We promised last time to do a pre-election episode. It turned out to become a post-election analysis, where we focus on the short-sightedness of modern politics as a key reason why long-term sustainability issues seem to fall out of focus again and again.

Alex argues for more government control as a way of making politicians care more, while Mats calls for action on the issues where there is in fact broad consensus.

Link to Sam Harris' podcast as mentioned: https://samharris.org/podcast/

Link to the essay in the Economist about liberalism: https://www.economist.com/essay/2018/09/13/the-economist-at-175