Archives For Video – Wednesday Watchlist
This is a long-form discussion between Bjorn Lomborg and Jordon Peterson. If you enjoyed Steven Pinker’s book Enlightenment Now: The Case for Reason, Science, Humanism, and Progress or Hans Rosling book, Factfulness: Ten Reasons We’re Wrong About the World – and Why Things Are Better Than You Think then you will really appreciate Lomborg and Peterson’s discussion about Lomborg’s newest book False Alarm: How Climate Change Panic Costs Us Trillions, Hurts the Poor, and Fails to Fix the Planet. Lomborg acknowledges that we do have a challenge with climate change but points to a variety of options of addressing these challenges in a much more productive and financially feasible manner.
So refreshing to hear reasonable climate options and suggestions rather than more alarmism or denial. I often refer to myself as a delusional optimist but when you refer to these authors and their research I may not be that overly optimistic. I still believe we live in the most amazing time to be a learner.
https://youtu.be/p94zVXQkygc
Great video overview of Thomas Sowell’s book Intellectuals and Society. Sowell explains how intellectuals have misguided the public in the past and how they’re still doing it in the present. He also explains why intellectuals feel the need to step into areas where they don’t have enough expertise.