What if our nation is not built for climate change?
https://ethanzuckerman.com/2024/10/09/what-if-our-nation-is-not-built-for-climate-change/
Published: October 9, 2024 17:04
Florida is preparing for Hurricane Milton, the second significant storm in two weeks to impact the southern US. Hurricane Helene killed at least 220 people and caused horrific damage in North Carolina, many miles from the coast, where massive rainfalls…
Road trip: The Company Town and the Corn Fields
https://ethanzuckerman.com/2024/08/29/road-trip-the-company-town-and-the-corn-fields/
Published: August 29, 2024 17:31
“The rest rooms are upstairs. Turn left at the Chihuly.” While those aren’t the directions I usually expect to hear in the Visitors Center of a small city, Columbus, Indiana is anything but an ordinary town. There are two primary reasons to come to…
Roadtrip: A tale of two cities
https://ethanzuckerman.com/2024/08/23/roadtrip-a-tale-of-two-cities/
Published: August 23, 2024 23:10
Cities change over time. Communities that were organized around production of steel or auto parts or glass are now organized around finance and healthcare, tourism and universities. There’s a tendency – understandable perhaps, but pretty offensive if you…
Roadtrip: Utica Starts With You
https://ethanzuckerman.com/2024/08/22/roadtrip-utica-starts-with-you/
Published: August 22, 2024 22:34
I tried to write this post from the last leg of my trip, between Utica, NY and Pittsfield, MA. I’ve been dictating posts as I go, recording on my iPhone and transcribing using MacWhisper, a Mac port of the OpenAI large language model used to transcribe…