The Life We're Looking For

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Andy Drexler's new book, "The life we're looking for," is about the intersection of power, culture and technology. The author says he wants to excavate what went wrong in our technological revolution that has made us more powerful than ever before. He also asks: Why are we so disconnected from each other? And why do we think it would be better if we had a magical ability to change things just by doing them ourselves?

How is it possible that the people who have harnessed technological progress to become the wealthiest nation in history are still so remarkably unhappy? Is it possible that we have asked technology to do too much? Is it perhaps impacting our ability to be fully formed humans? Join this fascinating conversation with David, Curtis, and Curtis’ old roommate Andy Crouch, who guides us in thinking about our relationship with technology and how to be more human.

Show Notes:

-Andy Crouch - The Life We’re Looking For: Reclaiming Relationship in a Technological World

-Jonathan Haidt - Why the Past 10 Years of American Life Have Been Uniquely Stupid

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