The Future of the Solar Panels

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I love coral reefs and I do think we have a duty to protect the natural world. But on the other hand, we have a moral obligation to each other and to the rest of humanity and to prevent human suffering and death. And it's a difficult question to answer. Making that calculation is you have to do sort of Peter Singer levels of ethical calculus to try to do it.

This week Adam welcomes an author whose book blew his mind more than perhaps any other. Americans are typically taught that prior to the arrival of European settlers, indigenous communities were sparsely populated, lacked technology, and did little to shape the natural landscape. But as this week’s guest Charles C. Mann’s 1491 tells Adam, the most recent research reveals that the American indigenous civilizations were sophisticated, dynamic, and massively populated. Purchase his books 1491 and 1493 at http://factuallypod.com/books. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.