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Everything filed under war war Everything filed under tariffs tariffs Everything filed under Europe Europe Everything filed under America America Everything filed under evolutionary biology evolutionary biology Everything filed under Russia Russia Same subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subject Read this korrent: Perhaps the best guarantee of peace is that major powers know no recent example of a successful war Perhaps the best guarantee of peace isthat major powers know no recent exampleof a successful war Last stated 9 years ago 23 Jun 2017 YH Yuval Noah Harari — holds since 2017-06-23 — tap for who they are Same subject: Even when war no longer pays, peace is not guaranteed, because human stupidity should never be underestimated — tap to centre the map on it Even when war no longer pays, peaceis not guaranteed, because humanstupidity should never beunderestimated Last stated 9 years ago 23 Jun 2017 YH Yuval Noah Harari — holds since 2017-06-23 — tap for who they are Same subject: Be careful wishing for a world with no war at all, because what would be required to enforce it might be worse than a little war. — tap to centre the map on it Be careful wishing for a world withno war at all, because what would berequired to enforce it might beworse than a little war. Last stated 3 years ago 9 Nov 2023 EM Elon Musk — holds since 2023-11-09 — tap for who they are Same subject: What makes a security guarantee credible is an alliance that is active in peacetime, not the wording of the treaty. — tap to centre the map on it What makes a security guaranteecredible is an alliance that isactive in peacetime, not the wordingof the treaty. Last stated a year ago 10 Oct 2025 LF Lawrence Freedman — holds since 2025-10-10 — tap for who they are Same subject: The world has been at its most peaceful precisely when a single power was hegemonic, which is why the arrival of a second AI superpower is dangerous. — tap to centre the map on it The world has been at its mostpeaceful precisely when a singlepower was hegemonic, which is whythe arrival of a second AIsuperpower is dangerous. Last stated 2 years ago 3 Feb 2025 DP Dylan Patel — holds since 2025-02-03 — tap for who they are Same subject: There never was a good war or a bad peace — tap to centre the map on it There never was a good war or a badpeace Last stated 243 years ago 27 Jul 1783 BF Benjamin Franklin — holds since 1783-07-27 — tap for who they are Same subject: War cannot be morally justified unless there is high confidence its long-run effects are very good. — tap to centre the map on it War cannot be morally justifiedunless there is high confidence itslong-run effects are very good. Last stated a month ago 21 Sept 2026 BC Bryan Caplan — holds since 2026-09-21 — tap for who they are Same subject: Large-scale international trade may sometimes serve the cause of peace but can also create the potential for conflict. — tap to centre the map on it Large-scale international trade maysometimes serve the cause of peacebut can also create the potentialfor conflict. Last stated a month ago 13 Sept 2026 PK Paul Krugman — holds since 2026-09-13 — tap for who they are Same subject: That a pitiless war within each species is a condition of progress is unproved and unconfirmed by direct observation — tap to centre the map on it That a pitiless war within eachspecies is a condition of progressis unproved and unconfirmed bydirect observation PK Peter Kropotkin — holds since c. 1902 — tap for who they are Same subject: A country should raise revenue by tariffing foreign countries rather than by taxing its own citizens. — tap to centre the map on it A country should raise revenue bytariffing foreign countries ratherthan by taxing its own citizens. Last stated 2 years ago 20 Jan 2025 DT Donald Trump — holds since 2025-01-20 — tap for who they are Same subject: A trade dispute escalated by aggressive tariffs can still end in a negotiated outcome that leaves all sides better off. — tap to centre the map on it A trade dispute escalated byaggressive tariffs can still end ina negotiated outcome that leaves allsides better off. Last stated a year ago 30 May 2025 GS Guy Spier — holds since 2025-05-30 — tap for who they are Same subject: America's large trade deficit in manufactured goods means fewer US manufacturing jobs than balanced trade would. — tap to centre the map on it America's large trade deficit inmanufactured goods means fewer USmanufacturing jobs than balancedtrade would. Last stated 2 months ago 7 Sept 2026 PK Paul Krugman — holds since 2026-09-07 — tap for who they are Same subject: A nuclear war between the United States and Russia would kill five billion people. — tap to centre the map on it A nuclear war between the UnitedStates and Russia would kill fivebillion people. Last stated 3 years ago 22 Mar 2024 AJ Annie Jacobsen — holds since 2024-03-22 — tap for who they are Same subject: A pro-West stance is mostly right: a world more aligned with the CCP or Russia seems a bad one. — tap to centre the map on it A pro-West stance is mostly right: aworld more aligned with the CCP orRussia seems a bad one. Last stated 2 years ago 15 Oct 2024 NQ Nabeel S. Qureshi — holds since 2024-10-15 — tap for who they are Same subject: A superpower's deferential posture toward rival great powers can alienate its allies while yielding no strategic payoff in return. — tap to centre the map on it A superpower's deferential posturetoward rival great powers canalienate its allies while yieldingno strategic payoff in return. Last stated 2 months ago 2 Sept 2026 DD Daniel W. Drezner — holds since 2026-09-02 — tap for who they are Same subject: A coalition from the US and EU to Saudi Arabia and the Palestinian Authority should take Gaza from Hamas, rebuild it and demilitarise it — tap to centre the map on it A coalition from the US and EU toSaudi Arabia and the PalestinianAuthority should take Gaza fromHamas, rebuild it and demilitariseit Last stated 3 years ago 12 Oct 2023 YH Yuval Noah Harari — holds since 2023-10-12 — 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 theedge of the Overton window has tohold two cultures at once — the truebelievers and the seriousprofessionals who think they arecrazy — and integrating them is whatmakes it work. Last stated 3 months ago 7 Aug 2026 MH Max Hodak — holds since 2026-08-07 — tap for who they are Same subject: A heavily centralised state is the most fragile kind: when Rome’s centre failed, its successors were left without the resources or administration to do what it had done. — tap to centre the map on it A heavily centralised state is themost fragile kind: when Rome’scentre failed, its successors wereleft without the resources oradministration to do what it haddone. Last stated 5 years ago 28 Jan 2022 BD Bret Devereaux — holds since 2022-01-28 — tap for who they are
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At the centre Perhaps the best guarantee of peace is that major powers know no recent example of a successful war Last stated 23 Jun 2017 · 9 years ago Holds Yuval Noah Harari Read this korrent →