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Everything filed under America America Everything filed under solar solar Everything filed under China China Same subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subject Read this korrent: Without the yield improvements of the last half-century the world would have cleared more than twice as much cropland. Without the yield improvements of the lasthalf-century the world would have clearedmore than twice as much cropland. Last stated 2 years ago 13 Mar 2024 LB Linus Blomqvist — holds since 2024-03-13 — tap for who they are Same subject: It is false that the world needs no more food and only better distribution of the food it has. — tap to centre the map on it It is false that the world needs nomore food and only betterdistribution of the food it has. Last stated a year ago 13 Jul 2025 MG Michael Grunwald — holds since 2025-07-13 — 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 2 years ago 13 Mar 2024 LB Linus Blomqvist — holds since 2024-03-13 — tap for who they are Same subject: Knowing that poverty and child mortality have actually fallen is what makes people think the future can improve. — tap to centre the map on it Knowing that poverty and childmortality have actually fallen iswhat makes people think the futurecan improve. Last stated 8 months ago 13 Jan 2026 HR Hannah Ritchie — holds since 2026-01-13 — tap for who they are Same subject: Making American farms more productive shrinks cropland in the rest of the world by more than it adds at home. — tap to centre the map on it Making American farms moreproductive shrinks cropland in therest of the world by more than itadds at home. Last stated 2 years ago 13 Mar 2024 LB Linus Blomqvist — holds since 2024-03-13 — tap for who they are Same subject: The answer to feeding the world is better factories, not more fields. — tap to centre the map on it The answer to feeding the world isbetter factories, not more fields. Last stated 3 years ago 28 May 2023 GM George Monbiot — holds since 2023-05-28 — tap for who they are Same subject: A future of constrained energy will need more people working the land, and that is not the same as going back to the past. — tap to centre the map on it A future of constrained energy willneed more people working the land,and that is not the same as goingback to the past. Last stated 2 months ago 30 Jun 2026 CS Chris Smaje — holds since 2026-06-30 — tap for who they are Same subject: A pre-modern countryside produces an enormous amount of food and almost no extractable surplus, which is the hard limit on everything the state above it can do. — tap to centre the map on it A pre-modern countryside produces anenormous amount of food and almostno extractable surplus, which is thehard limit on everything the stateabove it can do. Last stated 6 years ago 24 Jul 2020 BD Bret Devereaux — holds since 2020-07-24 — tap for who they are Same subject: The central problem of the food system is producing much more food on much less land. — tap to centre the map on it The central problem of the foodsystem is producing much more foodon much less land. Last stated 3 years ago 3 Jul 2023 MG Michael Grunwald — holds since 2023-07-03 — tap for who they are Same subject: A Chinese crewed landing on the Moon before America returns would be a defeat for the free world. — tap to centre the map on it A Chinese crewed landing on the Moonbefore America returns would be adefeat for the free world. Last stated 3 weeks ago 18 Aug 2026 CH Casey Handmer — holds since 2025-10-31 — tap for who they are EB Eric Berger — holds since 2026-08-18 — tap for who they are Same subject: A country cannot have radical technological breakthroughs and also refuse to tolerate uncomfortably rich people, because the financial system it resents is what funds the innovation. — tap to centre the map on it A country cannot have radicaltechnological breakthroughs and alsorefuse to tolerate uncomfortablyrich people, because the financialsystem it resents is what funds theinnovation. Last stated a year ago 13 Aug 2025 KJ Keyu Jin — holds since 2025-08-13 — tap for who they are Same subject: A country's large trade deficit in manufactured goods reduces its manufacturing employment below what it would be with balanced trade. — tap to centre the map on it A country's large trade deficit inmanufactured goods reduces itsmanufacturing employment below whatit would be with balanced trade. Last stated yesterday 7 Sept 2026 PK Paul Krugman — holds since 2026-09-07 — tap for who they are Same subject: A data centre powered by solar and batteries alone needs an array so oversized that the design is not worth building. — tap to centre the map on it A data centre powered by solar andbatteries alone needs an array sooversized that the design is notworth building. Last stated 2 years ago 18 Apr 2024 AV Austin Vernon — holds since 2024-04-18 — tap for who they are Same subject: A solar panel is a manufactured object that produces wealth rather than consuming it, at a hundred times the rate of the best farmland. — tap to centre the map on it A solar panel is a manufacturedobject that produces wealth ratherthan consuming it, at a hundredtimes the rate of the best farmland. Last stated 2 years ago 9 Nov 2024 CH Casey Handmer — holds since 2024-11-09 — tap for who they are Same subject: A solar system holding a trillion humans is the right thing to aim at, because a population that size would have a thousand Mozarts and a thousand Einsteins alive at once. — tap to centre the map on it A solar system holding a trillionhumans is the right thing to aim at,because a population that size wouldhave a thousand Mozarts and athousand Einsteins alive at once. Last stated 3 years ago 14 Dec 2023 JB Jeff Bezos — holds since 2023-12-14 — 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 few square miles at the Moon's south pole are the only lunar real estate that matters, and whoever gets there first sets the terms. — tap to centre the map on it A few square miles at the Moon'ssouth pole are the only lunar realestate that matters, and whoevergets there first sets the terms. Last stated 3 weeks ago 18 Aug 2026 EB Eric Berger — holds since 2026-08-18 — tap for who they are Same subject: A large, sustained AI capability lead by either the US or China could shift the global balance of power between them. — tap to centre the map on it A large, sustained AI capabilitylead by either the US or China couldshift the global balance of powerbetween them. Last stated 3 days ago 5 Sept 2026 NS Noah Smith — holds since 2026-09-05 — tap for who they are
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At the centre Without the yield improvements of the last half-century the world would have cleared more than twice as much cropland. Last stated 13 Mar 2024 · 2 years ago Holds Linus Blomqvist Read this korrent →