Ep. 222 - Techno-Pessimism in the Stupid Ages
Apr 19, 2022•53 min
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Episode description
Max talks about Professor Johnathan Haidt's article in the Atlantic "Why the Past 10 Years of American Life have been Uniquely Stupid". We compare the techno-optimism of 2011 to the techno-pessimism of today, and contrast the different prescriptions on what to do about it.
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