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Fixing our planet’s atmosphere is a key challenge for this century. Here are my beliefs about focus areas for climate action in 2022.

Most new startups default to a subscription model for their software. Should they consider selling licenses instead?

We have reached peak cloud. It's time we standardize productivity data.

The age of immutable opinions has dawned. So how do we protect objective reality?

Software's history holds the key to an evolutionary step for cloud infrastructure.

“The party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command.” —George Orwell

In the news: Venice floods. Wind and solar projects. Storing a movie in glass. Surveillance of Americans. Impeachment. Expose or protect whistleblowers? Epstein's death. Russian hacking, Russian money, conservative politics.

The WHO estimates that nearly half of the global population will live in water-stressed areas by 2025. As temperatures rise, what happens to our most important resource?

Why we don't have time to focus on molten salt reactors right now and where we should be spending money instead.

We Didn't Start the Fire. Markets reflect climate change. Ukraine and Trump swirl. Freedom slips away from Hong Kong. Concentration camps make a return in China.

It is evident that the American retreat from Syria is a strategic and humanitarian disaster.

Boil more water: why we need a global push for more nuclear energy. Also: China is great at climate policy but bad at freedom. Trump blunders on. Premier of 'Hopefully Hanlon's Razor'.

Where to begin. Planting trees. Endless drought. Impeachment proceedings. U.S. retreats from Syria and Turkey invades.