The host frames elite overproduction and power illiteracy as obstacles to any society that hopes to use data, imagination, and even love for the public good.
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"...data, imagination, and perhaps a bit of love to serve the public good. What can be done about it, the problem of elite overproduction..."
"Okay? Based on the fact that they do public good for us. Alright? So that's a radical statement. Second, the end of all political..."
"...the idea of repubblica. Repubblica means public virtue, to serve the public good, which basically means obeying what the Senate tells you to do,..."
"...and most important pillar is idea of Republic ah right the public good media here is everyone my sacrifice himself for the honor and..."
"...impious. He doesn't care for liberty. He doesn't care about the public good. All he cares about is his own personal glory. And he's..."
"...is Latin. And it's translated as usually public virtue for the public good. Okay? And this is where we get the term republic from...."
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The host opens by asking whether history can be protected from geopolitics and ends by asking what to do about elite overproduction.
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