Uploaded July 2026 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago

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For most of human history, we were just treading water. Then, everything changed.

What was the "spark" that finally started the sprint? This year’s Nobel laureates help explain the engine of progress: a culture that welcomes new ideas and the open institutions that turn those ideas into reality. If we want innovation to drive the future, we have to keep experimentation alive.

Learn more about the foundations of a free society at FEE.org

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