5 April 2026

What Would a Fully Funded Orbital Elevator Actually Change?

What Would a Fully Funded Orbital Elevator Actually Change? The idea of an orbital elevator has lived on the edge of plausibility for decades, technically conceivable, economically out of reach. That constraint is now the real barrier. Not physics. Not engineering fundamentals. Funding, coordination, and long-range commitment. So the useful question…

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1 April 2026

The Case for Long-Range Thinking in a Short-Term World

The Case for Long-Range Thinking in a Short-Term World We live in a system optimised for immediacy. Quarterly earnings dictate corporate behaviour. Election cycles shape political decision-making. Social media compresses attention spans into seconds. Across markets and governments alike, success is increasingly measured by what can be delivered now, not…

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3 September 2025

32 Ways AI Can Go Rogue ? And How We Can Respond

Artificial intelligence (AI) is advancing at breathtaking speed, but with it comes an urgent question: how do we keep AI aligned with human values? A new study published in Electronics on August 8, 2025, offers a fresh way to understand the risks. Researchers Nell Watson and Ali Hessami have created…

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27 August 2025

The Long Range Foundation: Building the Future

When most people hear Long Range Foundation, they think of Robert A. Heinlein's classic science fiction novel Time for the Stars. In it, a wealthy non-profit funds projects so ambitious and so long-term that no government or company would dare attempt them. But here in New Zealand, the Long Range…

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