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I do agree with him that hacking the biosphere could be a way out of climate change, but I think he doesn't realize how far away we are from that because of eugenics fears, etc. I also think he is speaking outside of his domain of knowledge, but I guess that is why he labels himself a "heretic....

I do like Freeman Dyson, but I think he is a bit of a nutter on climate change.

caltrek’s comment: In a general election, Newsom would have to overcome fierce prejudices against a left coast California and against “fanatical” multi-pluralism. As if the good old days of racially (and gender, etc.) based hierarchies can be brought back and the LGBT+ types forced back into their ...

In early 2021, Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman of Saudi Arabia announced The Line: a “civilizational revolution” that would house up to 9 million people in a zero-carbon megacity, 170 kilometers long and half a kilometer high but just 200 meters wide. Within its mirrored, car-free walls, residents...

The Aristocracy Is Dead … For about a week every year in my childhood, I was a member of one of America’s fading aristocracies. Sometimes around Christmas, more often on the Fourth of July, my family would take up residence at one of my grandparents’ country clubs in Chicago, Palm Beach, or Ashevil...

A startup says it has begun releasing sulfur particles into Earth’s atmosphere, in a controversial attempt to combat climate change by deflecting sunlight. Make Sunsets, a company that sells carbon offset “cooling credits” for $10 each, is banking on solar geoengineering to cool down the planet and...

Nearly 52 million workers – or almost one-third of the nation’s labor force – earn less than $15 an hour, according to a study released Tuesday by Oxfam America, an anti-poverty advocacy group. These workers, whose annual income is less than $31,200, are disproportionately women and people of color...