Name: How to Save the World for Just a Trillion Dollars: The Ten Biggest Problems We Can Actually Fix
ISBN: 9781615198283

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How to Save the World for Just a Trillion Dollars: The Ten Biggest Problems We Can Actually Fix

Rowan Hooper

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If we can come up with a trillion dollars to bail out banks, imagine what else we could do. Science journalist Rowan Hooper decided to find out, speaking with experts of all kinds about ten incredibly ambitious projects that-- if realized--would secure profound, enduring benefits: trying to end global poverty, reverse climate change, extend our lifespans, refreeze the Arctic, save all endangered species, and more. Then, he dives into strategies and costs to see: How far would $1 trillion really go? You'll have to read on to learn which project he concludes would do the most good . . . but the biggest surprise is how many astonishing advances are actually within our grasp--if we dare to reach for them.

Book Details

Publisher: Experiment
Publish Date: Apr 5th, 2022
Pages: 320
Language: English
Edition: undefined - undefined
Dimensions: 8.20in - 5.50in - 1.00in - 0.75lb
EAN: 9781615198283
Categories: • Future Studies• Ethics• Ethics & Moral Philosophy

About the Author

Hooper, Rowan: - Rowan Hooper is a senior editor at New Scientist magazine and host of the New Scientist Weekly podcast. After gaining a PhD in evolutionary biology, he moved to Japan and worked in a conservation biology lab, then a national newspaper in Tokyo, then Trinity College Dublin in a nanophysics lab. He is the author of Superhuman: Life at the Extremes of Mental and Physical Ability. His work has been published in the Guardian, Washington Post, The Wall Street Journal, Wired, and the Economist. He lives in London with his partner and two daughters. Twitter @rowhoop

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What people are saying

Chanda Prescod-Weinstein

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Chanda Prescod-Weinstein is a theoretical physicist at the University of New Hampshire.

“If we want to murder the standard model, we’re going to need a bigger particle accelerator.” — @rowhoop I’m enjoying this book which looks at all the different things we could do with the resources we have (if we didn’t use them on shit like subsidizing murdering people)

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I've been waiting for the US release of @rowhoop's book, How to Save the World for Just a Trillion Dollars: The Ten Biggest Problems We Can Actually Fix, and it is finally here!! https://t.co/CJitpyuPs6 https://t.co/s1EZ0xCWBJ

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Amidst the doom a good reminder that *we have solutions!* My friend Rowan just released a book with a jackpot of solutions to address the climate crisis & other global problems. How To Save The World For Just A Trillion Dollars is a must read, science-based, & brilliant. 👇🏽💰🌞 https://t.co/5tFwXFnTqh

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Praise for this book

Rowan Hooper shows that the world's most intractable problems might not actually be intractable, if we just devoted the resources to solving them. [How to Save the World for Just a Trillion Dollars] is a fascinating, thought-provoking work.--Elizabeth Kolbert, journalist and Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Sixth Extinction

What would you do with a trillion dollars? In this hopeful and very readable book, Rowan Hooper shows us how a thoughtful investment of financial capital could be used to solve the great challenges we face. Read this book and be inspired to change the world.--Michael E. Mann, climate scientist and author

A fascinating, well-researched read that looks at what we could accomplish as a planet if we focused on some of the biggest challenges that affect us all, from curing disease to fighting climate change.--Marcus Mann, Amazon Editor

I found this book incredibly hopeful. Something can be done NOW. People have studied this, we can afford it, and a plan can be made. I am grateful to this author that he put it together.-- "Not Another Book Review"

Acclaim from the UK

"Will someone just give Rowan Hooper a mere trillion dollars and let him, very sensibly, save the world?--Caitlin Moran

In a world of doom-scrolling, trembling on the brink of causing a mass extinction event that will devastate civilization, it's crucially important to point out that we already have the abilities needed not only to avoid catastrophe, but to thrive. That's what Hooper does in fascinating and exciting detail.--Kim Stanley Robinson

At a moment when science is proving it can solve the most urgent of problems--given the right funding--Rowan Hooper asks a very interesting question. How much would it cost to solve all the world's other problems? . . . Like any good game, this is deadly serious. What starts off seeming absurd ends up feeling obvious. Why would we not invest in our future? As Hooper says, 'The world is full of extraordinary opportunities, and the vast majority are never undertaken.'--James McConnachie, Sunday Times

As heard on NPR's Science Friday

"Journalist Rowan Hooper imagines spending a trillion dollars--not on fancy dinners, sparkly jewels, or mega yachts, but on tackling ten global challenges. While a trillion dollars can't solve every problem, he estimates it would go a long way toward tackling disease, combating global warming, protecting biodiversity, or even establishing a moon base.-- "Science Friday"

What people are saying

Chanda Prescod-Weinstein

@IBJIYONGI

2 years

Chanda Prescod-Weinstein is a theoretical physicist at the University of New Hampshire.

Read Science! host, book lover, biology lecturer, STEM advocate. Increasing your science TBR pile since 2008. Find me on other social media by this same handle.

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