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Re:Earth is warming faster. Scientists are closing in on why by rossjudson on Saturday January 17, 2026 @02:18PM (#46661098)
Neil Stephenson is predicting way too much of the future.

Tenses are hard. Again:

Stephenson predicted way too much of the present.

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Re:Earth is warming faster. Scientists are closing in on why by counters on Saturday January 17, 2026 @03:44PM (#46661893)
He has a knack for being scarily prescient. I didn't expect we would seriously be discussing geoengineering in the 2020's (I gave it until at least the early 2030's, given the technical complexity of building the actual delivery system for any planet-scale intervention), but here we are.
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