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100,000 Gifts What happened in 2024 and what will happen in 2025
3 months ago
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Deserts, Tornadoes, Hurricanes, Snow, Paradises, Swamps: Why Do People Live Where They Live in the... Deserts, Tornadoes, Hurricanes, Snow, Paradises, Swamps
3 months ago
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The Top 50 US Cities: Why Are They Where They Are? The geographic and historical reasons that have made some spots in the country the most populated...
2 months ago
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Ten New US Cities: The Salton Sea Salton City and Bombay Beach could flourish with industry and tourism
2 months ago
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Ten New US Cities: Reviving Lakes Some lakes died before they could birth cities. Could we revive the lakes, and give them a 2nd...
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Some lakes died before they could birth cities. Could we revive the lakes, and give them a 2nd chance at creating cities?
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Where to Build 10 New Cities in the US, Part 1 Plus vote on new types of content for Uncharted Territories!
2 months ago
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Ten New US Cities: 3. Presidio The fastest wealth creation in the history of humanity
2 months ago
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Ten New US Cities: 2. Starbase A city of dreams
2 months ago
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The Players of the Syrian Chessboard What will Israel, Russia, Turkey, the Kurds, Europe, and Lebanon do?
3 months ago
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The Moral Case for More People on Earth Today we’re going to cover four points that have emerged from the last few articles on growing our...
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Today we’re going to cover four points that have emerged from the last few articles on growing our population, but which I haven’t covered yet:
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Ten New US Cities: New Lakes Creating new lakes is a unique way to make amazing new cities. Where can we do that?
2 months ago
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10 Other Places Where Geniuses Hide Groups, networks, the Internet, IQ, state sponsorship, and many more
3 months ago
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What Is Happening in Syria? Assad’s regime has fallen, leaving a power vacuum. Why? Who are the winners and losers? What will...
3 months ago
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Assad’s regime has fallen, leaving a power vacuum. Why? Who are the winners and losers? What will happen next?
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Why Could Lebanon Be Rich, but Is so Chaotic? Mountains, seas, and a shitty region
6 months ago
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Final: So Where Should We Build Ten New Cities in the US? Final article in the series
2 months ago
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The Earth Is Better with More People A world with 2 billion people would be decaying, poor, brutal, violent, hopeless. With 100B, it...
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A world with 2 billion people would be decaying, poor, brutal, violent, hopeless. With 100B, it would be rich, beautiful, vibrant, peaceful, hopeful.
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Interesting News & Game Theory of Sex | Q3 2024 Trans & bathrooms, the end of nation states, woke pendulum, trigger warnings, is breastfeeding...
5 months ago
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Trans & bathrooms, the end of nation states, woke pendulum, trigger warnings, is breastfeeding actually good for IQ, are differences in household work justified, and more
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Where Geniuses Hide Today Where are today’s Michelangelos?
3 months ago
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100 Billion Humans The world can carry them!
4 months ago
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Ten New US Cities: 1. Guantanamo City Why we should turn Guantanamo Bay into Guantanamo City
2 months ago
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Ten New US Cities: Satellite Cities How to build new cities near existing ones
2 months ago
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What Is the Earth’s Carrying Capacity? Most "experts" don't understand technology or economics
4 months ago
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Is Desalination Everywhere Realistic? Which countries are doing it already? Are they happy? Is desalinated water safe to drink? Does it...
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Which countries are doing it already? Are they happy? Is desalinated water safe to drink? Does it taste good? Does it pollute too much? Can we shrink its cost?
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Wind and Solar, a Perfect Match Also, why solar will beat wind, why they are so complementary, the nuclear renaissance, the poor...
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Also, why solar will beat wind, why they are so complementary, the nuclear renaissance, the poor state of German energy, and more.
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Become a World-Class Communicator I’m running a 2nd cohort of my course: How to Become a World-Class Communicator, starting in two...
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I’m running a 2nd cohort of my course: How to Become a World-Class Communicator, starting in two weeks, on November 4th!
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The Most Important Time in History Is Now AGI Is Coming Sooner Due to o3, DeepSeek, and Other Cutting-Edge AI Developments
2 months ago
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Desalination: a Future of Infinite Water Desalination is finally cheap, and it’s only getting cheaper. Will this usher a world of plentiful...
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Desalination is finally cheap, and it’s only getting cheaper. Will this usher a world of plentiful water everywhere? Will we be able to build in the Sahara?
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6 Questions You Asked Yourself about Solar How fast will it take over, how fast are costs shrinking, why is it so cheap, what industries will...
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How fast will it take over, how fast are costs shrinking, why is it so cheap, what industries will it birth, how much surface will it take up, where will it appear first?
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The Israel–Hamas Ceasefire Won’t Last Israel & Palestine, One Year Later
2 months ago
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How to Beat Cancer with Viruses: An Interview with Beata Halassy How viruses kill cancers, which viruses to use, how many injections, at what stage of the cancer,...
6 months ago
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What Asian Development Can Teach the World The Magic Development of Taiwan, South Korea, Japan, and China, and What That Tells Us about US...
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The Magic Development of Taiwan, South Korea, Japan, and China, and What That Tells Us about US Tariffs, China’s Future, EU Protectionism, Japan’s Zombie Debt, Argentina’s Arrested Development, and more
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AI Weeks When Decades Happen How fast AI is improving, and how that's impacting jobs today
a month ago
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🪐 How Will We Ride to Mars? Do we need a station on the Moon? How hard is it to get to Mars? What are the main challenges?
5 months ago
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The Latest on Healthcare Research Cancer research, AI in healthcare, aging research, and much more
5 months ago
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GeoHistory News | Q3 2024 Longshoremen strike, Mexico – Spain conflict, how Islam propelled Europe more than Protestantism,...
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Longshoremen strike, Mexico – Spain conflict, how Islam propelled Europe more than Protestantism, and more
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Why Japan Succeeds Despite Stagnation Demographics & lending vs housing, culture & immigration
a month ago
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Should You Be Able to Experiment on Your Own Cancer? A researcher in virology and immunotherapy got bad news: Her cancer was back with a vengeance; the...
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A researcher in virology and immunotherapy got bad news: Her cancer was back with a vengeance; the treatments weren’t working. She decided to treat it herself.
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The Birth of German(y) Goods, Gods, and Guns
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Free Speech in the US vs Europe: Who Is Right? "I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it."—Evelyn Beatrice...
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"I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it."—Evelyn Beatrice Hall, conveying the ideas of Voltaire
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The Steps to AGI How LLMs work, how they're improving today, what are the next ways in which they can get better, and...
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How LLMs work, how they're improving today, what are the next ways in which they can get better, and is that a straight shot to AGI?
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What’s at Stake in Germany’s Elections The future of Ukraine, of Europe, freedom of speech, and Germany’s economy
a month ago
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Reaction to Your Comments on German Elections Election results, german nuclear, slower maps, and more
a month ago
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Robotaxis Are Here Within 1-5 years, our daily transportation will be upended, and cities will be reshaped.
3 weeks ago
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Why Do We Like Concerts? It's not what you think
2 weeks ago
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10 Interesting Facts on Relationships & Sex Q1 2025
a week ago
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Rise Up, Europe! The Five Beliefs That Cripple a Continent
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10 Fascinating GeoHistory Updates Q1 2025
a week ago
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What Are My Politics? And my unrefined thoughts on US politics
3 days ago
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Why Did Korea Split? The crazy story of a few days that changed Korea forever
6 hours ago