Your Brain On Climate
Your Brain On Climate
Dave Powell
The Psychology of Flying
17 minutes Posted Aug 2, 2026 at 10:00 pm.
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Why do people who care about climate change still jet off on planes (including, occasionally, me?) This is an excerpt of me attempting to answer that surprisingly complicated question on Joel Walker's Look Near First podcast - where Joel asked me all about the psychology and culture of flying. How come despite knowing about climate change, and the damage aviation causes, those who fly keep on doing so - even if they're ostensibly really concerned about the planet? And if facts don't do ...