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#21 - Hannah Ritchie - How We Can Become the First Truly Sustainable Generation

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Questioning Overdramatization for Creating Awareness

Overdramatizing the extent of a problem, like the false claim of more plastics than fish in the sea by 2050, may lack scientific basis. However, there's still value in raising awareness through exaggeration, as seen with the impact of the image of a turtle with a plastic straw on people's perception of ocean pollution. The question remains whether it's effective to use inaccurate claims to spark a movement and whether the ends justify the means in gaining attention for environmental issues.

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