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EP.002 · 2026-07-05

The Most Predictable Blackout — Why America's Grid Begs in a Heat Wave

A heat dome canceled America's 250th-birthday parade and left 800,000 homes dark — with a week of warning. The flaw isn't the weather: it's a grid where the price signal dies at your meter. Three real redesigns: dynamic pricing, France's Plan Canicule, Seville's named heat waves.

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EP.001 · 2026-07-03

Designed to Collapse — Why the Same Earthquake Kills 500 or 200,000

Venezuela's twin earthquakes killed thousands. Chile survived one 90× stronger with 525 deaths. The difference isn't seismology — it's system design: liability, inspection incentives, and a feedback loop that fires once in fifty years.

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