Carl Sagan on Military Spending and Climate Change

Carl Sagan on the double standard of justifying spending money on military, but not on climate action. The same applies to not spending on public health.
(Excerpt from Carl Sagan's address at the 5th Emerging Issues Forum at NCSU in 1990)
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[@florisv559]

Brilliant speech. We miss him sorely, but I'm afraid that nobody would listen to him even now if he were still alive.

[@newton21989]

Being prepared to repel Russian invasion based on a 10% chance is one thing. Proactively invading Russia based on that chance is another.

[@cabreru212]

Exepcional como sempre

[@cristalvioletacristal]

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