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Michael Shellenberger
A former climate activist who now argues for nuclear power and against what he sees as environmental alarmism, and who ran for governor of California in 2018 and 2022.
Michael Shellenberger sits in the right-libertarian part of the Caucus economy and liberty compass: leaning free market and leaning libertarian. The clearest positions are strongly tech-optimist on technology, leaning growth-first on environment and leaning anti-establishment on institutions. The profile is close to the middle on war and peace and interventionism.
Where Michael Shellenberger sits on ten dimensions
Each scale runs from one pole to the other, and the dot shows the overall tendency of this person's record and public life. These are simplified estimates and open to debate.
💰EconomyLeaning free market
State-ledFree market
⚖️Liberty and authorityLeaning libertarian
LibertarianAuthoritarian
🎭CultureSlightly progressive
ProgressiveTraditional
🌍NationSlightly globalist
GlobalistNationalist
🌱EnvironmentLeaning growth-first
Growth-firstNature-first
🤖TechnologyStrongly tech-optimist
Tech-cautiousTech-optimist
🕊️War and peaceCentered on war and peace
Peace-firstStrength-first
🏛️InstitutionsLeaning anti-establishment
Anti-establishmentInstitutional
🙏ReligionSlightly secular
SecularReligious
🛡️InterventionismCentered on interventionism
Non-interventionistInterventionist
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Effective accelerationismArgues that rapid technological progress, especially in AI and energy, is the best path…99%Techno-libertarianismBelieves that digital technology, encryption and open markets can shrink the state and…95%MinarchismLimits the state to a minimal "night-watchman" role of courts, police and defense.93%CypherpunkUses cryptography and open software to protect privacy and to weaken state and corporate…91%
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