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Podcast: Accidental Gods
Episode: Bonus: The System is Dead. Long Live the (new) System! Thoughts on the US election and the self-terminating algorithm
Description: It occurs to me that we are now at an inflection point in the WEIRD (Western, Educated, Industrial, Rich and - notionally - Democratic) culture that has been so successful in destroying the ecosphere. A significant number of us now see what has been obvious to a minority for some time: that the system is not broken - it is doing what it was always designed to do: which is to maintain power in the hands of a few white men. What we know now, is that the system is not fit for pu...