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Lots of interesting ideas, but some potentially dangerous generalizations as well. Zeihan claims the midwest is an ideal productive farming environment but rec
by m0llusk 4y ago
Lots of interesting ideas, but some potentially dangerous generalizations as well. Zeihan claims the midwest is an ideal productive farming environment but recent increases in damaging storms have driven one midwestern farmer I know out of the business.
- toomuchtodo 4y agoThe challenge will be that it’s somewhat straightforward to model beneficial agriculture climate geographies but challenging to model catastrophic volatility. Note how calm the Gulf hurricane season has been; very unexpected.
- arka2147483647 4y agoOne farmer anecdotes are not very useful when talking about global trends. Though painful for the farmer on a human scale, of course.
- petre 4y agoThe European spheres of influence is also bogus in Eastern Europe. Eastern Poland under Russian influence. Bulgaria and Romania under Turkish and Russian influence. Greece, a failed state?