Episode Details
Back to EpisodesThe High Cost of Looking Away: How Economic Blindness is Shaping our World
Description
❖ What happens when the warning signs are visible but the human brain refuses to believe in them? This episode explores economic blindness — the deeply human tendency to assume tomorrow will look like today — and how that mental trap is playing out simultaneously across three interconnected crises: a war disrupting global oil and food supplies, a climate system moving faster than the economic models tracking it, and a nuclear arms race quietly rewriting the rules of global security.
❖ The insurance industry gets its own spotlight here — because the people whose entire business model depends on accurately pricing danger are now walking away from entire regions. That is not a warning about the future. That is the future, already arriving. We also dig into why the economic models guiding trillion-dollar government and investment decisions are dangerously miscalibrated for the world climate science says we are already living in.
❖ But this episode doesn't end in the dark. The same crisis accelerating the damage is also accelerating the solution. Ninety percent of new US energy infrastructure built last year was clean. Countries that couldn't afford to wait are moving faster than anyone predicted. The shock the markets refused to price is now pricing itself — and the people already building what comes next need you in their corner. Find them at acalltoact.world and trumpingtrump.org. LINKS BELOW.
From Legacy Environmental Organizations to the Ugly Animal Preservation Society, hundreds of groups that would welcome your help to engage in the important work of creating a fossil-free future world where we have clean air and water, energy independence, green jobs, livable cities, and healthy children.
Over 300 organizations have united to protect America's vulnerable communities and democratic institutions. Groups defending immigrants, LGBTQ+ individuals, and minorities to supporting teachers, librarians, journalists, and healthcare workers on the frontlines.
From protecting government employees, military personnel, and labor rights to advancing gun safety, reproductive rights, and climate action. Each group offers ways to volunteer, donate, or work directly to defend the republic, protect civil rights. Join the resistance – find your place in the fight.