#193 - David Goodhart - AI Is Coming For The Graduate Elite

David Goodhart joins me to discuss whether AI is about to do to the graduate class what globalisation did to factory workers, and why Britain’s political settlement may be breaking apart.

David explains why Britain has overproduced people with generalist academic skills, how the “anywheres” came to dominate politics, culture and the economy, and why the “somewheres” have increasingly turned to Brexit, populism, Reform and Restore as a reaction against a country they no longer feel represents them.

We also discuss whether anything has actually got better in Britain over the last 15 years, why the state seems unable to get things done, immigration, multiculturalism, deindustrialisation, care work, the collapse of trust in politicians, and why David still believes Britain has the ingredients to recover.

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TIMESTAMPS:

00:00:00 - Graduates Are Next

00:00:50 - AI and the Graduate Class

00:05:42 - A New Class System

00:07:45 - Anywheres and Somewheres

00:10:20 - Why Populism Appeals

00:15:03 - Brexit and Anywhere Dominance

00:16:05 - Britain’s Political Confusion

00:22:28 - Did Populism Fail?

00:27:19 - Bridging Britain’s Divide

00:31:54 - Losing Trust in Politicians

00:34:07 - Britain’s Tax Burden

00:35:39 - Why Business Feels Impossible

00:38:42 - Two Experiences of Multiculturalism

00:40:41 - The Care Dilemma

00:49:53 - Has Anything Got Better?

00:53:30 - Free Speech and Online Safety

00:55:45 - Productive vs Unproductive Wealth

01:00:33 - Why The State Can’t Act

01:07:21 - The Graduate Elite Is Crumbling

01:10:40 - Britain’s Good Ingredients

01:15:31 - Politics Needs More Than Economics

01:20:36 - Can Britain Still Recover?

01:34:06 - David’s Books

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