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179. Niall Ferguson — Doom: The Politics of Catastrophe

The Michael Shermer Show

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Climate Change Is a Slow Moving Threat to Humanity

Climate change is a relatively slow moving threat o humanity compared with some of the other things that could move a whole lot faster. The federal government is both larger and much less nimble than it was, and its performance in handling crises seems to have got worse. A i is clearly being used right now by the chinese government to build a totalitarian system far more intrusive and comprehensive than anything george orwell ever imagined.

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