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Everything filed under government government Everything filed under sustainability sustainability Everything filed under war war Everything filed under America America Same subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subject Read this korrent: States do not merely defend the power they have: they seize every opportunity to gain more that looks cheap and likely to succeed. States do not merely defend the power theyhave: they seize every opportunity to gainmore that looks cheap and likely tosucceed. Last stated 3 years ago 17 Nov 2023 JM John Mearsheimer — holds since 2023-11-17 — tap for who they are Same subject: Whatever a state thinks it will gain by sending soldiers is inferior to what it would have got from sending diplomats and lawyers. — tap to centre the map on it Whatever a state thinks it will gainby sending soldiers is inferior towhat it would have got from sendingdiplomats and lawyers. Last stated 4 months ago 9 Jun 2026 SP Sarah Paine — holds since 2026-06-09 — tap for who they are Same subject: States are not inherently aggressive; anarchy leaves them no choice but to behave aggressively. — tap to centre the map on it States are not inherentlyaggressive; anarchy leaves them nochoice but to behave aggressively. Last stated 3 years ago 17 Nov 2023 JM John Mearsheimer — holds since 2023-11-17 — tap for who they are Same subject: States do not behave like predators by nature, and the American alliance system is the standing proof of it. — tap to centre the map on it States do not behave like predatorsby nature, and the American alliancesystem is the standing proof of it. Last stated 2 months ago 30 Aug 2026 PO Phillips P. OBrien — holds since 2026-08-30 — tap for who they are Same subject: Comparative advantage stops governing once the power imbalance is large enough: groups then switch into seeking to dominate instead of trading. — tap to centre the map on it Comparative advantage stopsgoverning once the power imbalanceis large enough: groups then switchinto seeking to dominate instead oftrading. Last stated 7 months ago 7 Apr 2026 MN Michael Nielsen — holds since 2026-04-07 — 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: 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: Government is people with goals, so it grows by nature; there must be very strict limits on how far it can expand its power at the expense of citizens. — tap to centre the map on it Government is people with goals, soit grows by nature; there must bevery strict limits on how far it canexpand its power at the expense ofcitizens. Last stated a year ago 30 Sept 2025 PD Pavel Durov — holds since 2025-09-30 — 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 betweenprosperity and the environment is anopportunity rather than somethingthat will happen on its own. Last stated 10 months ago 9 Dec 2025 HR Hannah Ritchie — holds since 2025-12-09 — 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 4 weeks 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 government debt crisis is measurable and therefore visible well in advance; the diagnostic is mechanical rather than a matter of judgement. — tap to centre the map on it A government debt crisis ismeasurable and therefore visiblewell in advance; the diagnostic ismechanical rather than a matter ofjudgement. Last stated 2 months ago 21 Aug 2026 RD Ray Dalio — holds since 2026-08-21 — tap for who they are Same subject: A government's debt dynamics are a household's or a company's, except that it can print money and tax -- and those two powers are what change the ending. — tap to centre the map on it A government's debt dynamics are ahousehold's or a company's, exceptthat it can print money and tax --and those two powers are what changethe ending. Last stated 2 months ago 21 Aug 2026 RD Ray Dalio — holds since 2026-08-21 — tap for who they are Same subject: A longer average debt maturity protects a government from temporary interest-rate spikes and gives it more time to adjust to permanent rate increases. — tap to centre the map on it A longer average debt maturityprotects a government from temporaryinterest-rate spikes and gives itmore time to adjust to permanentrate increases. Last stated 4 years ago 1 Jun 2022 OB Olivier Blanchard — holds since 2022-06-01 — tap for who they are Same subject: A healthy democracy engages with protesters to hear their claims — tap to centre the map on it A healthy democracy engages withprotesters to hear their claims Last stated 5 years ago 9 Feb 2022 DH David Heinemeier Hansson — holds since 2022-02-09 — tap for who they are Same subject: Authoritarian order is more natural to human societies than democracy, and may prove more durable over time. — tap to centre the map on it Authoritarian order is more naturalto human societies than democracy,and may prove more durable overtime. Last stated 8 months ago 1 Mar 2026 TG Tanner Greer — holds since 2026-03-01 — tap for who they are Same subject: Democracy exists to settle conflicting claims of conscience by means other than decree or force — tap to centre the map on it Democracy exists to settleconflicting claims of conscience bymeans other than decree or force Last stated 11 years ago 12 Oct 2015 KS Kathryn Schulz — holds since 2015-10-12 — tap for who they are
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At the centre States do not merely defend the power they have: they seize every opportunity to gain more that looks cheap and likely to succeed. Last stated 17 Nov 2023 · 3 years ago Holds John Mearsheimer Read this korrent →