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Scale and Existential Risk
As mentioned last time, I am switching to a biweekly post schedule for now because I can no longer keep up with the weekly schedule.
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Mineral Resources are Abundant
This week, I am continuing with the theme of sustainability, particularly as it relates to a rising population and standard of living.
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Planetary Boundaries and their Limitations
This week, I am continuing with the recent theme of sustainability, particularly as it relates to the scale of human society.
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January 2025

Grappling with The Population Bomb
This week, I am continuing with issues of sustainability, and for that, we will take a close look at one of the most notorious books in the history of…
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Assorted Topics for January 18, 2025
This week, I would like to take a look at Geoffrey West’s 2017 book Scale, as well as some thoughts about the ongoing and incoming presidential…
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What "Malthusian" Means
Today, I am returning to the theme of the past few weeks of sustainability, and in particular the question of what the limits are to scaling in human…
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The Legacy of Jimmy Carter
As you have probably seen in the news, Jimmy Carter died last Sunday at the age of 100.
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December 2024

A History of Peak Oil
This week, I am continuing on the theme of sustainability, and a good way to close out the year is with a blast from the past.
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Are There Internal Limits to Growth?
I am still very hard at work on my Scaling in Human Societies project.
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How Cities Become More Prosperous with Size
Quite a few new readers have joined in the last couple weeks, so welcome.
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Where Does Agglomeration Come From?
This week, I am resuming work on my Scaling in Human Societies project, and I ask you to bear with what will be one of my more technical posts.
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November 2024

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