Episode · People I (Mostly) Admire · 2023-01-06
Books mentioned on Solar Geoengineering Would Be Radical. It Might Also Be Necessary. | People I (Mostly) Admire | 79
Steve Levitt discussed Superfreakonomics by Steven D. Levitt and others and An Inconvenient Truth by Al Gore.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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Superfreakonomics
SuperFreakonomics by Steven D.
Discussed“I discovered first hand just how sensitive the topic of geoengineering is when Stephen Dubner and I wrote about it in our book super Freakonomics”
Where to get it
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An Inconvenient Truth
An Inconvenient Truth by Al Gore is a documentary film and companion book highlighting the looming crisis of global warming and urging urgent action to protect the environment.
Discussed“so if I think about Al Gore's moving Inconvenient Truth a lot of that was pointing at consumers and how consumers needed to do something different”
Where to get it
Other mentions in this episode (1) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
“Reflecting on Al Gore's An Inconvenient Truth, many points addressed consumers and what they needed to do differently.”