EA Talks

Oded Galor | The Journey of Humanity | Global Priorities Institute 2022

May 07, 2023
EA Talks
Oded Galor | The Journey of Humanity | Global Priorities Institute 2022
Show Notes

You can view this talk with the video on the GPI YouTube channel. Public Lecture: The Journey of Humanity - Oded Galor 10 June 2022

In The Journey of Humanity Oded Galor offers a revelatory explanation of how humanity became, only very recently, the unique species to have escaped a life of subsistence poverty, enjoying previously unthinkable wealth and longevity. He reveals why this process has been so unequal around the world, resulting in the great disparities between nations that exist today. He shows why so many of our efforts to improve lives have failed and how they might succeed.

The full transcript is available here: https://globalprioritiesinstitute.org...

Find out more about the Global Priorities Institute: https://globalprioritiesinstitute.org/

You can find more information about Oded Galor here: https://www.odedgalor.com/

The Journey of Humanity: https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/44495...




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