The Rise of Not Good Things in the United States

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There is evidence that starting around 2012 there's a rise in not good things. Some of those things are hard to measure, such as anxiety and depression. And these are rising dramatically in the United States at least. I think it's dangerous and misguided to decide on the policies of technological use based on how US children are using it.

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.