August 14, 2026
A Bet On The Future Of Humanity
Planet Money · Paul Ehrlich, Julian Simon (archival) · 24 min
Why we chose this episode
Two men made a public bet about whether the world was running out of resources, and the story of who won is far less interesting than why the argument never ended. Twenty-four minutes that reframe every doom forecast you will read this year.
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What would make you change your mind about the next ten years?
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