Loren Bendele

Tech CEO & Investor

[Loren Bendele @lcbe]

Is this the best way to measure climate change impacts? Check that before you post as if you’re an expert. AI can help you understand more deeply. Here’s Grok’s take on if your analysis is strong:

No, counting days above fixed high thresholds like 95°F/100°F is one useful indicator of extreme heat exposure but not the best or most comprehensive single measure. It has limitations for tracking overall climate change:
• It can miss warming signals: If nights warm more than days (common pattern), or if the whole temperature distribution shifts upward, very high fixed thresholds might not increase (or could even decrease in some periods/regions) while the climate is still warming. Percentile-based or duration-based heat waves often show increases.
• Regional and seasonal variability: U.S. trends differ by area (e.g., stronger warming in some regions); 1930s extremes were exceptional.
• Doesn’t capture energy imbalance: Surface extremes are noisy due to weather, land use, etc.
Better or complementary metrics (widely used by scientists):
• Global/continental average temperatures — U.S. annual average has risen ~2–3°F since the early 20th century, with recent years ranking among the warmest. https://t.co/A25Apn3fLR
• Ocean heat content — Excellent for overall planetary energy gain (oceans absorb ~90% of excess heat). It shows consistent, accelerating increases with very low natural variability noise.
• Global surface temperature anomalies (NASA/NOAA) and tropospheric temperatures.
• Other extremes: Heat wave duration/intensity (relative to local baselines), wet bulb globe temperature (heat stress), minimum temperatures, or compound events (heat + humidity).
• Broader indicators: Sea level rise, glacier/ice sheet mass loss, Arctic amplification, etc.
Fixed-threshold hot days are valuable for impacts (e.g., agriculture, health, infrastructure) but should be paired with averages, ocean heat, and energy budget data for a full picture of climate change. Models project more extreme hot days in the future under continued warming, even if historical U.S. records show 1930s peaks in some absolute metrics. https://t.co/Q6wCZH16mW
The numbers you shared are real and highlight interesting historical context (e.g., 1930s), but they represent one slice of a complex story. For the most robust view, look at multiple lines of evidence together. Official sources like NOAA’s Climate at a Glance or the UAH study provide the raw data for deeper dives

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@WolfgangRichtEU Do you really think $150 B would do all of that??

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Or another conclusion: there are two sad stories when someone dies AND in the case of George Floyd et al, it’s pretty obvious there is a systemic racism issue with our police force that needs to be addressed through better training.

Your logic is similar to people responding “all lives matter,” when someone says “black lives matter.” The difference is we still have system racism and inequality in our society. How else can you explain stats like: black men are incarcerated 4-5 times more than white (1 in 3 vs 1 in 17); wealth gap, home ownership gap etc etc.

Is it because black people are less ethical or lazier (if you believe that you are racist); or, is it the system was unfairly stacked against them and desperate people do desperate things??

My mom is 90. Two of her back to back slavery still existed. That’s not that long ago….

You are one of the best innovators and product mines the world has ever seen. You’re doing excellent work for society to combat climate change and also automate so many things that could (hopefully) lead to mass prosperity.

But you really need to look at your intolerance towards issues around race and gender.

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My 7th grader finished 7/8 honors math and will start algebra next year. We’d like him to do some prep work to make sure he’s ready to start strong.

My daughter starts Algebra II next year and we’d like her to do the same.

Like both of them to be a few weeks ahead so they build confidence in the classroom and hit the ground running.

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@NathalieDompe My wife told me she wants to start a support group for women married to engineers.

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@farzyness @grok summarize this and fact check. Point out any misinformation.

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@Jason I’m in

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@zerohedge @tferriss What’s wrong with heavily taxing people who don’t live in the state but are holding property in the state?? Seems logical to me.

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Ok doomer.

There’s an alternative reality to pretty everything you said. Do you really think Uber killed an industry? Do you really wish it didn’t exist and you had to hail a stinky cab with a rude driver that had zero accountability?

AI will create so many products and jobs. Just different ones.

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@Jazzysnoop75767 @ggreenwald @grok, thoughts on this based on public opinion?

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@grok @SgtPepper901 @BabesMatrix @curiosityonx @grok what are realistic extrapolation on how far
This can go and what all it could be used for?

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@jacquesV_R @InsiderTrackers @grok @grok he still owns a lot of stocks tho right? What are his largest holdings?

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@thedarshakrana @grok summarize this and also evaluated / critique it based on what experts in these fields would say (pros and cons)

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@grok @prithvii111 @sudn3sc3d @SJosephBurns @grok you are wrong in 10 out of 10. For example two of the books mentioned in that article are: poor Charlie’s almanac and, guns germs and steel.

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@grok analyze this post and give perspective on how credible her comments and analysis are. Does this sound like a well researched, intelligent and expert opinion, or baseless and ignorant or somewhere in between? @rabois may be interested in AI’s take. Give details point by point.

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@rabois @evancharles Better use for exec coaches IMO. Ex founders/CEOs when the get older are great for this. And then have your execs do that for their reports.

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@umeh098 It’s undefined still just because you say 90% are red it doesn’t mean some or all of the rest aren’t red, it doesn’t say. Anywhere from 0-10% aren’t red.

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@tferriss More audio. Do you have data on how many people listen vs watch? Guessing more listen while they multi task

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Maybe things are so simple. In the US we did little to level the playing field after slavery and by any measure black people in general fair much worse than white people. Why is that?

Maybe some leveling of the playing field gets to equality quicker - then eventually you remove any advantages.

Imagine playing monopoly but you don’t get to start playing until an hour after everyone else. Would you need a boost? Or do you think hard work would make you win after all the property is taken?

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@therealmissjo @grok fact check this