Reason and empirical evidence should be applied to public policy and could make the world a better place if only we allowed it to. But what generally gets in the way is something called repugnance

Origins Podcast

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This episode makes three earnest, possibly foolhardy, attempts to put a price on the priceless. We figure out the dollar value for an accidental death, another day of life, and the work of bats and bees as we try to keep our careful calculations from falling apart in the face of the realities of life, and love, and loss.

Radiolab

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Real optimists are not cynics. You want critics in the organization, you don't want cynics because cynics don't trust you. Critics want to challenge the logic, they want to challenge the thinking, they want to interrogate, but it's not distrustful.

Semafor

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