#76 — Jim Pethokoukis — Building an Up-Wing Culture

Build The Future

Today, we're talking with Jim Pethokoukis, the author of "The Conservative Futurist" and the newsletter "Faster, Please!" where he writes about innovation, economics, and the potential of future technologies.
In this episode, we talk about the optimistic cultural zeitgeist of the 1960s space race, the unfulfilled promises of that era, such as nuclear-powered space exploration, the role media plays in shaping societal attitudes towards the future, and much more!
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Show Notes/Links Mentioned:

• "Faster, Please!" on Substack
• The Conservative Futurist: How We Get the Science Fiction Future We Were Promised
• "For All Mankind" TV series
• SpaceX Mars colonization video
• "The Peripheral" by William Gibson
• "The High Frontier" by Gerard K. O'Neill

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1. #76 — Jim Pethokoukis — Building an Up-Wing Culture (00:00:00)

2. The Future We Were Promised (00:00:07)

3. Nuclear Fear, AI, and Clean Energy (00:10:43)

4. Upwing vs. Downwing (00:19:32)

5. Media Shaping the Future (00:29:36)

6. World Fairs and Inspiring Technology (00:43:12)