Human Flourishing Through Industrial Progress
CIP empowers citizens, industry, and elected officials with the pro-human, pro-freedom philosophy, analysis, and policies they need to change our culture and government for the better.
Projects
Energy Talking Points
Energy Talking Points provides concise, powerful talking points on energy, environmental, and climate issues from a human flourishing perspective.
Substack Newsletter
Alex Epstein’s Substack newsletter breaks down the latest energy, environmental, and climate issues from a pro-freedom, pro-human perspective.
AlexAI — The World’s Best Energy AI
AlexAl is a state-of-the-art Al trained on Alex's thinking and work to answer energy, environmental, and climate questions from a human flourishing perspective.
Media
Alex Epstein on Triggered with Donald Trump Jr.
Discussing Fossil Future, Energy, and More
The Greatest Climate Myths Explained
Alex Epstein on The Will Cain Show
Alex Epstein on Making Money with Charles Payne
Alex Epstein with Kimberly Guilfoyle
The Moral Case for Fossil Fuels, Renewable Energy, and Green...
Peter Thiel challenges Alex Epstein on Fossil Future
The Truth About Fossil Fuels and Climate Change, with Alex Epstein
To inquire about booking Alex for a media appearance, contact [email protected].
Speaking
Speeches
Alex is available for keynotes, webinars, and fireside chats about any energy, environmental, or climate topic.
Debates
Alex is available for debates where he can represent his pro-freedom, pro-human viewpoint on energy and climate.
To inquire about booking Alex for a speech or a debate, contact [email protected].
Mission
The Center for Industrial Progress (CIP) is a for-profit think-tank seeking to bring about a new industrial revolution. We believe that human beings have the untapped potential to radically improve our lives by using technology to improve the planet across a multitude of industries: mining, manufacturing, agriculture, chemistry, and energy.
Every individual has the potential for a longer, happier, healthier, safer, more comfortable, more meaningful, more opportunity-filled life. The keys to a new industrial revolution are a new industrial philosophy, a new industrial policy, and a new approach to communication.
People
Alex is a philosopher and energy expert who founded CIP in 2011 as a pro-human alternative to the green movement. Previously, he was a fellow at the Ayn Rand Institute for 11 years, where he wrote pro-freedom essays on topics from bioethics to energy to foreign policy. Learn more about Alex at his personal website.
Michelle works on all aspects of CIP’s business, from content to operations. Previously, she studied cognitive science and computer science at MIT (BS, MEng) and taught high school math in Japan. She has also written about Hamas’s Oct 7 attacks on Israel, which prompted her interest in politics.
Steffen is CIP’s longtime researcher, contributing unique perspectives and analyses to CIP’s content for over a decade. He is an autodidact on a wide range of energy, industrial, and environmental issues, and a native of Germany, where he currently resides.
Daniil Gorbatenko is a free-market economist who works for CIP as a researcher and policy architect with a particular focus on land and resource management, environmental standards, and climate mastery. In 2018, he obtained his PhD in economics from the Aix-Marseille University. He currently resides in France.
Kelso assists Alex and the CIP team with any and all projects, with a focus on sales and marketing. Previously, he was Alex’s personal assistant for 4 years before taking a 2.5-year hiatus to traverse the world via every method of transportation imaginable—including sailing across an ocean, riding a horse across Kyrgyzstan, and cycling across America.
Tom is an AI engineer developing AlexAI, an energy and climate AI trained on Alex’s thinking and work. Previously, Tom studied computer science at UCL and founded a tech start-up, which he successfully exited. Tom explores AI’s potential to transform knowledge systems on his Substack. Learn more about his AI projects on his website.
Dennis is a multiple Emmy Award-winner who advises the CIP team on storytelling, video, media relations, and long-term strategy. Dennis’s extensive media and business background includes work with Paramount Pictures, Disney Television, the Smithsonian Institution, and Biosphere 2.
Careers
As the Center for Industrial Progress reaches new levels of impact, the demand for our work is growing rapidly. To keep pace, we're building out our team.
CIP is seeking a highly detail-oriented Executive Assistant to provide administrative and operational support to our executive team.
CIP is seeking high-impact writers to help us create the persuasive, pro-freedom messaging and policies necessary to unleash American energy.
Even if none of our current openings are the right fit for you, we're always eager to connect with talented individuals who share our mission. If you are highly intelligent, deeply aligned with the ideal of energy freedom, and obsessed with achieving outcomes, we want to hear from you.
Send your resume, a description of what you're interested in working on, and 3 examples that showcase your exceptional ability to: [email protected]
Contact
To ask a question, learn about our services, or inquire about getting involved, contact [email protected].
