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war Same subject Same subject Same subject Same subject Same subject Same subject Same subject Same subject Same subject Same subject Same subject Same subject Same subject Same subject Same subject Same subject Same subject Read this korrent: A pre-modern countryside produces an enormous amount of food and almost no extractable surplus, which is the hard limit on everything the state above it can do. A pre-modern countryside produces an enormous amount of food and almost no extractable surplus, which is the hard limit on everything the state above it can do. Last stated 6 years ago
24 Jul 2020
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Bret Devereaux — holds since 2020-07-24 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Local self-provisioning cannot feed the world, because most people do not live within reach of enough fertile land. — tap to centre the map on it Local self-provisioning cannot feed the world, because most people do not live within reach of enough fertile land. Last stated 3 years ago
4 Oct 2023
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George Monbiot — holds since 2023-10-04 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Farmers were the overwhelming majority of every pre-modern agrarian society — 80 to 90 per cent of it — and that single fact shapes everything else about how those societies worked. — tap to centre the map on it Farmers were the overwhelming majority of every pre-modern agrarian society — 80 to 90 per cent of it — and that single fact shapes everything else about how those societies worked. Last stated 6 years ago
24 Jul 2020
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Bret Devereaux — holds since 2020-07-24 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Being a rich or efficient agrarian economy is not what produces an industrial revolution, or one would have happened much earlier and somewhere other than Europe. — tap to centre the map on it Being a rich or efficient agrarian economy is not what produces an industrial revolution, or one would have happened much earlier and somewhere other than Europe. Last stated 4 years ago
26 Aug 2022
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Bret Devereaux — holds since 2022-08-26 — tap for who they are
Same subject: It is false that the world needs no more food and only better distribution of the food it has. — tap to centre the map on it It is false that the world needs no more food and only better distribution of the food it has. Last stated a year ago
13 Jul 2025
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Michael Grunwald — holds since 2025-07-13 — tap for who they are
Same subject: An economy running on muscle power has a hard and low ceiling on total production, because its only real input is land and the returns to more of it fall away fast. — tap to centre the map on it An economy running on muscle power has a hard and low ceiling on total production, because its only real input is land and the returns to more of it fall away fast. Last stated 4 years ago
26 Aug 2022
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Bret Devereaux — holds since 2022-08-26 — tap for who they are
Same subject: The central problem of the food system is producing much more food on much less land. — tap to centre the map on it The central problem of the food system is producing much more food on much less land. Last stated 3 years ago
3 Jul 2023
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Michael Grunwald — holds since 2023-07-03 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Pre-modern subsistence farmers were minimising the risk of starvation rather than maximising output, and their apparently backward practices are rational once that is understood. — tap to centre the map on it Pre-modern subsistence farmers were minimising the risk of starvation rather than maximising output, and their apparently backward practices are rational once that is understood. Last stated 6 years ago
24 Jul 2020
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Bret Devereaux — holds since 2020-07-24 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Before railways an army could not carry the food it needed: anything longer than a few days in the field forced it to live off the country it was in. — tap to centre the map on it Before railways an army could not carry the food it needed: anything longer than a few days in the field forced it to live off the country it was in. Last stated 4 years ago
15 Jul 2022
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Bret Devereaux — holds since 2022-07-15 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A ban on self-recursive improvement in AI models would create a big incentive for some other parts of the world to invest a lot more in compute. — tap to centre the map on it A ban on self-recursive improvement in AI models would create a big incentive for some other parts of the world to invest a lot more in compute. Last stated 4 weeks ago
22 Sept 2026
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Tyler Cowen — holds since 2026-09-22 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A broken criminal justice institution survives precisely because it serves the people who run it. — tap to centre the map on it A broken criminal justice institution survives precisely because it serves the people who run it. Last stated 2 months ago
1 Sept 2026
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Radley Balko — holds since 2026-09-01 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A candidate's political success is increasingly disconnected from their actual record of accomplishment. — tap to centre the map on it A candidate's political success is increasingly disconnected from their actual record of accomplishment. Last stated 2 months ago
31 Aug 2026
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Daniel W. Drezner — holds since 2026-08-31 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A government debt crisis is measurable and therefore visible well in advance; the diagnostic is mechanical rather than a matter of judgement. — tap to centre the map on it A government debt crisis is measurable and therefore visible well in advance; the diagnostic is mechanical rather than a matter of judgement. Last stated 2 months ago
21 Aug 2026
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Ray Dalio — holds since 2026-08-21 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A government's debt dynamics are a household's or a company's, except that it can print money and tax -- and those two powers are what change the ending. — tap to centre the map on it A government's debt dynamics are a household's or a company's, except that it can print money and tax -- and those two powers are what change the ending. Last stated 2 months ago
21 Aug 2026
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Ray Dalio — holds since 2026-08-21 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A longer average debt maturity protects a government from temporary interest-rate spikes and gives it more time to adjust to permanent rate increases. — tap to centre the map on it A longer average debt maturity protects a government from temporary interest-rate spikes and gives it more time to adjust to permanent rate increases. Last stated 4 years ago
1 Jun 2022
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Olivier Blanchard — holds since 2022-06-01 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A healthy democracy engages with protesters to hear their claims — tap to centre the map on it A healthy democracy engages with protesters to hear their claims Last stated 5 years ago
9 Feb 2022
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David Heinemeier Hansson — holds since 2022-02-09 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Authoritarian order is more natural to human societies than democracy, and may prove more durable over time. — tap to centre the map on it Authoritarian order is more natural to human societies than democracy, and may prove more durable over time. Last stated 8 months ago
1 Mar 2026
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Tanner Greer — holds since 2026-03-01 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Chamberlain's choice at Munich was understandable rather than craven: no democratic leader in 1938 could have taken his country to war against 92% of its population. — tap to centre the map on it Chamberlain's choice at Munich was understandable rather than craven: no democratic leader in 1938 could have taken his country to war against 92% of its population. Last stated a year ago
24 May 2025
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James Holland — holds since 2025-05-24 — tap for who they are