Let’s imagine that “billions” is two billion people, and that it takes the reading of one book for each to feel they have an adequate depth of understanding to have an informed opinion on pandemic vaccine testing alternatives. That might be 5 hours per person.
I don’t think there’s a policy issue on which one billion people let alone two billion people read a book.
Even for an issue like climate change most people don’t read a book about it.
When it comes to the usefulness of a public debate it’s worth looking at two important enviromental issues. Mercury pollution is bad. CO2 pollution is bad.
Obama’s EPA managed to be very effective in fighting mercury pollution but unable to do anything about fighting CO2 pollution. A key difference between the two is that CO2 pollution was a heavily politized issue while nobody spoke about mercury pollution.
I don’t think there’s a policy issue on which one billion people let alone two billion people read a book.
Even for an issue like climate change most people don’t read a book about it.
When it comes to the usefulness of a public debate it’s worth looking at two important enviromental issues. Mercury pollution is bad. CO2 pollution is bad.
Obama’s EPA managed to be very effective in fighting mercury pollution but unable to do anything about fighting CO2 pollution. A key difference between the two is that CO2 pollution was a heavily politized issue while nobody spoke about mercury pollution.
How do those thoughts influence your response to the broader argument?