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Everything filed under sustainability sustainability Everything filed under climate change climate change Everything filed under animal welfare animal welfare Everything filed under ambition ambition Everything filed under demographics demographics In tension — Hannah Ritchie said bothSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subject Read this korrent: Breaking the trade-off between prosperity and the environment is an opportunity rather than something that will happen on its own. Breaking the trade-off between prosperityand the environment is an opportunityrather than something that will happen onits own. Last stated 10 months ago 9 Dec 2025 HR Hannah Ritchie — holds since 2025-12-09 — tap for who they are In tension: Cheap clean energy has broken the old trade-off between raising living standards and cutting environmental harm. — tap to centre the map on it Cheap clean energy has broken theold trade-off between raising livingstandards and cutting environmentalharm. Last stated 10 months ago 9 Dec 2025 CH Casey Handmer — holds since 2023-10-11 — tap for who they are HR Hannah Ritchie — holds since 2025-12-09 — tap for who they are Same subject: There is always a tradeoff between a system's efficiency and its resilience. — tap to centre the map on it There is always a tradeoff between asystem's efficiency and itsresilience. Last stated 3 weeks ago 2 Oct 2026 DD Daniel W. Drezner — holds since 2026-10-02 — tap for who they are MP Michael Pollan — holds since 2020-05-12 — tap for who they are Same subject: Believing that higher yields do not spare land would push investment away from the thing that actually protects wild habitat. — tap to centre the map on it Believing that higher yields do notspare land would push investmentaway from the thing that actuallyprotects wild habitat. Last stated 3 years ago 13 Mar 2024 LB Linus Blomqvist — holds since 2024-03-13 — 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-runfuture is does not require acceptingconsequentialism or believing thatyou should always maximise the good. Last stated a year ago 3 Aug 2025 WM William MacAskill — holds since 2025-08-03 — tap for who they are Same subject: The economy cannot survive the collapse of ecosystems, and renewable energy is good economic policy. — tap to centre the map on it The economy cannot survive thecollapse of ecosystems, andrenewable energy is good economicpolicy. Last stated 12 years ago 23 Sept 2014 LD Leonardo DiCaprio — holds since 2014-09-23 — tap for who they are Same subject: Whether anyone can actually do anything about how good the future is, rather than whether it matters, is the strongest objection to prioritising it. — tap to centre the map on it Whether anyone can actually doanything about how good the futureis, rather than whether it matters,is the strongest objection toprioritising it. Last stated a year ago 3 Aug 2025 WM William MacAskill — holds since 2025-08-03 — tap for who they are Same subject: Being told to be realistic about your ambitions is how ambitions fail; the boundaries people accept about what they can do are the ones that stop them. — tap to centre the map on it Being told to be realistic aboutyour ambitions is how ambitionsfail; the boundaries people acceptabout what they can do are the onesthat stop them. Last stated 2 months ago 24 Aug 2026 MH Masud Husain — holds since 2026-08-24 — tap for who they are Same subject: The claim that higher yields backfire and end up increasing farmland is much weaker than the literature assumes. — tap to centre the map on it The claim that higher yieldsbackfire and end up increasingfarmland is much weaker than theliterature assumes. Last stated 3 years ago 13 Mar 2024 LB Linus Blomqvist — holds since 2024-03-13 — tap for who they are Same subject: The scarce resource is about to stop being intelligence or agency and become vision and ambition. — tap to centre the map on it The scarce resource is about to stopbeing intelligence or agency andbecome vision and ambition. Last stated 3 months ago 29 Jul 2026 AW Alexandr Wang — holds since 2026-07-29 — tap for who they are Same subject: A Mars base is not a backup plan for climate change or nuclear war, because self-sufficiency there is centuries away. — tap to centre the map on it A Mars base is not a backup plan forclimate change or nuclear war,because self-sufficiency there iscenturies away. Last stated 2 years ago 22 Dec 2024 AF Adam Frank — holds since 2024-12-22 — tap for who they are Same subject: A regional climate extreme set during an ecological disaster is not evidence that the whole country or planet was hotter — tap to centre the map on it A regional climate extreme setduring an ecological disaster is notevidence that the whole country orplanet was hotter Last stated 3 months ago 22 Jul 2026 ZH Zeke Hausfather — holds since 2026-07-22 — tap for who they are Same subject: A warming climate and retreating glaciers are raising the risk of Himalayan ice-and-rock collapses regardless of whether any single event can be attributed to it. — tap to centre the map on it A warming climate and retreatingglaciers are raising the risk ofHimalayan ice-and-rock collapsesregardless of whether any singleevent can be attributed to it. Last stated 2 months ago 28 Aug 2026 ZH Zeke Hausfather — holds since 2026-08-28 — tap for who they are Same subject: Effective altruism's work on the far future is not a bait and switch hiding behind its work on global health; both halves are worth defending. — tap to centre the map on it Effective altruism's work on the farfuture is not a bait and switchhiding behind its work on globalhealth; both halves are worthdefending. Last stated 3 years ago 28 Nov 2023 SA Scott Alexander — holds since 2023-11-28 — tap for who they are Same subject: Factory farming of animals will be looked back on as a relic of a less-evolved age — tap to centre the map on it Factory farming of animals will belooked back on as a relic of aless-evolved age Last stated 17 years ago 27 Oct 2009 NP Natalie Portman — holds since 2009-10-27 — tap for who they are Same subject: Farm animal welfare tends to improve when an animal's stress directly and measurably reduces farmers' economic productivity. — tap to centre the map on it Farm animal welfare tends to improvewhen an animal's stress directly andmeasurably reduces farmers' economicproductivity. Last stated 6 months ago 1 May 2026 EN Elizabeth Van Nostrand — holds since 2026-05-01 — tap for who they are Same subject: A mass death does not by itself produce a boom afterwards: expecting a pandemic to renew an economy on its own misreads what followed the Black Death. — tap to centre the map on it A mass death does not by itselfproduce a boom afterwards: expectinga pandemic to renew an economy onits own misreads what followed theBlack Death. Last stated 6 years ago 4 Jun 2020 AP Ada Palmer — holds since 2020-06-04 — tap for who they are Same subject: A model fitted only to trends in its own outcome cannot forecast anything, because it contains no variable anyone could change. — tap to centre the map on it A model fitted only to trends in itsown outcome cannot forecastanything, because it contains novariable anyone could change. Last stated 2 months ago 20 Aug 2026 LS Lyman Stone — holds since 2026-08-20 — tap for who they are HR A view that moved — Hannah Ritchie: this claim 9 Dec 2025, then the centre claim 9 Dec 2025
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At the centre Breaking the trade-off between prosperity and the environment is an opportunity rather than something that will happen on its own. Last stated 9 Dec 2025 · 10 months ago Holds Hannah Ritchie Read this korrent →