It is interesting that we don’t normally think of land in curse-of-resources terms, but quality land for human habitation really is like oil.
Fertile river valleys, temperate coasts, areas with enough seismic activity and water to create rich+easy agriculture...
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we'll have cheap energy and vertical farming before it becomes a severe economic problem
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Soon we'll be terraforming. Here. And out there...
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Do countries with lots of good land suffer the same “resource curse” in development as countries with exportable resources like oil or minerals?
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Quality of CAs governance isn’t rated exceptionally high...




