The High Cost of Looking Away: How Economic Blindness is Shaping our World

❖ What happens when the warning signs are visible but the human brain refuses to believe in them? This episode explores economic blindness — the deeply human tendency to assume tomorrow will look like today — and how that mental trap is playing out simultaneously across three interconnected crises: a war disrupting global oil and food supplies, a climate system moving faster than the economic models tracking it, and a nuclear arms race quietly rewriting the rules of global security. ❖ The ins...