#176: Saving The World By Spending A Trillion Dollars With Rowan Hooper

<p>A trillion dollars is an unimaginably large sum, yet it's only around 1% of the world’s GDP, and is roughly the same valuation of Google, Microsoft or Amazon. Rowan Hooper, author of “How To Spend A Trillion Dollars”, joins me on this episode to share how 10 of the world’s biggest problems can be solved with just a trillion dollars. Rowan shares more insights into these global problems, why governments aren’t doing anything to solve them, and he answers the question we’ve all been asking ourselves: Is it too late to reverse the damage we’ve done?</p> <p> </p> <p><strong>Notes</strong></p> <ul> <li>[02:14] How much is a trillion dollars?</li> <li>[05:51] Ensuring the money is spent appropriately</li> <li>[12:42] The problems to solve</li> <li>[16:33] Why governments don’t solve these problems</li> <li>[21:05] What Rowan learnt whilst writing the book</li> <li>[26:28] Cows destroy our planet</li> <li>[29:50] Rowan’s journey</li> <li>[33:46] Additional learnings</li> <li>[38:17] How Rowan would spend one trillion dollars</li> <li>[40:24] Rowan’s journey after writing the book</li> <li>[44:00] The responsibility of the world’s richest</li> <li>[47:43] Is it too late to change?</li> <li>[51:18] Rowan’s experience writing the book</li> <li>[52:21] Creating a new life form</li> </ul> <p><strong><br /> Show Sponsors:</strong></p> <ul> <li><a href="https://smartkas.com/">Smartkas</a>: Providing food security as a service</li> <li><a href="https://www.instagram.com/najahievents/?hl=en">Najahi Events</a>: The UAE’s leading event promotor<br /> <br /></li> </ul> <p><strong>Socials:</strong></p> <p><strong>Spencer Lodge</strong></p> <p><a href= "https://www.instagram.com/spencer.lodge/?hl=en">https://www.instagram.com/spencer.lodge/?hl=en</a></p> <p><a href= "https://www.linkedin.com/in/spencerlodge/">https://www.linkedin.com/in/spencerlodge/</a></p> <p><a href= "https://www.youtube.com/c/SpencerLodgeTV">https://www.youtube.com/c/SpencerLodgeTV</a></p> <p><strong> </strong></p> <p><strong>Rowan Hooper</strong></p> <p><a hr