cold and unreasonable
By Carl Svanberg
On “cold and unreasonable,” Carl Svanberg comments on current events, philosophy, morality, politics and economics from the perspective of Ayn Rand’s philosophy of Objectivism.
cold and unreasonableMay 20, 2019
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“The Ecological Footprint”
In the episode, Carl discusses the meaning and validity of “the ecological footprint.” (Correction: I say that according to the Global Footprint Network, we were roughly “consuming” 0,7 planets in 1960. The correct number is roughly 0,4.)
References:
- https://www.aei.org/publication/18-spectacularly-wrong-predictions-made-around-the-time-of-first-earth-day-in-1970-expect-more-this-year-3/
- http://www.myfootprint.org/
- https://www.footprintnetwork.org/resources/data/
- https://www.forbes.com/sites/bjornlomborg/2017/08/02/one-planet-is-enough/#40b59f093263
- http://ecosense.me/ecosense-wp/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/CO2-Emissions.pdf
- https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3818165/
- https://quillette.com/2018/12/03/the-one-sided-worldview-of-eco-pessimists/
- https://www.footprintnetwork.org/content/images/uploads/Part_III_Technical_Document.pdf
- https://www.umweltbundesamt.de/sites/default/files/medien/publikation/long/3489.pdf
- https://courses.aynrand.org/works/the-anti-industrial-revolution/
- http://www.juliansimon.com/writings/Ultimate_Resource/
- https://industrialprogress.com/natural-resources-and-the-environment-by-george-reisman/
- https://www.capitalism.net/Environmentalism's%20Toxicity.htm
May 20, 201921:45
Venezuela
This is the premiere-episode of Carl Svanberg's podcast “One small voice.” In this episode, Carl explains why Venezuela is socialist, and not a “mixed economy” like Norway.
Apr 29, 201921:52