Superfreakonomics
Mentions in Episodes:
- Episode: Nathan Myhrvold: “I Am Interested in Lots of Things, and That’s Actually a Bad Strategy.”| Episode 6
Podcast: People I (Mostly) AdmireWe had just written SuperFreakonomics; Stephen Dubner and I, our second book, and we had worked with a bunch of environmentalists on global warming. We had this chapter where we talked about global warming, and I think it was a thoughtful and honest chapter.
- Episode: Does Death Have to Be a Death Sentence? | People I (Mostly) Admire | Episode 69
Podcast: People I (Mostly) AdmireAnd a prediction that I made that I wish hadn't been true but turned out to be quite true was Stephen Dubner in the book Super Freakonomics. We suggested that because of private incentives, the attempts to rein in carbon emissions just weren't going to work, and we predicted that the globe would struggle to control our emissions of greenhouse gases, and many people were angry at us.
- Episode: Solar Geoengineering Would Be Radical. It Might Also Be Necessary. | People I (Mostly) Admire | 79
Podcast: People I (Mostly) AdmireStephen Dubner and I wrote about solar geoengineering in our book SuperFreakonomics back in 2009, and we were strong supporters.
- Episode: Solar Geoengineering Would Be Radical. It Might Also Be Necessary. | People I (Mostly) Admire | 79
Podcast: People I (Mostly) AdmireAnd yet, when you and I spoke a few years ago, you mentioned that you believed SuperFreakonomics had set back the field of geoengineering by five years and slowed down progress and research.
- Episode: Solar Geoengineering Would Be Radical. It Might Also Be Necessary. | People I (Mostly) Admire | 79
Podcast: People I (Mostly) AdmireTo be honest, I've looked back at that section of SuperFreakonomics in the past five or ten years, and in preparation for our conversation, I reread it, and I have to admit that what you just criticized was true: it was somewhat starry-eyed and overly optimistic regarding what we could achieve.