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Everything Everywhere Daily

The Man Who Fed the World

Everything Everywhere Daily

Gary Arndt | Glassbox Media

History, Education

4.81.8K Ratings

🗓️ 21 August 2020

⏱️ 8 minutes

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Summary

Which person can be credited with having saved the most human lives in history? There might not be a direct answer to that question, but one person whose name always comes up is that of Normal Borlaug. Borlaug has been called “Humanity’s Forgotten Benefactor” and was the winner of the Nobel Peace Prize. His efforts have been attributed to having saved the lives of over a billion people. Yet, few people know who he is. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Which person can be credited with having saved the most human lives in history?

0:05.0

There might not be a direct answer to that question, but one person whose name always comes up is that of Norman Borlogg.

0:11.0

Borlogg has been called Humanities forgotten benefactor and was the winner of the Nobel Peace Prize.

0:16.9

His efforts have been attributed to having saved the lives of over a billion people.

0:20.9

Yet few know who he is. Learn the inspiring story of the man who saved the world on this episode of Everything Everywhere

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If you're interested in today's subject, which touches on human demographics,

1:20.0

I recommend the book The Human Tide,

1:22.0

How Population Shape the Modern world by Paul Morland.

1:25.0

It covers how humanity got to where it is today, how it affects the modern world, and where

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human population will go in the future.

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audibletrial.com slash everything everywhere or click on the link in the show notes. Norman Borogg was born outside Cresco, Iowa in 1914 on his grandparents' farm.

1:49.0

Even though his life would eventually take him off the farm,

1:52.0

his thoughts always remained with farming and

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