startups as a VC

What Strategy Gives Startups the Best Chance of Success?

Jan 31, 2024 - Drew Jackson

Behind the Scenes of Running a Blog #2

Monthly Update January 2024

Jan 26, 2024 - Drew Jackson

Think Small: The Rise of Micro Nuclear Reactors

Are Microreactors the Only Hope for Nuclear?

Jan 24, 2024 - Drew Jackson

Economics is for Everyone

25 states require students to take an economics course. Why?

Jan 17, 2024 - Drew Jackson

Venture Capital: Legalized Gambling?

Dissecting the Art of a VC Investment

Jan 10, 2024 - Drew Jackson

Tech Transfer: University Best Practices

Top Universities Provide Insights into New Innovations

Jan 3, 2023 - Drew Jackson

China: Usurping the US as Nuclear Powerhouse?

Chinese Nuclear Energy Deployment and United States Pledge

Dec 27, 2023 - Drew Jackson

Behind the Scenes of Running a Blog #1

Monthly Update - December 2023

Dec 26, 2023 - Drew Jackson

Thorium: Energy of the Future?

Is Thorium a Good Alternative to Uranium?

Dec 20, 2023 - Drew Jackson

Tech Transfer: Boom or Bust?

University Technology Transfer Process & Dynamics

Dec 13, 2023 - Drew Jackson

Nuclear Energy 101

Primer on Nuclear Energy Economics

Dec 6, 2023 - Drew Jackson

Intellectual Property 101

Primer on Intellectual Property Economics

Nov 29, 2023 - Drew Jackson

Insights, Innovation, and Economics

Introduction, Explanation, and Methodology

Nov 26, 2023 - Drew Jackson