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Podcast: The Jim Rutt Show
Episode: EP 309 Richard David Hames on the Final Performance of Western Civilization?
Description: Jim talks with Richard David Hames, picking up from the ideas in his recent Facebook essay about the decline of Western civilization. They discuss the retreat from truth in politics & institutions, postmodernism's impact on rationality, China's governance model, the failure of democratic institutions, wealth inequality & social stratification, the liberation of women as our era's defining achievement, climate change denial, the futility of modern warfare, AI's disruptive potential, the loss of character & virtue in leadership, living in a liminal period between worlds, and much more.
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Richard's Facebook post
Manmade: 50 Failings of Our Own Making, by Adam Jacoby and Richard...