I was on the bus yesterday and I noticed everyone on their phone. Almost everyone. We got on our phone and we find that most of us relentlessly entertaining. The idea of being deprived of that entertainment is, is, makes us sad. Some people missed it. You mentioned Ted Chang, you're talking about. He's a science fiction writer and very thoughtful comment are on on technology generally. I would phrase his criticism of capitalism a little differently. Capitalism is really good at giving us what we want. And sometimes we wish that someone would help us be better. But he doesn't believe in the precautionary principle at all. That's my term for it - constantly evaluating things based on evidence
Photographer, author, and visionary Kevin Kelly talks about his book Excellent Advice for Living with EconTalk's Russ Roberts. His advice includes how to have a deep conversation, why it's better to control time than money--and whether, in the end, we should give advice in the first place. Other topics of discussion include the right object of our aspirations, the reason for optimism when it comes to technology, and why Kelly is not worried about AI.