Bill Moyers Journal; Rene Dubos: The Despairing Optimist at 80
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Bill Moyers talks with scientist-philosopher Rene Dubos about his increasing optimism for mankind's prospects. Dubos remarks that earlier in his life he had "a sense that things are really going wrong, that, for all we know, the world and human life are going to be destroyed," but since 1970 he finds "increasingly there is an optimistic note." BILL MOYERS JOURNAL, a weekly current affairs program that covers a diverse range of topic including economics, history, literature, religion, philosophy, science, and politics.
