Contraptions

Contraptions

My Climate Posture

Starting assumptions for talking about climate

Venkatesh Rao
Aug 26, 2023
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I’ve been doing climate-related gigs for nearly a decade at this point, and have been meaning to write about the topic for a while, but couldn’t think of an angle that adds enough to the existing public discourse to make it worth weathering the attendant noise and fury.

I think I have the beginnings of one now. But rather than start with that, I figured…

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