Max Bray

An ode to the pond

It’s March 2022 at the Highgate Men’s Pond. I’ve arrived alone for once, just before 8am, fancying a psychotically cold dip before work to blow out the…

Aug 9 • Max Bray

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July 2026

The year it got hot

I roll over in bed in London. It’s 3.30am and still 25 degrees outside. The air in the room is a least a few degrees hotter – thick, heavy…

Jul 28 • Max Bray

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May 2026

The Sovereignty Stack

For a middle-sized nation, backing winners in critical industries is no longer optional

May 27 • Max Bray

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The great unbundling of higher education

Universities are broken. A hacker hotel in Helsinki shows what might come next.

May 19 • Max Bray

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April 2026

Let's all be more Unreasonable

I launched a podcast where we talk ambition, meaning, manifestation and getting a lot of things done very very quickly

Apr 30 • Max Bray

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March 2026

Building a nation of entrepreneurs

How we supercharge UK ambition from the bottom up

Mar 11 • Max Bray

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January 2026

Welcome to the polycrisis

Why prediction markets are as fascinating as they are terrifying

Jan 17 • Max Bray

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Let's get critical

Can technology save mining?

Jan 13 • Max Bray

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December 2025

Shifting Demographics

Old powers decline, the Global South keeps growing, the climate is changing, and I'm just trying to invest in start-ups

Dec 10, 2025 • Max Bray

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November 2025

We need to talk about Venture Capital

It’s not working like it used to, but no one’s really talking about it

Nov 12, 2025 • Max Bray

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The content is the message

Live experiences in the age of being Extremely Online

Nov 11, 2025 • Max Bray

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October 2025

Spiky people: models for thinking about investing in founders

Trying to open source my decision making process (pt.2)

Oct 21, 2025 • Max Bray

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