Event video: Why the future is more abundant than you think with Dr Marian Tupy
Dr Marian Tupy is the editor of HumanProgress.org, the world's most comprehensive database tracking improvements in human wellbeing, a senior fellow at the Cato Institute, and co-author of the acclaimed book Superabundance: The Story of Population Growth, Innovation, and Human Flourishing on an Infinitely Bountiful Planet.
A leading voice on human progress, globalisation, and economic development, Marian's work does something rare: it challenges the pessimistic narratives we hear every day — not with opinion, but with hard evidence. His research makes a compelling case that the extraordinary abundance we enjoy today is no accident. It is the product of liberal democracy, free markets, and human ingenuity breaking through millennia of stagnation.
At our event in Wellington on 19 March 2026, Marian discussed insights from his research on why humanity keeps finding ways to do more with less and what that means for how we think about the future. Watch below.