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S01E14: Selecting for Deafness - David Deutsch

Dilemma Podcast

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The Unsustainable Society

David atmuro has written a book called unsustainable about the culture of easter island. In his view, they would have reached some sort of sustainability level plateau and died because their environment changed as we do not live in a life support system. He also counters it with almost the exact opposite definition of sustainability which is sustainable growth - he calls infinite growth. i think bringing it back to the dilemma you know i think his analogy to learning english was a good one like there's nothing immoral about bringing up your kid in albania by choice but there is something immoral about pushing the button that prevents them from ever learning English right or chinese or another language. That's about the only line that

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