“Roots of Progress Institute founder Jason Crawford recently hosted me at an Interintellect salon. Our topic was the relation between glamour and progress, inspired by my Works in Progress article. At one point Jason asked a provocative question: Why did the anti-Promethean backlash happen when it did? Earlier periods of technological and economic progress, he noted, had produced demands for more progress, not less. What was different about America circa 1970? In the WiP article, I point to a combination of complacency among those who’d grown up amid postwar plenty and dissatisfaction with technocratic overreach. But why the complacency? Why not a demand for even more? My article didn’t consider that question.” (11/20/25)
“Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi says that the UN’s nuclear watchdog will not be given access to Iranian nuclear sites attacked during the recent war with Israel without a concrete deal ‘The facilities that were attacked have their own story, and until a decision is made and a conclusion is reached between us, the IAEA, and others, cooperation is not possible,’ he says in an interview posted on his Telegram channel today. being agreed.” (11/20/25)
“What kind of goods and experiences comprise a ‘normal life?’ In 1900, Henry George thought millionaires lived abnormally because they had telephones in their bedrooms. Looking back, it’s remarkable how quickly the abnormal becomes ordinary. Today, even the poorest people — not only in rich countries but also in developing ones — carry a phone (which does much more than ring) in their pocket. That’s one of the miracles of the free market. French sociologist Gabriel Tarde noticed that forks and spoons were once luxuries reserved for the elite, but by his time had become universal. Ludwig von Mises drew inspiration from Tarde’s insight, calling it one of capitalism’s greatest virtues: the transformation of luxuries into necessities.” (11/20/25)
“Convicted Israeli-American spy Jonathan Pollard said that his meeting with US Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee at the American Embassy in Jerusalem was a ‘personal’ conversation to express gratitude, not a political exchange, in a phone conversation with The Jerusalem Post on Thursday. ‘The meeting, simply put, was a personal affair. That’s it,’ he said. ‘The reason I wanted to meet him was to express my deep and sincere appreciation for everything he had done to help me when I was in prison.’ According to Pollard, the meeting was ‘misinterpreted’ and used by certain figures, both within the US Embassy and the Trump administration, to try to remove Huckabee.” (11/20/25)
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“Trevor Kraus (Managing Editor for Students For Liberty and the Learn Liberty YouTube channel) comes on the show to discuss youth and liberty, predictions, education, etc.” (11/20/25)
