I've never thought deeply about exactly what people might mean when they talk about "the polycrisis". So I'm glad I got the chance, thanks to David Runciman doing an episode about it for his History of Bad Ideas series;
https://www.ppfideas.com/episodes/the-history-of-bad-ideas%3A-polycrisis
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#podcast #PastPresentFuture #HistoryOfBadIdeas #DavidRunciman #polycrisis
"The answer 'we have to fix capitalism' doesn't help. It might be true, but it doesn't help.
So here's where I think there are some ... interventions that would require a change in political will to enable. But there's very little stopping them other than a lack of political will, which is largely a result of capture of political power by economic interests."
#ShannonVallor, 2025
https://www.ppfideas.com/episodes/the-history-of-bad-ideas%3A-value-free-tech
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#podcasts #PastPresentFuture #HistoryOfBadIdeas #regulation #TechRegulation
"So the idea is, that guns aren't neutral, but it is also true that who we are, *plus* the technology, that leads to the affordances it has."
#ShannonVallor, 2025
https://www.ppfideas.com/episodes/the-history-of-bad-ideas%3A-value-free-tech
#podcasts #PastPresentFuture #HistoryOfBadIdeas #technology #affordances
Just listening to David Runciman and Gary Gerstle discuss the history of televised leadership debates;
I suspect we will look back on 2024 as a watershed year, where the net replacing television as the dominant media. Just as television did with radio.
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To finish this series of bad ideas, David tries to persuade Gary Gerstle of the futility of televised leadership debates. From Nixon vs Kennedy to Harris vs Trump, do the voters really learn anyt... – Listen to The History of Bad Ideas: Televised Leadership Debates by Past Present Future instantly on your tablet, phone or browser - no downloads needed.
Yep--getting your DNA scanned by a third-party with publicly accessible data was a great idea!
Best thing--you might be able to change your name or your address but you cannot change your DNA! #HistoryOfBadIdeas
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