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By Liz Jacobs and Ben Lillie Taking stock of our moment in history helps us better understand ourselves, our societies and the present moment itself — which often gets lost in the temptation to look backwards or forwards. Bjorn Lomborg gave a mind-blowing talk at TED on making big decisions about our global priorities. If we really want to make an impact on the serious [ … ].

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Danish political scientist Bjorn Lomborg heads the Copenhagen Consensus, which has prioritized the world's greatest problems — global warming, world poverty.

Many TEDTalks favorites appear on the list, and you can help choose the eventual top 20 by voting for your very own top 5. Lomborg watch his TED speech argues that although global warming is clearly happening and is human-caused, the debate over what to do [ … ]. Danish political scientist Bjorn Lomborg comes up with surprising answers.

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Danish political scientist Bjorn Lomborg heads the Copenhagen Consensus, which has prioritized the world's greatest problems -- global.

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