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The Age of AI, with Jason Thacker
Mere Fidelity
Are You a Dystopian or a Pessimist?
Alistair MacIntosh: I'm probably more dystopian and far more pessimistic than you much more on the little side in many respects. But there were real decisions that the United States really made to organize its society around cars rather than trains Eisenhower's decision to build freeways across the country. Los Angeles' decision animated by tire companies to, you know, organize itself around the car rather than mass transit in the early 1900s. He says given the choice between a technical and non-technical mean, we're almost always and inevitably going to choose the technical mean.MacIntosh: Even though I disagree with him at times, I think he's very helpful and kind of diagnosing the
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