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Richard Heinberg
Personal blog · richardheinberg.comeconomicssciencephilosophy
Richard Heinberg's personal blog at richardheinberg.com covers economics, science and philosophy. Since 2022, 6 different Hacker News readers have linked it 6 times. It is still writing: the last post was on 2026-07-30, and you can follow it by feed.
Too few sampled comments (1) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
The only comment links his Wikipedia page and personal site in a thread announcing his death. The comment says nothing about his writing, so the linked posts' subject is not described here.
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What Hacker News says?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Heinberg https://richardheinberg.com/
Comment linking /
on “Richard Heinberg Has Died”Submitted Deadly Optimism, Useful Pessimism as a story · 18 points
HN discussionSubmitted Peak Oil for Gen Z as a story · 3 points
HN discussionSubmitted The Limits to Growth as a story · 3 points
HN discussionSubmitted The Gasoline-Powered Leaf Blower as a Metaphor for Industrial Society as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Can Civilization Survive? These Studies Might Tell Us as a story · 1 points
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