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17 connected korrents · 17 moments on record from 3 Nov 2008 to 14 Sept 2026. Nearly all of them are about climate change.

Everything filed under America America Everything filed under China China Everything filed under immigration immigration Everything filed under tariffs tariffs Everything filed under cybersecurity cybersecurity Everything filed under energy energy Same subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subject Read this korrent: The economic damage from climate-driven wildfire smoke deaths exceeds all other previously estimated categories of U.S. climate damage combined. The economic damage from climate-drivenwildfire smoke deaths exceeds all otherpreviously estimated categories of U.S.climate damage combined. Last stated a month ago 12 Aug 2026 AD Andrew Dessler — holds since 2026-08-12 — tap for who they are Same subject: China scaled solar and batteries when America refused to because the CCP got scared of climate change. — tap to centre the map on it China scaled solar and batterieswhen America refused to because theCCP got scared of climate change. Last stated a week ago 14 Sept 2026 NS Noah Smith — holds since 2026-09-14 — tap for who they are Same subject: The intense U.S. heat of the 1930s was driven by regional natural variability plus human-caused poor land management (the Dust Bowl), not global warming. — tap to centre the map on it The intense U.S. heat of the 1930swas driven by regional naturalvariability plus human-caused poorland management (the Dust Bowl), notglobal warming. Last stated 2 months ago 27 Jul 2026 AD Andrew Dessler — holds since 2026-07-27 — tap for who they are Same subject: The upcoming U.S. elections are the last real chance to shift fast enough from oil and gas to solar and wind to limit global warming. — tap to centre the map on it The upcoming U.S. elections are thelast real chance to shift fastenough from oil and gas to solar andwind to limit global warming. Last stated 3 weeks ago 30 Aug 2026 BM Bill McKibben — holds since 2026-08-30 — 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: AI-related cybersecurity damage over the next year or two will fall well short of the harm caused by Covid or global warming — tap to centre the map on it AI-related cybersecurity damage overthe next year or two will fall wellshort of the harm caused by Covid orglobal warming Last stated 3 weeks ago 1 Sept 2026 TC Tyler Cowen — holds since 2026-09-01 — tap for who they are Same subject: All five mass extinctions were ultimately climate change — the climate shifting faster than life could adapt to it. — tap to centre the map on it All five mass extinctions wereultimately climate change — theclimate shifting faster than lifecould adapt to it. Last stated a year ago 4 Sept 2025 DH Dave Hone — holds since 2025-09-04 — tap for who they are Same subject: Carbon capture technology is worth continuing to research, even though it is not yet a solution to climate change. — tap to centre the map on it Carbon capture technology is worthcontinuing to research, even thoughit is not yet a solution to climatechange. Last stated 2 weeks ago 7 Sept 2026 BM Bill McKibben — holds since 2026-09-07 — tap for who they are Same subject: Climate change is at its core an energy problem, since burning fossil fuels for energy is the main driver of emissions. — tap to centre the map on it Climate change is at its core anenergy problem, since burning fossilfuels for energy is the main driverof emissions. Last stated 18 years ago 3 Nov 2008 DM David MacKay — holds since 2008-11-03 — tap for who they are Same subject: A continental army's first mission is to keep the regime in power, not to defend the border — which is what the People's Liberation Army is for. — tap to centre the map on it A continental army's first missionis to keep the regime in power, notto defend the border — which is whatthe People's Liberation Army is for. Last stated 3 months ago 9 Jun 2026 SP Sarah Paine — holds since 2026-06-09 — 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 ownindustrial strategy and call thesame policy cheating when China doesit. Last stated a year ago 15 May 2025 HR Hannah Ritchie — holds since 2025-05-15 — tap for who they are Same subject: A declining manufacturing share of GDP as an economy matures reflects economic success rather than decline. — tap to centre the map on it A declining manufacturing share ofGDP as an economy matures reflectseconomic success rather thandecline. Last stated 10 months ago 23 Nov 2025 AB Andrew Batson — holds since 2025-11-23 — 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: 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 wouldforce a huge interest-rate spike andprobably a debt crisis, because thebudget deficit would have to befinanced 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: A country benefits from immigration in proportion to whether the people arriving are net contributors who assimilate. — tap to centre the map on it A country benefits from immigrationin proportion to whether the peoplearriving are net contributors whoassimilate. Last stated 4 weeks ago 26 Aug 2026 DH David Heinemeier Hansson — holds since 2026-08-26 — tap for who they are Same subject: A multi-ethnic nation cannot survive as a salad bowl in which each group keeps its distinctiveness indefinitely. — tap to centre the map on it A multi-ethnic nation cannot surviveas a salad bowl in which each groupkeeps its distinctivenessindefinitely. Last stated 5 months ago 9 Apr 2026 NS Noah Smith — holds since 2026-04-09 — tap for who they are Same subject: A welfare state combined with free immigration will bankrupt any country. — tap to centre the map on it A welfare state combined with freeimmigration will bankrupt anycountry. Last stated a week ago 14 Sept 2026 EM Elon Musk — holds since 2026-09-14 — tap for who they are
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At the centre The economic damage from climate-driven wildfire smoke deaths exceeds all other previously estimated categories of U.S. climate damage combined. Last stated 12 Aug 2026 · a month ago Holds Andrew Dessler Read this korrent →