The Roots of Progress

Two podcast interviews: Arjun Khemani, Alex LaBossiere

Good conversations recently on a couple of podcasts with young, up-and-coming hosts:

Arjun Khemani

We talk about the need to study progress, tackle the question of whether progress makes humans any happier, optimism and solutionism, and some more.

Timestamps:

Also on Apple, Spotify, and Substack.

Alex LaBossiere

On optimism, progress in technology, drivers of stagnation, and how to think about innovation.

Here’s a teaser, about William Crookes and his “alarmism” about the fertilizer crisis (which I covered in depth in the MIT Tech Review). Show page, Apple podcasts.

See all my interviews & talks here.

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