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Our long-term battle with short-term thinking

Future Tense

Episode: Our long-term battle with short-term thinking
Website: Future Tense
Feed URL: http://www.abc.net.au/radionational/feed/2883726/podcast.xml
Duration: 00:29:08
Published: 2021-09-05 04:30

Is our inability to think long-term influenced by the sheer number of threats we face? In times of crisis, it seems, human beings find it harder to think beyond their immediate difficulties. We investigate. Also, new research on why threats of punishment often fail to deter bad behaviour; and we get an update on Seabed2030, the global initiative to map the ocean floor.

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