How to Prepare for a Warmer Future (w/ David Pogue)

Curiosity Weekly

Warner Bros. Discovery

Science

4.6 • 964 Ratings

🗓️ 28 April 2021

⏱️ 14 minutes

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Summary

Bestselling author and CBS news correspondent David Pogue discusses why preparing for climate change is just as important as fighting it, with. Then, you’ll learn why you can make someone less defensive by making them feel validated.

Additional resources from David Pogue:

Pick up "How to Prepare for Climate Change: A Practical Guide to Surviving the Chaos" on Amazon: https://amzn.to/3fq65UY
David Pogue's website: https://davidpogue.com
David Pogue on Twitter: https://twitter.com/Pogue
David Pogue on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ThePogueman

People are less defensive when they feel validated by Kelsey Donk

If We Don’t Feel Socially Accepted, We Get More Defensive When We’ve Done Something Wrong. (2021, March 9). Research Digest; Research Digest. https://digest.bps.org.uk/2021/03/09/if-we-dont-feel-socially-accepted-we-get-more-defensive-when-weve-done-something-wrong/
Wenzel, M., Woodyatt, L., & McLean, B. (2020). The effects of moral/social identity threats and affirmations on psychological defensiveness following wrongdoing. British Journal of Social Psychology, 59(4), 1062–1081. https://doi.org/10.1111/bjso.12378

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0:00.0	Picture this, static cars, idling engines, angry horns.
0:08.0	Now, picture you, zooming past it all, light and breezy.
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0:31.3	Hi you're about to get smarter in just a few minutes with Curiosity Daily from
0:37.0	Curiosity.com. I'm Cody Gough. And I'm Ashley Hamer. Today you learn about
0:41.0	why preparing for climate change is just as important as fighting it
0:44.4	with best-selling author and CBS news correspondent David Pogue.
0:48.1	Then you learn why you can make someone less defensive by making them feel validated.
0:53.5	Let's satisfy some curiosity.
0:55.9	When you hear news about climate change,
0:58.0	it's usually about one of two things,
1:00.3	how bad the situation is,
1:02.0	and how you can help to keep it from happening.
1:04.4	But our guest today says there's another aspect we're all forgetting.
1:08.4	How to prepare for it.
1:10.2	If you think that's a pessimistic, hopeless attitude to take, well just listen to what he has to say.
1:16.0	David Pogue is a best-selling author, CBS Sunday Morning Science and Technology Correspondent,
1:21.0	and the author of the new book,
1:23.2	How to Prepare for Climate Change,
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