4min chapter

Maiden Mother Matriarch with Louise Perry cover image

Tomorrow's People - Paul Morland | Maiden Mother Matriarch 25

Maiden Mother Matriarch with Louise Perry

CHAPTER

The Importance of a Young Brain

i'm very opposed to this uh anti-natalism all people like david benata we probably don't have time to get into that but there's a sort of philosophical argument um and a religious argument coming back though specifically to the environmental argument i tend to be a subscriber to the school of julian simon rather than paul earlick you may know they had a famous bet on the price of commodities which simon won. If we are heading to zero carbon emissions in 20 or 30 years then a baby born today should not be contributing very highly to emissions, he says. I would say the last thing we should do if we are worried about um the environment is have fewer children

00:00

Get the Snipd
podcast app

Unlock the knowledge in podcasts with the podcast player of the future.
App store bannerPlay store banner

AI-powered
podcast player

Listen to all your favourite podcasts with AI-powered features

Discover
highlights

Listen to the best highlights from the podcasts you love and dive into the full episode

Save any
moment

Hear something you like? Tap your headphones to save it with AI-generated key takeaways

Share
& Export

Send highlights to Twitter, WhatsApp or export them to Notion, Readwise & more

AI-powered
podcast player

Listen to all your favourite podcasts with AI-powered features

Discover
highlights

Listen to the best highlights from the podcasts you love and dive into the full episode