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	Podcast:		The Wright Show (audio)
	Episode:		The Decadent Society (Robert Wright & Ross Douthat)
	Category:		Society & Culture
	Duration:		01:02:42
	Publish Date:		2020-06-09 18:57:45
	Description:		Ross's new book, The Decadent Society: How We Became the Victims of Our Own Success … Ross's surprising perspective on technological change … The Back to the Future test: looking at 1955 vs. 1985 and 1985 vs. 2015 … Is information technology leading to disruption or stagnation? … Imagining how a new renaissance might emerge … Space travel as an escape from decadence … Ross is skeptical about Bob's favorite Catholic theologian, Teilhard de Chardin … The Matrix, Wall-E, and Jesus … Applying Ross's decadence thesis to the pandemic and the protests …
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