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Our modern-day Columbuses

Our modern-day Columbuses

Like the controversial colonizer, billionaires are trying to lead the discovery of a new world—and they're approaching it with a similarly destructive mindset.

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Emily Atkin
Oct 09, 2023
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From left to right: Bill Gates, Elon Musk, and Jeff Bezos. Source: Getty Images

Why do so many people look to billionaires for solutions to the world’s biggest problems, like climate change?

New Zealand-based conservationist Joseph Merz, who I spoke to for last week’s newsletter on ecological overshoot and the so-called “human behavioral crisis,” specula…

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