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162. Benjamin Friedman — Religion and the Rise of Capitalism

The Michael Shermer Show

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The Rise of Capitalism

Benjamin Sutter's new book is about religion and the rise of capitalism. He says society will have to re-think how it works if robots take over many aspects of our lives. His sons don't read newspapers because they can't remember what page something was on, he says. And young people are impatient with pausing to recall dates or names that we can't Recall in five seconds.

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