What does it mean to live well in an age of institutions in decline, screens, surveillance, and shrinking attention spans? In this episode, I talk with Indiana University media professor Ted Castronova about the state of higher education, the addictive pull of immersive technology, and how AI is shaping a future that may leave our humanity behind. We talk about the changes afoot at Indiana University, how he thinks higher education is failing students and his ideas on what education should be. We also discuss his novel-in-progress Dewey, set in a post-digital world where one unplugged village—and a wise, immortal donkey—hold the line against the digital hive.

Find Ted:

Website: https://edwardcastronova.com

on X: https://x.com/nuthatch9s

Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Castronova

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