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What Lego can teach us about saving the planet

6 mins | Feb 1, 2023

As the world struggles to convert to renewable energy fully, self-professed "no expert" on nuclear technology, Tim Harford uses Lego as an analogy to explain why the best way to go big is to start with small, repeatable blocks.

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