I know this post is old(ish), but still think this exercise is worth doing!
Deep ocean currents; I expect changes in ocean floor topography and deep-water inertial/thermal changes to matter. I don’t expect shallow-water topography to matter, nor wind (unless we have sustained 300+kph winds for weeks straight).
Earth’s magnetic pole directions; I’m not sure what causes them. I think they’re generated by induction from magma movement? In that case, our knobs are those currents. I don’t think anything can change the equilibrium without changing the flow patterns, minus stuff like magma composition which can eliminate magnetism.
Tourism to, say, Tokyo; the following factors are both compared to other destinations and just Tokyo, and don’t span our knob-space. Public opinion and salience, travel costs (time and money), hotel availability, and number of people who speak Japanese. I think that if we know these, most other markets become rounding errors, though I wouldn’t be too sure.
I know this post is old(ish), but still think this exercise is worth doing!
Deep ocean currents; I expect changes in ocean floor topography and deep-water inertial/thermal changes to matter. I don’t expect shallow-water topography to matter, nor wind (unless we have sustained 300+kph winds for weeks straight).
Earth’s magnetic pole directions; I’m not sure what causes them. I think they’re generated by induction from magma movement? In that case, our knobs are those currents. I don’t think anything can change the equilibrium without changing the flow patterns, minus stuff like magma composition which can eliminate magnetism.
Tourism to, say, Tokyo; the following factors are both compared to other destinations and just Tokyo, and don’t span our knob-space. Public opinion and salience, travel costs (time and money), hotel availability, and number of people who speak Japanese. I think that if we know these, most other markets become rounding errors, though I wouldn’t be too sure.