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An ongoing list of quotes for motivation, education and inspiration drawn from both fiction and non fiction. - The Horrific Torture Of Elephants In Asia | Riding The ElephantThe horrific story of elephant abuse in Thailand. How the corrupt tourism industry has normalised riding the elephant.
- Animal Cruelty And Thailand Tiger King’sIn the aftermath of Thailand Tiger Temple raid a horrific and systematic case animal cruelty was exposed. All at the hands of the Buddhist.
- Carbon Tax Compensation – The Solution For Climate ChangeIs a Carbon Tax the right solution to combat climate change? Nobel Prize winner and economist Nordhause believes so and he has laid out an actionable plan.
- Forget Chernobyl – Why We Should Embrace Nuclear Energy.Chernobyl does a lot to muddy nuclear’s image but there is more to the story. It is green, efficient and our best answer to climate change.
- The Hero’s Journey – Hollywood’s Best Kept SecretYour favourite characters all undertook the same journey. Context changes, plot lines are different, but the journey is always the same.
- The Key To Antifragile | Nassim TalebHow To Be Antifragile? Nassim Taleb introduces us to Antifragility and how it represents personal developement for many instances in life.
- The Key To The Black Swan | Nassim TalebWhy did no-one predict 9/11, the Coronavirus or the GFC? It’s because we couldn’t have. Nassim Taleb in his bestseller introduces us the Black Swan.
- An Exploration Of Randomness, The Incerto By Nassim Nicholas TalebNassim Taleb and The Incerto are an exploration of randomness and uncertainty in a fractured world. These books will still be read 1000 years from now.
- Mortality And One Mans Brilliance In The Face Of CancerMortality And One Mans Brilliance In The Face Of Cancer. Christopher Hitchens passed away on December 15, 2011, Mortality is what he left us.
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- Thinking About Geographic DeterminismGeographic Determinism is the oversimplified idea that discounts culture and people over the lay of the land which determines everything.
- Why Geothermal Energy Might Win The Renewable Energy GameGeothermal energy promises to completely disrupt and change the planet that we live on. How much is truth? and how much is exaggeration?
- Sand & Sand Mining: The Most Important Solid Substance On EarthIs sand the most important solid substance on earth? This article analyses sand & sand mining to answer this question. What do you think?
- Explaining The Thucydides TrapThe Thucydides Trap explains the shifting dynamic between a sitting superpower and it’s incumbent. Is war inevitable?
- Oatly – Unlike Diamonds, Cows Aren’t ForeverOatly are another amazing company to come out of Sweden. Could they replace cow milk the world over? Time will tell…
- The Food Waste ManifestoFood Waste is the most stupid and solvable problem we face today. As much as 1/3rd of all food produced is wasted.
- 7 Fundamental Mental Models That Ground Your LifeThese are the 7 fundamental Mental Models that ground your life. Mental Models are important for understanding the world.
- Interview With Tim Marshall | Prisoners Of Geography, The Arctic & The Taiwan QuestionTim Marshall joined Ryan Faulkner-Hogg on the What About When podcast to speak about geopolitics & prisoners of geography.
- A Conversation With Michael Joos, CEO Of Vestergaard – One Of The Most Remarkable Companies In The WorldMichael Joos is the CEO of Vestergaard and guest #12 What About When. Vestergaard are one of the most remarkable companies in the world.
- Alexei Navalny – The Epitome Of Skin In The GameAlexei Navalny and his recent return to Russia signals the epitome of Skin In The Game. Can he take down Putin?
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- Thinking About Geographic DeterminismGeographic Determinism is the oversimplified idea that discounts culture and people over the lay of the land which determines everything.
- Irina Slav | Poking Holes In The Green & Renewable Energy NarrativeIrina Slav comes onto the Curious Worldview podcast to explain the pro-oil narrative that is missing in the renewables debate.
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- Why Geothermal Energy Might Win The Renewable Energy GameGeothermal energy promises to completely disrupt and change the planet that we live on. How much is truth? and how much is exaggeration?
- Sand & Sand Mining: The Most Important Solid Substance On EarthIs sand the most important solid substance on earth? This article analyses sand & sand mining to answer this question. What do you think?
- Vince Beiser | An Interview With The Author Of ‘The World In A Grain: The Story Of Sand’Vince Beiser joined me on The Curious Worldview podcast recently. He is the author of The World In A Grain: The Story Of Sand.
- Explaining The Thucydides TrapThe Thucydides Trap explains the shifting dynamic between a sitting superpower and it’s incumbent. Is war inevitable?
- Tom Raftery | The Case For Renewable Energy Usurping Age Old Oil & GasTom Raftery offers in this podcast a wonderfully green worldview for the future, pitting old age oil against new age renewables.
- James P Dowling On Internet Guru’s & The Fallacy Of Self Help#15 James P Dowling | What About When | Guru’s & Self Help | Jung To Live By James has returned! This is James’s third go around on the podcast and he was as fantastically articulate as usual. Check out James’s first and second appearance as well, we spoke about James’s personal myth and then …
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- Cows, Cattle & Beef | Food Waste ManifestoBeef & Cows & Cattle – How Do They Contribute To Food Waste & Climate Change? The Numbers Approximately 1,000,000,000 cattle worldwide 1 cow weighs between 500kg-1000KG 1KG of beef requires 15,000 litres of water 1KG of beef creates 60KG of CO2 emissions This is very back of the napkin stuff. But the maths works …
- Oatly – Unlike Diamonds, Cows Aren’t ForeverOatly are another amazing company to come out of Sweden. Could they replace cow milk the world over? Time will tell…
- The Food Waste ManifestoFood Waste is the most stupid and solvable problem we face today. As much as 1/3rd of all food produced is wasted.
- Interview With Noel Bagwell | Law & ReligionNoel Bagwell is the president of ExecutiveLP & host of the Profit From Legal Podcast. He was guest #14 on What About When.
- 7 Mental Models To Understand People & The WorldThese Are 7 Mental Models To Understand Why Some People Behave The Way They Do & To Understand Complexity In The World. These are 7 Mental Models to understand both the people and the world. Mental Models play background quarterback to your life. They are the inner voice you cannot hear, but you listen to …
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- 5 Mental Models For Uncertainty, Randomness & RiskThese are 5 Mental Models for risk, uncertainty and randomness. Try cut through the noise and complexity with these!
