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	Podcast:		Mere Mortals Book Reviews
	Episode:		Cool It (Bjørn Lomborg) - Book Review
	Category:		Arts
	Duration:		00:14:31
	Publish Date:		2021-02-13 11:59:00
	Description:		Do you believe the global warming debate is full of hyperbole and needs calmer arguments? 'Cool It' by Bjørn Lomborg (a Danish statistician/political scientist) is the sequel to his wildly successful book 'The Skeptical Environmentalist'. In it he argues against dramatic climate change response due to the overhype & poor ROI of the proposed solutions. The book is also largely a rebuttal against Al Gore's 'An Inconvenient Truth' and focuses upon unemotional realism and deciding upon our priorities to make the proper trade-offs. I summarised the book as follows. "It is a book of solid rational sense from start to finish. Bjørn argues against the hyperbole of global warming and is supported by a large amount of data showing why it is not an existential threat. He firmly acknowledges that global warming is real and man-made, but states that we can make better use of our resources to fix the problems that we all acknowledge." As always, we hope you enjoy, Mere Mortals out! Timeline: (0:00) - Synopsis (2:00) - Unemotional Realism (3:58) - Tradeoffs: Smarter solutions & deciding our priorities (8:49) - Personal Observations (11:32) - Summary (12:40) - Pragmatic Takeaway: Bring the data/facts Connect with Mere Mortals: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/meremortalspodcast/
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