Marian Tupy (@Marian_L_Tupy) joins Patrick Blumenthal (@PatrickJBlum) to discuss his book Superabundance, innovation, doomerism, and much more. Some highlights:
- Do we already live in an Age of Superabundance?
- Are the values of the Enlightenment getting stronger or weaker?
- Why do we still have so many dormers?
- Why is doomerism seemingly so embraced by elites?
- The power of Malthusian ideas
- Is underpopulation an existential risk?
- Can technology save us from underpopulation?
- What causes resource curses?
- Will we have civilizational collapses in our lifetime?
- How fragile is the world today?
- Are we actually in a Great Stagnation?
- The usefulness of Time Prices
- Should we pause AI?
- Which countries is Marian bullish/bearish on?