AI-powered
podcast player
Listen to all your favourite podcasts with AI-powered features
Introduction
Farid Zakaria: America's debt ceiling crisis once again provoked the usual commentary about how it shows the country is basically dysfunctional. Is Putin losing his grip on power? How might his forces fare against the upcoming Ukrainian counter-offensive? And since China opened up its economy in 1978 it has averaged almost 10% growth a year But are we now at peak China? The economist K Ujin weighs in also has humanity gotten well dumber thanks to the supercomputers in our pockets that can tell us everything We need to know in an instant. I will talk to the author Simon Winchester about the past present and future of knowledge.