The Best of Tomas Pueyo
10+ most popular Tomas Pueyo articles, as voted by our community.
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Tomas Pueyo on Creator Economy
The Future of Substack
And How It Might Replace The New York Times
«What Medium is trying to do, in summary, is to create a walled garden where they own all the readers, and the authors get some money in exchange.»
Tomas Pueyo on Future Cities
Why Some Cities Thrive
The hidden forces behind the success of some cities and not others
Tomas Pueyo on History
How Transportation Technologies Shaped Empires
For thousands of years, a hidden rule limited the size of empires, unbeknownst to their rulers.
How to Understand France
France is weird. Why is it the biggest sea country in the world? Why was it the most powerful? Why is it not even the most powerful in Europe anymore? Why is it the only country in the continent that…
Tomas Pueyo on Politics
Who Can Claim the Palestine Region?
Israel? Palestine? Who has a stronger claim? Who was there first? Who deserves to have a country there? We can't answer this question without understanding the history, geography, politics, and morals…
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The Democracy of the Future
What do these have in common: Elon’s Twitter, ants, General von Moltke’s strategy, brains, AI, prediction markets, and Wikipedia? The answer shows the path to the future of democracy.
«Decentralization is harder to pull off than centralization, but if you figure out the right rules, it’s orders of magnitude better.»
Standing on the Shoulders of Gnomes
We could have instant drone delivery. We could have flying cars. We could have energy too cheap to meter. We could forget about diseases. We don’t because we’re too scared.
Why Is Pakistan Drowning and China Drying?
Pakistan is flooding: 50M people impacted. 1M houses washed away. 1/3 of the country under water. Meanwhile, China is suffering from the worst heatwave in its recorded history. Why? These 2 events are…
Why is Java So Weird?
Java has a larger population than Russia. It's smaller than Japan but has a bigger population. It's nearly 8x denser than neighboring Sumatra. Why? Is it volcanoes? Trade? Immigration? colonization?
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