Michael Muthukrishna is an associate professor of economic psychology at the London School of Economics, and the author of the book "A Theory of Everyone".
Timestamps:
00:00 Episode intro
01:00 Energy and nuclear power - reflections
08:00 How do cultural differences impact how we work together?
23:30 Why is human coordination and cooperation so difficult
33:50 Why do we need energy abundance to enable cooperation?
46:05 What is the most efficient energy source?
1:00:00 Why is energy becoming scarce?
1:06:45 Nuclear - why might this be our best bet?
1:11:40 Sustainability - should we pull the brakes?
1:23:16 Major challenge for the 21st century
1:27:50 Book recommendations
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