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Back to SearchTHE BIG STUPID: Trump’s Devastatingly Effective War on Knowledge (Part 3 of 3) (Archive)
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We're witnessing civilization-scale destruction in real time. A single leader is systematically dismantling America's knowledge infrastruct…
7 hours ago
THE BIG STUPID: The $7 Trillion War on Human Attention (Part 2 of 3) (Archive)
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What if the greatest threat to solving climate breakdown isn't denial or inaction—it's that we've been systematically engineered to be inca…
1 week ago
THE BIG STUPID - Why We're Getting Dumber When We Need to Be Smarter (Part 1 of 3) (Archive)
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For the first time in recorded history, human intelligence is declining. IQ scores that rose steadily for a century have reversed course ac…
2 weeks ago
Rationing Paradise: How Permits and Fees Create Sustainable Tourism
From Colorado's Blue Lakes Trail limiting hikers to 40 per day, to Bhutan charging tourists $200 daily just to exist in the country, this episode exp…
3 weeks, 6 days ago
The Travel Paradox: How Mass Tourism Destroys What It Claims to Celebrate (Part 2 of 3)
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Flight shame is dead. Despite a brief pause during COVID, global aviation emissions hit record highs in 2024 and are projected to double by…
1 month ago
The Travel Paradox: How Mass Tourism Destroys What It Claims to Celebrate (Part 1 of 3)
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The summer vacation isn't just leisure—it's become deeply woven into how we think about happiness and success. For generations, we've chase…
1 month, 1 week ago
The High Cost of Looking Away: How Economic Blindness is Shaping our World
Season 9 Episode 134
❖ What happens when the warning signs are visible but the human brain refuses to believe in them? This episode explores economic blindness — the deep…
1 month, 3 weeks ago
Beyond Catastrophe: What's Really at Stake in the Climate Crisis
EPISODE 104 SHOWNOTES
We begin with a gripping look at the birth of modern environmentalism, when a burning river and devastating oil spill sparked Am…
2 months, 1 week ago
One Man's Ego. Eight Billion People. One Planet.
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What do you say about something that has broken the language we use to describe it? In this episode, we tackle the question that has left h…
3 months, 1 week ago
The Last War - Why Humanity's Oldest Problem is Finally Solving Itself (Part 2 of 2)
Season 8 Episode 116
NOTE: Before we dive in — a quick note about why you're hearing this now.
With the outbreak of war in Iran dominating the news cycle, I wanted to brin…
3 months, 2 weeks ago