I started watching Peter Zeihan videos last year.

He shares a lot of interesting information, although he seems to have a very strong bias towards doom and gloom.

One thing in particular stood out to me as completely absurd: his claim that global trade is going to collapse due to piracy as the US pulls back from ensuring freedom of the waters.

My immediate thought: "This isn't the 17th century! Pirates aren't a real issue these days. Technology has rendered them obsolete".

Given this, I was absolutely shocked when I heard that missile attacks by Houthi rebels had caused most of the largest shipping companies to decide to avoid the Bab el-Mandeb Strait and to sail around Africa instead.

This has recently triggered the US to form an alliance to maintain freedom of shipping there and the US recently performed airstrikes in retaliation. It won't surprise me if this [...]

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First published:
January 14th, 2024

Source:
https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/TgKGpTvXQmPem9kcF/notice-when-people-are-directionally-correct

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“Notice When People Are Directionally Correct” by Chris_Leong

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