Episode Details

The Rise and Fall of the Artificial State by Jill Lepore explores technology's impact on human community and self-government, and what the future holds. Jill Lepore joins us to talk about AI, citizenship, personal data, the public sphere, local newspapers and touching grass with cohost Jenna Seery.

This episode of Poured Over was hosted by Jenna Seery and mixed by Harry Liang.

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Featured Books:

The Rise and Fall of the Artificial State by Jill Lepore

If/Then: How the Simulmatics Corporation Invented the Future by Jill Lepore

Leviathan by Thomas Hobbes

Robot Dreams by Isaac Asimov

Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand

The Murderbot Diaries by Martha Wells

The Wild Robot by Peter Brown

The Wind and the Willows by Kenneth Grahame