Paul Waldman: My father read your book, the population bomb. I don't think we'll ever know the cultural awareness and maybe subtle changes that might happen 10, 20, 50 years from now based on the knowledge of young people today. We have to have good young people in science. Otherwise people like me don't have anybody to steal ideas from. So I think ecologists generally will never see the fruits of their efforts in their lifetimes because we are planting seeds. And thank you so much for your time, Paul. Keep at it.
On this episode, we meet with Professor Emeritus of Population Studies at Stanford University and author of The Population Bomb, Paul Ehrlich.
Ehrlich discusses what has happened with the human population situation in the decades since he published The Population Bomb. Why has humanity not responded to our long-term sustainability challenges? How would Ehrlich frame contemporary discussions about population?
In a wide-ranging conversation spanning stories about his appearances on The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson to how the environmental movement merged with corporate greenwashing, Ehrlich provides colorful and interesting commentary on the human predicament.
About Paul Ehrlich
Paul Ehrlich is the Bing Professor Emeritus of Population Studies at Stanford University and author of many books, including The Population Bomb.
For Show Notes and Transcript visit: https://www.thegreatsimplification.com/episode/09-paul-ehrlich