Chapter
Prioritizing Short-Term Needs Over Long-Term Goals
26:27 - 33:15 (06:48)
Despite the possibility of the world coming together to fix global crises, such as global warming, people often prioritize their immediate needs and desires over the long-term well-being of the planet and its inhabitants.
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Economist emphasizes the need to factor in human biases like hyperbolic discounting and self-serving bias when accounting for the value of long-term planning for future generations.
26:27 - 27:57 (01:30)
Summary
Economist emphasizes the need to factor in human biases like hyperbolic discounting and self-serving bias when accounting for the value of long-term planning for future generations.
ChapterPrioritizing Short-Term Needs Over Long-Term Goals
Episode#617 - Dr Bjorn Lomborg - Climate Alarmists Are Getting It All Wrong
PodcastModern Wisdom
This podcast discusses the moral implications of focusing on space travel while mundane, yet significant issues such as global warming and poverty persist on Earth.
27:57 - 29:46 (01:48)
Summary
This podcast discusses the moral implications of focusing on space travel while mundane, yet significant issues such as global warming and poverty persist on Earth.
ChapterPrioritizing Short-Term Needs Over Long-Term Goals
Episode#617 - Dr Bjorn Lomborg - Climate Alarmists Are Getting It All Wrong
PodcastModern Wisdom
The World Health Organization has listed simple measures such as basic obstetric and emergency maternal and newborn health care, ensuring a clean operating environment etc.
29:46 - 31:20 (01:33)
Summary
The World Health Organization has listed simple measures such as basic obstetric and emergency maternal and newborn health care, ensuring a clean operating environment etc. to avoid millions of infant and maternal deaths every year that can be easily adopted by low and low middle income countries.
ChapterPrioritizing Short-Term Needs Over Long-Term Goals
Episode#617 - Dr Bjorn Lomborg - Climate Alarmists Are Getting It All Wrong
PodcastModern Wisdom
A third of all infant deaths are caused by asphyxia, yet healthcare funding is more focused on expensive equipment rather than addressing this issue.
31:20 - 33:15 (01:55)
Summary
A third of all infant deaths are caused by asphyxia, yet healthcare funding is more focused on expensive equipment rather than addressing this issue.