I don't know why I haven't thought about terraforming earth until I read it in a sci Fi book and it seemed like the simplest and best thing to do, over terraforming mars or Venus. We have the tech for bioengineering, cloud seeding (I think), chemicals to help stimulate growth of natural plants (at least for the ocean).
Florida is like the last nail in the coffin for whether or not to stay. What's the point in staying if our country isn't even afraid of smallpox and polio.
Bro was disabled most of his career. For all we know they could have forced him to the island and he could have been too scared to say something about it. Considering he was also being abused by one of his caretakers
Of those in red states during presidental elections, they are around 25-35% of voters that voted for a Democrat president. And there's a big untouched potential with nonvoters who aren't convinced by either political party. There's no reason to give up on any state
Even if we had an AGI that gave the steps to fix the world and prevent mass extinction, and generate a solution for the US to stop all wars. It wouldn't make a difference because those in charge simply wouldn't listen to it. In fact, generative AI gives you answers for these peace and slowing down climate change based off real academic work on and those in charge ignore both AI they claim to trust and the scholars who spend their whole lives finding solutions to.
You can talk about how hot underaged actresses are on radio but you can't speak the truth, well how about it.