The Intelligence: The most personal choice
The Intelligence from The Economist
The Economist
4.6 • 3.6K Ratings
🗓️ 16 April 2024
⏱️ 26 minutes
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Summary
The case for assisted dying is essentially one of individual freedom—and plenty of Britons support a change in the law to permit it. Japan’s Noto peninsula is still reeling from a New Year’s Day earthquake. It could well have been worse, but geography and demography may ultimately limit improvements to earthquake preparedness (10:46). And the pros and cons of corporate uniforms (18:49).
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| 0:00.0 | The Economist. |
| 0:07.0 | Hello and welcome to the Intelligence from The Economist. |
| 0:10.0 | Hello and welcome to the Intelligence from The Economist. I'm Ora Okenbye. |
| 0:15.0 | Every weekday we provide a fresh perspective on the events shaping your world. |
| 0:21.0 | Japan's notion of shaping your world. |
| 0:24.0 | Japan's Noto Peninsula is still recovering from a massive earthquake on New Year's Day. |
| 0:29.0 | It'll be recovering for years. |
| 0:32.0 | Our correspondent pays a visit, finding how the country's preparedness |
| 0:35.8 | has improved, but the geography will ultimately limit preparations. |
| 0:41.6 | And maybe you wear a corporate uniform at work, maybe you wear the accepted uniform of your work species. |
| 0:49.0 | I'm looking at you, Techbrough. |
| 0:51.0 | Both employer and employee could benefit from the official kind. Just maybe don't |
| 0:57.1 | give it to the newbies. But first. |
| 1:10.0 | Hi Dean, how are you? Hi Dean, how are you? |
| 1:12.0 | Not too bad. How are you, Georgia? I'm really well. Do you mind just starting by telling us a little bit about yourself and telling our listeners? |
| 1:25.0 | I'm Jean Evely. I have a genetic collagen deficiency. |
| 1:28.0 | It's class that is life limiting. |
| 1:30.0 | It means that I suffer pain daily. My joints can dislocate at any point in any given day. |
| 1:37.0 | And as I'm getting older, I'm becoming more and more disabled and losing more and more of my bodily functions. |
| 1:46.5 | That sounds incredibly difficult to live with. |
| 1:49.2 | At some point the suffering will become too much for me and that's why having the choice of an assisted |
| 1:56.0 | dying option is so important to me. |
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