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Everything filed under government government Everything filed under climate change climate change Everything filed under democracy democracy Everything filed under politics politics Same subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subject Read this korrent: Climate advocates should ask people to take helpful actions rather than offer them existential dread without a way to act. Climate advocates should ask people totake helpful actions rather than offerthem existential dread without a way toact. Last stated a year ago 29 Sept 2025 AM Arkady Martine — holds since 2025-09-29 — tap for who they are Same subject: We are wasting our time trying to reverse the climate crisis instead of building the technology to survive it. — tap to centre the map on it We are wasting our time trying toreverse the climate crisis insteadof building the technology tosurvive it. Last stated 2 years ago 30 Sept 2024 EB Ed Barnhart — holds since 2024-09-30 — tap for who they are Same subject: Accurately informing people about the climate crisis increases their desire to act. — tap to centre the map on it Accurately informing people aboutthe climate crisis increases theirdesire to act. Last stated 3 weeks ago 9 Oct 2026 BM Bill McKibben — holds since 2026-10-09 — 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: The idea that individual action cannot help stop climate change is a more damaging lie than climate denial itself. — tap to centre the map on it The idea that individual actioncannot help stop climate change is amore damaging lie than climatedenial itself. Last stated 2 months ago 29 Aug 2026 EA Emily Atkin — holds since 2026-08-29 — tap for who they are Same subject: The existential threat posed by climate change is not hypothetical. — tap to centre the map on it The existential threat posed byclimate change is not hypothetical. Last stated 2 months ago 14 Sept 2026 LS Leah Stokes — holds since 2026-09-14 — tap for who they are Same subject: There are no small efforts: every positive effort to help others is meaningful. — tap to centre the map on it There are no small efforts: everypositive effort to help others ismeaningful. Last stated 4 months ago 28 Jun 2026 PS Patti Smith — holds since 2026-06-28 — tap for who they are Same subject: Evil exists to spur action, so we should strive against it rather than submit — tap to centre the map on it Evil exists to spur action, so weshould strive against it rather thansubmit TM Thomas Robert Malthus — holds since c. 1798 — tap for who they are Same subject: The climate crisis has grown beyond individual consumer choices and now requires decisive, large-scale action by industries and governments. — tap to centre the map on it The climate crisis has grown beyondindividual consumer choices and nowrequires decisive, large-scaleaction by industries andgovernments. Last stated 12 years ago 23 Sept 2014 LD Leonardo DiCaprio — holds since 2014-09-23 — 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 improvementin AI models would create a bigincentive for some other parts ofthe world to invest a lot more incompute. Last stated a month ago 22 Sept 2026 TC 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 justiceinstitution survives preciselybecause it serves the people who runit. Last stated 2 months ago 1 Sept 2026 RB 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 isincreasingly disconnected from theiractual record of accomplishment. Last stated 2 months ago 31 Aug 2026 DD Daniel W. Drezner — holds since 2026-08-31 — tap for who they are Same subject: A backlash against women's economic rise is not automatic; it happens only where politicians choose to mobilise it. — tap to centre the map on it A backlash against women's economicrise is not automatic; it happensonly where politicians choose tomobilise it. Last stated 2 years ago 1 Dec 2024 AE Alice Evans — holds since 2024-12-01 — tap for who they are Same subject: A citizen deciding politically should ask what is good for the community, not what is good for themselves — tap to centre the map on it A citizen deciding politicallyshould ask what is good for thecommunity, not what is good forthemselves JT Joseph Tussman — holds since c. 2000 — tap for who they are Same subject: A consistent liberal is not an anarchist — tap to centre the map on it A consistent liberal is not ananarchist MF Milton Friedman — holds since c. 1962 — tap for who they are Same subject: A company can run on truth only if its leader deeply desires it and rules with a firm hand rather than by democracy. — tap to centre the map on it A company can run on truth only ifits leader deeply desires it andrules with a firm hand rather thanby democracy. Last stated 2 years ago 6 Mar 2025 KG Kapil Gupta — holds since 2025-03-06 — tap for who they are Same subject: A company is not a democracy: every voice should be heard and then one person decides, and the decision should not be the popular one. — tap to centre the map on it A company is not a democracy: everyvoice should be heard and then oneperson decides, and the decisionshould not be the popular one. Last stated 5 months ago 2 Jun 2026 MP Mark Pincus — holds since 2026-06-02 — tap for who they are Same subject: A conversation needs several legitimate voices; if the people has only one, democracy becomes dictation — tap to centre the map on it A conversation needs severallegitimate voices; if the people hasonly one, democracy becomesdictation YH Yuval Noah Harari — holds since c. 2024–2025 — tap for who they are
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At the centre Climate advocates should ask people to take helpful actions rather than offer them existential dread without a way to act. Last stated 29 Sept 2025 · a year ago Holds Arkady Martine Read this korrent →