Why We're Better With Some Threats Than Others (An Earth Month Re-Run)

Earth Day is coming on April 22, but the whole month is seen as
an opportunity to think about environmental issues and what we as
individuals can do to help out. 


It seemed like a good time to rerun an episode we made with
Harvard professor Dan Gilbert about why we humans are great at
tackling immediate threats, but find it harder to motivate
ourselves to address problems that seem a longer way off. It's
why we often don't save for our retirements, and why we're
finding it difficult to take action on climate change. 


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