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Read this korrent: Americans are not, as a routine matter, cut off from the financial system for their politics.
Americans are not, as a routine matter, cut off from the financial system for their politics.
Last stated 2 years ago
9 Dec 2024
PM
Patrick McKenzie — holds since 2024-12-09 — tap for who they are
Same subject: As politics grows more viperous, leaders of nuclear-armed nations surround themselves with sycophants, so you can no longer count on a president being given good advice. — tap to centre the map on it
As politics grows more viperous, leaders of nuclear-armed nations surround themselves with sycophants, so you can no longer count on a president being given good advice.
Last stated 2 years ago
22 Mar 2024
AJ
Annie Jacobsen — holds since 2024-03-22 — tap for who they are
Same subject: The core difference between America and China runs in opposite directions: there capital controls politics, here politics must rein in capital. — tap to centre the map on it
The core difference between America and China runs in opposite directions: there capital controls politics, here politics must rein in capital.
Last stated a year ago
13 Aug 2025
KJ
Keyu Jin — holds since 2025-08-13 — tap for who they are
Same subject: The hard-headed realists who wrote America's 2001 energy policy expected renewables to stay trivial, and were wrong by an enormous margin. — tap to centre the map on it
The hard-headed realists who wrote America's 2001 energy policy expected renewables to stay trivial, and were wrong by an enormous margin.
Last stated 10 months ago
26 Oct 2025
PK
Paul Krugman — holds since 2025-10-26 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A country without cultural unity struggles to provide public goods, because its politics turns into an ethnic spoils system. — tap to centre the map on it
A country without cultural unity struggles to provide public goods, because its politics turns into an ethnic spoils system.
Last stated 5 months ago
9 Apr 2026
NS
Noah Smith — holds since 2026-04-09 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A whole class of product managers built a career on politics rather than on technical or customer skill, and that skill is now worth nothing. — tap to centre the map on it
A whole class of product managers built a career on politics rather than on technical or customer skill, and that skill is now worth nothing.
Last stated a month ago
2 Aug 2026
TV
Tom Verrilli — holds since 2026-08-02 — tap for who they are
Same subject: AI that is merely excellent at research and hardware can transform the world completely without ever being good at politics. — tap to centre the map on it
AI that is merely excellent at research and hardware can transform the world completely without ever being good at politics.
Last stated 4 weeks ago
11 Aug 2026
RG
Ryan Greenblatt — holds since 2026-08-11 — tap for who they are
Same subject: AI will eliminate many millions of jobs within the next few years, and that disruption will shape the politics of everything else about AI. — tap to centre the map on it
AI will eliminate many millions of jobs within the next few years, and that disruption will shape the politics of everything else about AI.
Last stated 2 years ago
15 Feb 2025
MB
Miles Brundage — holds since 2025-02-15 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Aid to African states has been large enough to warp their politics and too small to transform their economies. — tap to centre the map on it
Aid to African states has been large enough to warp their politics and too small to transform their economies.
Last stated 2 years ago
12 Feb 2025
OK
Oliver Kim — holds since 2025-02-12 — 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
HR
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
EB
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
JW
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
JC
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 yesterday
7 Sept 2026
PK
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
HR
Hannah Ritchie — holds since 2025-05-15 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A company doing something at the edge of the Overton window has to hold two cultures at once — the true believers and the serious professionals who think they are crazy — and integrating them is what makes it work. — tap to centre the map on it
A company doing something at the edge of the Overton window has to hold two cultures at once — the true believers and the serious professionals who think they are crazy — and integrating them is what makes it work.
Last stated a month ago
7 Aug 2026
MH
Max Hodak — holds since 2026-08-07 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A new world order based on raw power is being drawn right now, and Europe has to fight for its place in it. — tap to centre the map on it
A new world order based on raw power is being drawn right now, and Europe has to fight for its place in it.
Last stated 12 months ago
10 Sept 2025
UL
Ursula von der Leyen — holds since 2025-09-10 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A tiny fraction of ancestry can carry the most important thing about a population: Yamnaya is only a few percent of DNA in India and yet it brought the language. — tap to centre the map on it
A tiny fraction of ancestry can carry the most important thing about a population: Yamnaya is only a few percent of DNA in India and yet it brought the language.
Last stated 4 months ago
8 May 2026
DR
David Reich — holds since 2026-05-08 — tap for who they are
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Americans are not, as a routine matter, cut off from the financial system for their politics.
Last stated 9 Dec 2024 · 2 years ago
Holds PM Patrick McKenzie
Read this korrent →
Same subject: America, politics
As politics grows more viperous, leaders of nuclear-armed nations surround themselves with sycophants, so you can no longer count on a president being given good advice.
Last stated 22 Mar 2024 · 2 years ago
Holds AJ Annie Jacobsen
Same subject: America, politics
The core difference between America and China runs in opposite directions: there capital controls politics, here politics must rein in capital.
Last stated 13 Aug 2025 · a year ago
Holds KJ Keyu Jin
Same subject: America, politics
The hard-headed realists who wrote America's 2001 energy policy expected renewables to stay trivial, and were wrong by an enormous margin.
Last stated 26 Oct 2025 · 10 months ago
Holds PK Paul Krugman
Same subject: politics
A country without cultural unity struggles to provide public goods, because its politics turns into an ethnic spoils system.
Last stated 9 Apr 2026 · 5 months ago
Holds Noah Smith
Same subject: politics
A whole class of product managers built a career on politics rather than on technical or customer skill, and that skill is now worth nothing.
Last stated 2 Aug 2026 · a month ago
Holds TV Tom Verrilli
Same subject: politics
AI that is merely excellent at research and hardware can transform the world completely without ever being good at politics.
Last stated 11 Aug 2026 · 4 weeks ago
Holds RG Ryan Greenblatt
Same subject: politics
AI will eliminate many millions of jobs within the next few years, and that disruption will shape the politics of everything else about AI.
Last stated 15 Feb 2025 · 2 years ago
Holds MB Miles Brundage
Same subject: politics
Aid to African states has been large enough to warp their politics and too small to transform their economies.
Last stated 12 Feb 2025 · 2 years ago
Holds OK Oliver Kim
Same subject: China
A country cannot fund its own industrial strategy and call the same policy cheating when China does it.
Last stated 15 May 2025 · a year ago
Holds HR Hannah Ritchie
Same subject: China
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 18 Aug 2026 · 3 weeks ago
Holds EB Eric Berger
Same subject: China
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 31 Jul 2025 · a year ago
Holds JW Jack Weatherford
Same subject: tariffs
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 14 Apr 2025 · a year ago
Holds JC John H. Cochrane
Same subject: tariffs
Reducing trade deficits and reviving manufacturing would not end the resentment fueling right-wing authoritarian movements.
Last stated 7 Sept 2026 · yesterday
Holds PK Paul Krugman
Same subject: tariffs
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 15 May 2025 · a year ago
Holds HR Hannah Ritchie
Same subject: Europe
A company doing something at the edge of the Overton window has to hold two cultures at once — the true believers and the serious professionals who think they are crazy — and integrating them is what makes it work.
Last stated 7 Aug 2026 · a month ago
Holds MH Max Hodak
Same subject: Europe
A new world order based on raw power is being drawn right now, and Europe has to fight for its place in it.
Last stated 10 Sept 2025 · 12 months ago
Holds Ursula von der Leyen
Same subject: Europe
A tiny fraction of ancestry can carry the most important thing about a population: Yamnaya is only a few percent of DNA in India and yet it brought the language.
Last stated 8 May 2026 · 4 months ago
Holds DR David Reich