Bjorn Lomborg TED Talk: Why Global Warming is at the bottom of the list

My boss pointed me to this video yesterday from TED. I found it fascinating:

He starts with a very valid premise: we can only do so much good. Which good should we do?

I’m not sure I agree that all good is equal good, however. If we accept that advancing the work in preventing the spread of AIDS is, in essence, the same “good” as the “good” we could do in slowing/altering climate change, then you’ve got a very valid argument here.

In fact, I think he’s got a great argument. I’m just not sure the way he values “good for price” is accurate.