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The Human Survival Project Podcast
United States
เข้าร่วมเมื่อ 22 ส.ค. 2020
Hosted by Shelby Mertes, this show is part of the Human Survival Project, which was created for you and others to work together to save humanity. We combine two powerful truths: 1) humanity is facing existential threats to our world civilization, and 2) these global threats require global management by a redesigned and much stronger United Nations. We are building a global grassroots organization to help citizens push their governments to fix the U.N.
On the show, we discuss climate change, destruction of nature, pandemics, nuclear weapons and other warfare, technology (AI, synthetic biology, etc), climate-driven migration, global wealth inequality, and the international systems we need to manage these issues. We focus on solutions, and explore how to be engaged world citizens in a time of dramatic change.
Learn more and sign up for our email newsletter:
www.thehumansurvivalproject.org
For the sake of all that is beautiful about humanity, we invite you to join us.
On the show, we discuss climate change, destruction of nature, pandemics, nuclear weapons and other warfare, technology (AI, synthetic biology, etc), climate-driven migration, global wealth inequality, and the international systems we need to manage these issues. We focus on solutions, and explore how to be engaged world citizens in a time of dramatic change.
Learn more and sign up for our email newsletter:
www.thehumansurvivalproject.org
For the sake of all that is beautiful about humanity, we invite you to join us.
Why Solving Global Poverty Helps Wealthy Countries: Kim Thelwell, The Borgen Project
People in wealthier countries often see helping poorer countries as an act of charity, of “doing the right thing”. Of course it’s good. But overcoming poverty around the world should be seen as an act of self-preservation for all of us. It’s a smart move to keep our global civilization from crumbling, since poverty keeps us from solving climate change, the destruction of nature, pandemics, war, and massive destabilizing migration. Overcoming inequality is not just an issue of morality - we have no choice if we want to survive.
To help us unpack this is Kim Thelwell, VP of Policy and Communications with The Borgen Project, a fantastic advocacy organization urging wealthier nations to address global poverty.
Related to this topic, you may enjoy these previous episodes:
- Where Is the Money To Save Humanity? Wealthy People Have It: Chuck Collins, Inst. for Policy Studies
th-cam.com/video/CP8iScGkewI/w-d-xo.htmlsi=xqVTcbQsobFHMAcy
- Re-Thinking Morality Amid Existential Threats: Old Issues Need a Fresh Outlook
th-cam.com/video/LM9rB4iCG1o/w-d-xo.htmlsi=AvaGFhuOtDBjAm2X
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The Human Survival Podcast, hosted by Shelby Mertes.
This show is offered by The Human Survival Project, a global grassroots organization pushing for a redesigned and much stronger United Nations, so humanity has the global tools to manage its global existential threats. We’re working to protect the future of humanity and create a world we can be proud of.
** Connect and learn more at: www.thehumansurvivalproject.org/ **
Sign up for our email newsletter, or send Shelby a message with any questions or suggestions: www.thehumansurvivalproject.org/connect
This show is also an audio-only podcast, on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and most podcast services.
Please subscribe and tell your friends about the show.
Find us on social media:
thehumansurvivalproject
www.tiktok.com/@thehumansurvivalproject
www.linkedin.com/company/the-human-survival-project/
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RESOURCES:
The Borgen Project
borgenproject.org/
Oxfam International
Top 1 percent bags over $40 trillion in new wealth during past decade as taxes on the rich reach historic lows
www.oxfam.org/en/press-releases/top-1-percent-bags-over-40-trillion-new-wealth-during-past-decade-taxes-rich-reach
To help us unpack this is Kim Thelwell, VP of Policy and Communications with The Borgen Project, a fantastic advocacy organization urging wealthier nations to address global poverty.
