In 2010, the IEA estimated that there would be 410 gigawatts (GW) of solar panels installed around the world by 2035. There is already more than four times that capacity, with about half of it in China.

The core skill of successful punditry is identifying a viewpoint that powerful and influential people already subscribe to, and then providing an endless, and endlessly flexible, stream of rationalizations of why that viewpoint is correct, regardless of real-world outcomes.

As someone born in 1971 I can attest that this era is the exception to the rule that everyone believes pop music peaked in the years when they were teens; the people who think 1989 was a good year for music were born in like 1990.

In 1969, what I would say is the greatest year in music history, the 1# single of the year wasn’t from the Beatles, the Stones, CCR, Zeppelin, or Hendrix.

It was “Sugar, Sugar” by the Archies. Top 40 has always been ephemeral fluff.

Lots of people who have worked on campaigns are replying and quoting with confirmation from their own experience,

And a few replying and quoting who are furious but keep coming up empty when I ask for examples of any time boycotting an election got people what they wanted.

Because there are none.

Note taking software already a crowded field. There's no chance of big revenue gains here. Unsurprising that MS couldn't sell Copilot as a separate item, forced to bundle it in to Office.
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Biggest gain was meeting online transcription/summary, which is one of the uses I've found most beneficial. Less of a change than the advent of online meetings (and, relatedly, WFH).
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