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Russian cyberattacks, nuclear war, rolling blackouts, P(doom), climate change, renewed threats in the US-Israel-Iran conflict, food shortages, AI bubbles, agents, consciousness and data centres. Billy Joel's 2026 version of "We Didn't Start the Fire" isn't sounding very catchy…

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