Matthew Yglesias

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Matthew Yglesias @mattyglesias

Suppose industrial civilization completely collapsed in the wake of some catastrophe that didn’t quite wipe out all of humanity. Could we rebuild? Could the Industrial Revolution happen again? Well if it happened once it stands to reason it could happen again. But… — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Aug. 8, 2022 Hibernated

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A lot of @willmacaskill content out today on the web for the release of his book. I liked it a lot! Thought I would contribute by sharing an idea I read in it that’s a bit askance from his main argument but that I found fascinating and was new to me. — PolitiTweet.org

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The Industrial Revolution depended on access to coal. And even though we have lots of other ways of making electricity today, it doesn’t seem like you could make a photovoltaic panel or other modern power sources unless you already had industrial technology. — PolitiTweet.org

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