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Paul Ehrlich: “Was the Population Bomb Defused?”

The Great Simplification with Nate Hagens

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What Are Your Thoughts About the Battle Between Truth and Status?

Paul Waldman: Truth and science rank way lower in the human brainstem than status, public standing and identity. There is certainly among my colleagues a strong feeling that we've got to get out there and tell the truth., he says. Waldman: We were a small group animal for most of our history; fitting in has become much more important to us than doing what's absolutely right. "The people who brag about being self-made are showing their idiots down deep"

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