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Skeptoid #5: Sustainable Sustainability

Skeptoid

Brian Dunning

Skeptic, Social Sciences, Skepticism, Paranormal, Conspiracy Theories, Urban Legends, Science, History

4.63K Ratings

🗓️ 1 November 2006

⏱️ 10 minutes

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Summary

Focus on the year's undisputed overused buzzword: "Sustainable"

Transcript

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0:00.0

Sustainability is a popular theme in science, but unfortunately, like so many buzzwords,

0:09.7

it has come to be overused to the point of becoming essentially meaning us.

0:14.3

When marketers slap the label, sustainable, unto virtually every product or service,

0:20.6

does the word have any meaning at all anymore?

0:23.6

Sustainable sustainability is coming right up, unskeptoid.

0:34.0

Hey everyone, Brian here.

0:35.7

A quick favor.

0:36.8

We are conducting an audience survey.

0:39.3

We'd be really grateful if you could take just a few minutes and answer our survey.

0:43.6

This is the kind of thing that's sort of an engineering and marketing necessity

0:46.8

to make the whole free podcast ecosystem flourish, so please check it out.

0:52.2

Also, surveys are fun.

0:53.6

You get to talk about yourself.

0:55.5

Please visit survey.prx.org-skeptoid to take the survey today.

1:02.8

That's survey.prx.org-sk-e-p-t-o-i-d.

1:10.7

Thanks.

1:16.4

You're listening to Skeptoid.

1:17.9

I'm Brian Dunning from Skeptoid.com.

1:21.0

Sustainable sustainability.

1:24.7

I bet you didn't know that Skeptoid is a sustainable podcast,

1:28.9

delivered over a sustainable internet using sustainable networks

1:32.9

and received through your sustainable ears.

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