What does it look like when people who don't hate humanity build technology that doesn't suck? Emmet Penney is one of the most original thinkers when it comes to industry, energy, and the long history of human stewardship on earth. We discuss his departure from the left wing of the environmental movement, his search for a new aesthetics of nuclear energy, and the crisis of faith in the technological age.

Check out Emmet's substack, Nuclear Barbarians: https://nuclearbarbarians.substack.com/

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Read his essay, which we discuss on the podcast: https://www.cityofpraxis.com/journal/the-industrial-revolution-never-happened