title: Welcome to Uncharted Territories!
author: Tomas Pueyo from Uncharted Territories
content_type: newsletter
publication: substack.com
published: 2026-02-01T08:37:52+00:00
source_url: gmail://19c1859f8aa19636
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Ok, time to discuss: What is Uncharted Territories about in detail?
> _The Future is already here, it ’s just not evenly distributed.”—_William Gibson
Have you noticed how it feels like the world is mutating faster and faster? Like we can’t keep up with what’s happening.
I believe this is just the beginning.
I believe that some of us alive today will live forever. Maybe you, reading this.
I believe AI will make our lives unrecognizably better. It will also push many into poverty.
I believe wealth will keep concentrating in the hands of a few, especially the hands of builders of aggregators.
I believe nation-states will drift into irrelevance.
I believe geography will matter less and less.
I believe remote work will do to white collar workers what it has done to blue collar workers over the last 50 years.
I believe Bitcoin will replace gold, cryptocurrencies will replace fiat currencies, and smart contracts will upend how we deal with each other.
I believe tech corporations scientifically enslave us into unhappiness.
I believe we don’t fathom yet the consequences of fertility collapse, and are utterly unprepared for it.
I believe most people are not developing the crucial skills they will need to surf these trends. Instead, these trends will overwhelm and crush them.
I believe all these themes are interconnected.
We’re entering a world of change, full of unknowns that will challenge everything about how we live and work. We’re entering _uncharted territories_.
How to Win in the World of Tomorrow
The world is changing ever faster. Those who can keep up will have opportunities beyond their dreams and will be able to shape the future. The rest will fall by the roadside.
To navigate these trends, we need two things: Predict the future and adapt to it. But the most reliable way to predict the future is to understand the past, and project it into the future. So this is what we do in Uncharted Territories: understand the past to predict the future, so we can better navigate it.
What types of topics do we cover?
The Biggest Themes of UT in the Past and What Will Come Next
GeoHistory
Cities
Europe
America
Asia
Africa
Middle East
Future of the World
Energy & Climate
Society
Religion
Fertility
Aging
Self-help
Communication
Space
Other
Health
COVID
Investing
Real Estate
Business
Politics
Tech
Quarterly Updates
But who Are You, Tomas?
I’ve spent over a decade career building tech products in Silicon Valley, during which I learned about applied psychology, designed thousands of user experiences, tested them on real customers—maybe you—and got exposed to the world of tomorrow.
Before that, I got an MBA from Stanford and two MSc in Engineering, from Ecole Centrale Paris and ICAI Madrid. Throughout all this time, I’ve been creating content on the side.
System 2 thinking
If you already know me, it might be through my Medium COVID articles, such as:
Coronavirus: Why You Must Act Now (40M views, most read Medium article of 2020)
Coronavirus: The Hammer and the Dance (20M views, 4th most read Medium article of 2020)
The Fence (data visualization article with the New York Times)
Out of Many, One (>500k views)
Learning How to Dance (>600k views)
Should We Aim for Herd Immunity like Sweden? (>250k views)
The Swiss Cheese Strategy
And other COVID articles.
But COVID is just one of many topics I’ve covered.
Before the pandemic, I wrote articles that went viral about how to improve your skills, such as how to become the best in the world at something, or how to write and how to deliver a funny speech.
I’ve written a book and a series of articles on storytelling structure, and then gave a TEDX Talk on the topic.
Since then, I started investing in this newsletter, with over 55,000 readers, and in my Twitter account, which has now over 200,000 followers.
What’s the Best Way to Enjoy Uncharted Territories?
I publish one free article and one premium article every week.
Each article is quite deep, so you might not have time to consume it when it hits your inbox. If so, that’s fine: find some time to read it later.