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Video of Jesse’s Nierenberg Prize lecture on “Peak Human?”

January 3, 2023January 3, 2023

In this 54″ video made 13 October 2022 Jesse Ausubel, awarded the 2022 Nierenberg Prize for Science in the Public Interest, discusses whether the human species can continue to improve—much like cars, computers, or other technology—or whether our species has reached its peak.

Posted in News, Cities and Transportation, Diffusion of Social Phenomena, Energy and Climate, Forests, Farms and Materials, Technology & Human Environment, The ImPACT Identity, The Scientific Enterprise

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