How to Spend a Trillion Dollars [electronic resource] : The 10 Global Problems We Can Actually Fix
Rowan Hooper2021
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If you had a trillion dollars and a year to spend it for the good of the world
and the advancement of science, what would you do? It's an unimaginably large
sum, yet it's only around one per cent of world GDP, and about the valuation of
Google, Microsoft or Amazon. It's a much smaller sum than the world found to
bail out its banks in 2008 or deal with Covid-19.
But what could you achieve with $1 trillion?
You could solve the problem of the pandemic, for one, and eradicate malaria, and
maybe cure all disease. You could end global poverty. You could settle on the
Moon and explore the solar system. You could build a massive particle collider
to probe the nature of reality like never before. You could build quantum
computers, develop artificial intelligence, or increase human lifespan. You
could even create a new life form.
Or how about transitioning the world to clean energy? Or preserving the
rainforests, or saving all endangered species? Maybe you could refreeze the
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Author:
Rowan Hooper, Author
Imprint:
United Kingdom : Profile Books, 2021
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1 online resource (1 text file)
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Platform: epubMode of access: Internet
ISBN:
9781782836100
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English
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434049
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