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EPISODE · Mar 11, 2026 · 43 MIN

Climate News: The late Edward O. Wilson understood some critical issues about human nature: 'Humanity has paleolithic emotions, medieval Institutions and God-like technology'

from Climate Conversations · host Robert McLean

Darwin's successor, the late Edward O. Wilson, clearly understood humanity and the dilemmas it facedwhen he said it has "Palaeolithic emotions, medieval Institutions and God-like technology". Read the story about the late professora nd hear the interview in a story from The New York Times: "E.O. Wilson, a Pioneer of Evolutionary Biology, Dies at 92"; "Deny, delay, downplay: How governments hide climate change intelligence"; "Bundaberg residents told to evacuate as floods trigger memories of 2010 disaster"; "Israeli Strikes on Fuel Depots Send Black Clouds Over Iranian Capital"; "The Iran war has triggered a fuel price rise. What does this mean for Australian consumers?"; "The Interview: Rebecca Solnit Says the Left’s Next Hero Is Already Here"; "“A tidal wave of hostile messaging:” The billions spent each year by fossil fuel industry demonising renewables"; "War With Iran Is Turning the Energy Affordability Crisis Into a Calamity"; "‘Labor can’t have it both ways’: How the EV industry will fight any plan to wind back tax breaks"; "Sea Levels Are Already Higher Than Many Scientists Think, New Study Shows".

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