Related to this topic, you may enjoy these previous episodes:
- Where Is the Money To Save Humanity? Wealthy People Have It: Chuck Collins, Inst. for Policy Studies
th-cam.com/video/CP8iScGkewI/w-d-xo.htmlsi=xqVTcbQsobFHMAcy
- Re-Thinking Morality Amid Existential Threats: Old Issues Need a Fresh Outlook
th-cam.com/video/LM9rB4iCG1o/w-d-xo.htmlsi=AvaGFhuOtDBjAm2X
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The Human Survival Podcast, hosted by Shelby Mertes.
This show is offered by The Human Survival Project, a global grassroots organization pushing for a redesigned and much stronger United Nations, so humanity has the global tools to manage its global existential threats. We’re working to protect the future of humanity and create a world we can be proud of.
** Connect and learn more at: www.thehumansurvivalproject.org/ **
Sign up for our email newsletter, or send Shelby a message with any questions or suggestions: www.thehumansurvivalproject.org/connect
This show is also an audio-only podcast, on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and most podcast services.
Please subscribe and tell your friends about the show.
Find us on social media:
thehumansurvivalproject
www.tiktok.com/@thehumansurvivalproject
www.linkedin.com/company/the-human-survival-project/
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RESOURCES:
The Borgen Project
borgenproject.org/
Oxfam International
Top 1 percent bags over $40 trillion in new wealth during past decade as taxes on the rich reach historic lows
www.oxfam.org/en/press-releases/top-1-percent-bags-over-40-trillion-new-wealth-during-past-decade-taxes-rich-reach
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Great conversation on an important topic. Thanks for posting this!
Great Discussion
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Shelby! Graham and I watched this 28 minutes after you posted it. I really liked it. I am not entirely through it yet. I soon will be. Nice! I am ecstatic for the clear progress.
Fabulous. Thanks for watching!
You need to tell about more destructive events which r occuring globally,and which r done by us in daily life without knowing that we r destroying.then u get a audience
Hi Rahul. Thanks for watching the show. Yes, you're right - we are destroying the world with our daily activities, usually without realizing it. I will talk about this much more in future episodes of the show. In fact, the newest one is about exactly this. Maybe you'd like to check it out. "Can Inflation Help Save The World?": th-cam.com/video/JylIuAWXVWU/w-d-xo.html
Great explaination
Good explaination
Good explaination
Even going down fighting is far better than going down beaten.
Hell yeah!
You are clearly working through the five stages of grief over the loss of society-as-we-know-it. (Been there, done that, bought the T shirt). If you look up the concept, it will be much easier to reach the fifth step, Acceptance. Once in acceptance you will find action much easier.
Acceptance is challenging for me, in this realm at least. Acceptance can feel to me like giving up, and I don't want to give up when there's at least a chance of improving the situation (knowing it cannot be entirely fixed). But I do appreciate this idea and I will contemplate it.
Thank you for this video. Not many people understand this yet, but keep in mind that everyone will understand this when it gets worse. The work you do now is important for when humanity is going to actually be ready to do something about this.
Exactly. Thank you. As we enter the time of crisis, reasoned discussion and decision-making will be hard when everyone is panicking and suffering. It's critical to promote good ideas and put better systems in place BEFORE things get harder for us.
I understand his holiness Pope Francis plans to attend this Novembers COP 26 global gathering on Climate.
Amen!!
Loving the show shelby mertes!!!!!
Thanks, Josh!
Cool content, looking forward to more uploads! You deserve more subs, I think you should use promosm it’s the best way to grow your channel quickly.
It’s a bioweapon, intentionally released by China. The solutions are political, military and scientific. We must have a reserve of one billion n95 masks. We must make our entire pharmaceutical industry and healthcare industry completely independent of China. We must stop letting Chinese communists study science in our universities. We must have a team of experts specializing in defense against genetically engineered bioweapons. And we must develop our own arsenal of genetically engineered bioweapons and antidotes. And we must prepare for war against china. This is a Chinese bioweapon attack. So the solutions are scientific and military.
Thoughtful, well researched and on point....Thanks
Thank you Thelissa. Thanks for watching!