Not long ago, America led the world in building and innovation—but over the past 50 years, bureaucracy and red tape have made it nearly impossible to get big things done. In this episode of The Main Function, Garry sits down with Atlantic staff writer and Plain English podcast host Derek Thompson to discuss his new book Abundance (co-authored with Ezra Klein). In the conversation they discuss how we got here, what needs fixing, and what the year 2050 could look like if we reclaim a vision of abundance and technological innovation.
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Chapters (Powered by https://bit.ly/chapterme-yc) –
00:00 – Intro
01:32 – Abundance
04:07 – Infrastructure bill
06:39 – High speed rail
08:01 – History of building
12:06 – Society
17:00 – NIH
23:08 – Progress
26:05 – Hard tech
29:07 – Policies supporing abundance
32:43 – Advice
Abundance, by Derek Thompson and Ezra Klein
https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Abundance/Ezra-Klein/9781668023488
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