DAVID SHEARER on Last-Ditch Climate Ingenuity /70

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🗓️ 23 March 2018

⏱️ 62 minutes

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The advent of modern technology within deeply misguided institutions and cultures has accelerated the near-demise of the biosphere. Our guest, Dr. David Shearer, argues that coupled with a deep awareness of ecological realities, visionary technology can benefit nature and society, and perhaps even help avert a worst-case climate disaster. Support the show

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0:42.6	please visit for the Wild dot world slash donate. The silence is broken by somebody crying, trying to be heard, never a word.
1:02.0	Always the attitude sought of your own, always alone. Wishing for something the world is denying.
1:12.0	Out in the world and the somebody's crying. Somebody wishing for something to happen, wishing to tell, wishing to hell.
1:32.0	Someone was listening,
1:35.0	someone who cared, never despair,
1:39.0	someone to lean on and someone to trust.
1:43.0	Who needs your assistance and finds your discount. Hello and welcome to For the Wild Podcast, I'm Iana Young. Today we are speaking with
2:02.4	Dr Shearer who is the co-founder and and Dr. Shear was Chief Scientist at California Environmental Associates and Principal
2:16.5	Environmental Scientist at Aerovirment Inc. where he worked in the next
2:21.7	generation Transportation Energy. where he worked in the next generation transportation, energy, carbon mitigation, and information technology space.
2:28.0	In addition to his private sector activities, Dr. Shearer has directed groundbreaking work in both public policy
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