Fix the World
The world is falling apart. You can ignore it, and let the kids deal with the damage, or you can change the way you live and mitigate that damage. This show’s about changing: Take less, give more, and leave more alone. It’s simple. If you do it well, you’ll fix the world. If you don’t, you can do everything else and accomplish nothing. That’s my summary statement after 80 years of struggling to make meaning of life. I'm not paid to do this podcast, and I'm not selling anything. I just want a better life for my kids, and your kids, and their kids. If that's what you want, I can help you make it happen. Think critically about what you want. There's probably a big difference between what you think you want and what you really want. Fix the world by knowing this difference, and working for what you really want.
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Fix the World
Episode 4, End Hunger
There's an abundance of food on planet earth. Just four plants, corn, wheat, rice, and soybeans provide more than enough calories and protein to fill everyone's nutritional needs. But some people like the taste of flesh more than the taste of plants, so they feed grain to animals, and, then, eat the animals. But it takes 5 pounds or so of grain to make one pound of flesh. So, converting grain to flesh takes an enormous amount of food off the world's table. As the supply sinks, the price rises and poor people starve. Stop eating flesh, and more grain will be available to the poor. Nearly one hundred metric tons of grain are diverted from food use to beer and whiskey production. Stop drinking alcohol, and more grain will be available to the poor. Think about the consequences of food and beverage choices, and, then, do what you really want.