The Climate Game
Think with Pinker
Introduction
This episode is called the climate game. Climate change not just a problem in physics of energy and heat. It's also a problem in the psychology of judgment and decision making. Everyone agrees that humanity has not yet taken the steps necessary to prevent dangerous global warming. Why aren't we acting in our own interests? Part of the answer is that we're bogged down by the cognitive biases of a species that never evolved to solve such a wicked problem. The tragedy is that when everyone does what's rational for themselves, they bring about an outcome.
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