Gilded Rage
Future Perfect22 Touko 2019

Gilded Rage

To put our new age of extreme inequality in perspective, we look back at Andrew Carnegie, who gave America a huge number of libraries so they’d forgive him for his brutal steel mills. We ask: Is the same thing happening in 2019?Richard White’s history of the Gilded Age, and a short review hitting the main pointsA 1911 book examining the conditions of Carnegie’s steel millsThe staggering death rates at Carnegie’s millsHamlin Garland’s visit to the Homestead Mill Carnegie’s “The Gospel of Wealth”How Carnegie got into funding libraries Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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Good Robot #4: Who, me?

Good Robot #4: Who, me?

What can we actually do as our world gets populated with more and more robots? How can we take control? Can we take control? This is the final episode of our four-part series, Good Robot. Good Robot ...

22 Maalis 202549min

Good Robot #3: Let's fix everything

Good Robot #3: Let's fix everything

A simple parable about a drowning child sparks a moral revolution. Can AI help us do the most good in the world? Good Robot was made in partnership with Vox’s Unexplainable team. Episodes will be rel...

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Good Robot #2: Everything is not awesome

Good Robot #2: Everything is not awesome

When a robot does bad things, who is responsible? A group of technologists sounds the alarm about the ways AI is already harming us today. Are their concerns being taken seriously? This is the second ...

15 Maalis 202553min

Good Robot #1: The Magic Intelligence in the Sky

Good Robot #1: The Magic Intelligence in the Sky

Before AI became a mainstream obsession, one thinker sounded the alarm about its catastrophic potential. So why are so many billionaires and tech leaders worried about… paper clips? Good Robot was ma...

12 Maalis 202548min

Introducing: Good Robot

Introducing: Good Robot

A new series about AI from Unexplainable and Future Perfect Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

5 Maalis 20253min

Sucking the carbon out of the sky

Sucking the carbon out of the sky

Most of our efforts to fight climate change, from electric cars to wind turbines, are about pumping fewer greenhouse gases into the atmosphere. But what if we could pull out the gases that are already...

28 Huhti 202143min

Should I still have kids if I’m worried about climate change?

Should I still have kids if I’m worried about climate change?

Climate scientist Kimberly Nicholas co-led a study that showed the single most effective thing an individual can do to decrease their carbon footprint is have fewer kids. Despite that finding, she sti...

21 Huhti 20211h 2min

Engineering our way out of the climate crisis

Engineering our way out of the climate crisis

In an ideal world, cutting carbon emissions would be enough to stop global warming. But after dithering for decades, the world needs a back-up plan. Kelly Wanser is the leader of a group called Silver...

14 Huhti 202135min

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