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The Psychology of Existential Threats

Brian DeBruine Season 3 Episode 90

Existential threats like Climate Change and the current political situation seem to present challenges so huge, complicated and intractable that they defy our attempts to solve them. Consequently, we can become burned-out and may even disengage entirely.

We’ll look at the psychological reasons behind this burn out and offer some solutions on how to cope.