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#176: Saving The World By Spending A Trillion Dollars With Rowan Hooper
#176: Saving The World By Spending A Trillion Dollars With Rowan Hooper
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Length:
50 minutes
Released:
Feb 21, 2022
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Podcast episode
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A trillion dollars is an unimaginably large sum, yet it's only around 1% of the world’s GDP, and is roughly the same valuation of Google, Microsoft or Amazon. Rowan Hooper, author of “How To Spend A Trillion Dollars”, joins me on this episode to share how 10 of the world’s biggest problems can be solved with just a trillion dollars. Rowan shares more insights into these global problems, why governments aren’t doing anything to solve them, and he answers the question we’ve all been asking ourselves: Is it too late to reverse the damage we’ve done? Special thanks to Emirates Literature Festival for facilitating this interview. Notes [02:14] How much is a trillion dollars? [05:51] Ensuring the money is spent appropriately [12:42] The problems to solve [16:33] Why governments don’t solve these problems [21:05] What Rowan learnt whilst writing the book [26:28] Cows destroy our planet [29:50] Rowan’s journey [33:46] Additional learnings [38:17] How Rowan would spend one trillion dollars [40:24] Rowan’s journey after writing the book [44:00] The responsibility of the world’s richest [47:43] Is it too late to change? [51:18] Rowan’s experience writing the book [52:21] Creating a new life form Show Sponsors: Smartkas: Providing food security as a service Najahi Events: The UAE’s leading event promotor Socials: Spencer Lodge https://www.instagram.com/spencer.lodge/?hl=en https://www.linkedin.com/in/spencerlodge/ https://www.youtube.com/c/SpencerLodgeTV Rowan Hooper https://www.instagram.com/rowhoop/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/rowan-hooper-98428099/ https://twitter.com/rowhoop/
Released:
Feb 21, 2022
Format:
Podcast episode
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