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The case for one billion Americans, & more (Matt Yglesias)

Rationally Speaking Podcast

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Climate Change Is Not Like That

The claim being made by the most alarmist people is so strong, right? Like actual human extinction is like a really high bar. Almost nothing that bad ever happens. And it seems absurd to be like, well, you know, we're talking about maybe tens of millions of deaths. That's not that bad. Because it's in fact quite bad and it would be really good to arrest climate change. So I try to be reassuring rather than dismissive. Just like people have bad information about climate change.

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