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A Thought Experiment on Sustainable Management of the Earth System

2018-05-02

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We introduce and analyse a simple formal thought experiment designed to reflect a qualitative decision dilemma humanity might currently face in view of climate change. In it, each generation can choose between just two options, either setting humanity on a pathway to certain high wellbeing after one generation of suffering, or leaving the next generation in the same state as this one with the same options, but fac...

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8693ef4f-a02f-5ede-a643-0f8ecd147ed8
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10.20944/preprints201805.0037.v1
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