- With a market cap of $680B, Bitcoin was accepted as a legal currency by a government, El Salvador.
- Several large countries no longer have the sustainable birth replacement rates of 2.1: US (1.6), Russia (1.6), China (1.3), Japan (1.3).
- Drones called slaughterbots only weigh 7kg, are being mass-produced, and deployed in wars.
- Northern Siberia is 45F above normal for this time of year, sparking wildfires and melting permafrost.
- Coal’s death spiral continues with 61% of capacity becoming more expensive than renewable energy, and as renewable energy continues to 48% to 85% decreases in costs.