Author and academic Andrew Potter's most recent book is On Decline - Stagnation, Nostalgia, and Why Every Year is the Worst One Ever. We discuss why everything seems to be going to sh*t, the casinofication of life, the seeming inversion of political left and right on issues of decline, and whether there's any way out of a lapse into unreason. You can find On Decline at http://biblioasis.com/shop/forthcoming/on-decline/