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Read this korrent: A transport idea that does not scale does not matter, and it is for the rich: inefficiency is inequality.
A transport idea that does not scale does not matter, and it is for the rich: inefficiency is inequality.
Last stated 8 years ago
20 Dec 2018
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Jarrett Walker — holds since 2018-12-20 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Breaking the trade-off between prosperity and the environment is an opportunity rather than something that will happen on its own. — tap to centre the map on it
Breaking the trade-off between prosperity and the environment is an opportunity rather than something that will happen on its own.
Last stated 9 months ago
9 Dec 2025
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Hannah Ritchie — holds since 2025-12-09 — tap for who they are
Same subject: The English-speaking world builds infrastructure expensively because it is behind, not because it is rich. — tap to centre the map on it
The English-speaking world builds infrastructure expensively because it is behind, not because it is rich.
Last stated 2 years ago
22 Jun 2024
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Alon Levy — holds since 2024-06-22 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Working on how good the long-run future is does not require accepting consequentialism or believing that you should always maximise the good. — tap to centre the map on it
Working on how good the long-run future is does not require accepting consequentialism or believing that you should always maximise the good.
Last stated a year ago
3 Aug 2025
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William MacAskill — holds since 2025-08-03 — tap for who they are
Same subject: American transit agencies stay expensive out of incuriosity: the practices that would fix them are written in languages nobody in the room reads. — tap to centre the map on it
American transit agencies stay expensive out of incuriosity: the practices that would fix them are written in languages nobody in the room reads.
Last stated 4 years ago
12 Jan 2023
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Alon Levy — holds since 2023-01-12 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Cutting the cost of something is not a lesser achievement than inventing it, because inventing a cheaper way is precisely how the whole world gets richer. — tap to centre the map on it
Cutting the cost of something is not a lesser achievement than inventing it, because inventing a cheaper way is precisely how the whole world gets richer.
Last stated 3 years ago
14 Dec 2023
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Jeff Bezos — holds since 2023-12-14 — tap for who they are
Same subject: America's pursuit of efficiency left it with neither the factories to make more goods nor the logistics to import them. — tap to centre the map on it
America's pursuit of efficiency left it with neither the factories to make more goods nor the logistics to import them.
Last stated 5 years ago
1 Jan 2022
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Dan Wang — holds since 2022-01-01 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Efficiency and real invention are at odds, because genuine invention requires wandering and you have to give yourself permission to do it. — tap to centre the map on it
Efficiency and real invention are at odds, because genuine invention requires wandering and you have to give yourself permission to do it.
Last stated 3 years ago
14 Dec 2023
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Jeff Bezos — holds since 2023-12-14 — tap for who they are
Same subject: No dense city anywhere runs without heavy reliance on transit, and no new transport technology changes the space arithmetic that makes that true. — tap to centre the map on it
No dense city anywhere runs without heavy reliance on transit, and no new transport technology changes the space arithmetic that makes that true.
Last stated 12 years ago
4 Nov 2014
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Jarrett Walker — holds since 2014-11-04 — tap for who they are
Same subject: For the first time in history it is possible to improve human wellbeing and reduce environmental impact at the same time. — tap to centre the map on it
For the first time in history it is possible to improve human wellbeing and reduce environmental impact at the same time.
Last stated 9 months ago
9 Dec 2025
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Hannah Ritchie — holds since 2025-12-09 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Humans have never been sustainable: earlier generations had a lower environmental impact and lives that were much worse. — tap to centre the map on it
Humans have never been sustainable: earlier generations had a lower environmental impact and lives that were much worse.
Last stated 9 months ago
9 Dec 2025
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Hannah Ritchie — holds since 2025-12-09 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A country cannot fund its own industrial strategy and call the same policy cheating when China does it. — tap to centre the map on it
A country cannot fund its own industrial strategy and call the same policy cheating when China does it.
Last stated a year ago
15 May 2025
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Hannah Ritchie — holds since 2025-05-15 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A few square miles at the Moon's south pole are the only lunar real estate that matters, and whoever gets there first sets the terms. — tap to centre the map on it
A few square miles at the Moon's south pole are the only lunar real estate that matters, and whoever gets there first sets the terms.
Last stated 3 weeks ago
18 Aug 2026
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Eric Berger — holds since 2026-08-18 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A nation of a million people cannot rule hundreds of millions by warfare; the Mongol Empire lasted because it offered its subjects things they actually wanted. — tap to centre the map on it
A nation of a million people cannot rule hundreds of millions by warfare; the Mongol Empire lasted because it offered its subjects things they actually wanted.
Last stated a year ago
31 Jul 2025
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Jack Weatherford — holds since 2025-07-31 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Cutting off trade with tariffs would force a huge interest-rate spike and probably a debt crisis, because the budget deficit would have to be financed at home. — tap to centre the map on it
Cutting off trade with tariffs would force a huge interest-rate spike and probably a debt crisis, because the budget deficit would have to be financed at home.
Last stated a year ago
14 Apr 2025
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John H. Cochrane — holds since 2025-04-14 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Reducing trade deficits and reviving manufacturing would not end the resentment fueling right-wing authoritarian movements. — tap to centre the map on it
Reducing trade deficits and reviving manufacturing would not end the resentment fueling right-wing authoritarian movements.
Last stated today
7 Sept 2026
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Paul Krugman — holds since 2026-09-07 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Tariffs on Chinese clean energy reduce the total number of clean-energy jobs, because most of those jobs are in deployment rather than manufacturing. — tap to centre the map on it
Tariffs on Chinese clean energy reduce the total number of clean-energy jobs, because most of those jobs are in deployment rather than manufacturing.
Last stated a year ago
15 May 2025
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Hannah Ritchie — holds since 2025-05-15 — tap for who they are
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