Talks to Watch

Iowa Swine Day 2022: Agriculture at the End of the World

141K views · Jul 29, 2022 · 54:42 · 2 HN recommenders · 4 mentions · discussed 2022–2023

Peter Zeihan speaks at Iowa Swine Day 2022 on geopolitics, the end of globalization and agriculture. He argues that supply chains, energy and farm inputs are all about to be disrupted.

Why Hacker News points people here: Recommended for its bleak take on globalization, energy and food supply, though some commenters question how objective it is.

“The audio is a little rough, but it's worth the watch (in my opinion).”HN comment, 2022

What Hacker News said 4

Strongly recommendsjmoak3Aug 2022

“it truly blew my mind. Watch a few minutes of this, starting from the given timestamp”

Zeihan talk on Europe's energy and agriculture trouble

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Someone else posted this a few weeks ago, but it truly blew my mind. Watch a few minutes of this, starting from the given timestamp: this video Europe is in more trouble than I imagined.

in “How Bad Europe’s Energy Crisis Is” · view on HN
RecommendstaftsterDec 2022

“The audio is a little rough, but it's worth the watch (in my opinion).”

Zeihan's talk to pig farmers with credible observations on globalization

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My (recent) introduction to Zeihan was this talk he gave to pig farmers. this video The audio is a little rough, but it's worth the watch (in my opinion). Yeah, he comes across as a bit forward and a bit nationalistic, and clearly not every prediction is going to land, but I think he's got some really good observations and seems fairly credible. Better at least than most of the talking-heads you see on the news.

in “TSMC founder Morris Chang says globalization 'almost dead'” · view on HN
Cites itriversflowSep 2022

“Time stamped to where he brings it up”

Zeihan mentions pipeline freezing and bursting at the timestamp

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Could this be to vent gas to keep Russian pipelines from bursting during the winter due to a lack of flow from the sanctions? I’ve only recently heard about this phenomenon from a talk with Peter Zeihan[1], but have been unable to find more information about oil pipelines freezing and bursting. Time stamped to where he brings it up: [1] this video

Cites itthrwawy74Jun 2023

“I found this compelling but I'm still seeing how objective it is as we carry out this timeline”

Found compelling but unsure about its objectivity

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I found this compelling but I'm still seeing how objective it is as we carry out this timeline: this video

in “Brazil Develops Tropical Wheat and Predicts Self-Sufficiency in 5 Years” · view on HN