Brian Parker
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1,041 appearances
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first heard Apr 2026
last heard 16 Apr
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I think that's a really good point you make.
And I would add, I'd broaden it beyond Italy.
In my next life, I want to come back Spanish.
I've decided I want to be Spanish in my next life.
I'll be heaps cooler than I am now.
Not hard, really.
But in my next life, I want to be Spanish.
But when you look at which societies and which economies are best placed to deal with this disruption, particularly the social aspects of it, it's presumably those economies and societies that have already got form
when it comes to having a reasonable welfare system, having a reasonably progressive tax system, where there is a significant amount of redistribution, you can still be innovative and still make a lot of money, but you're going to help the broader society.
The United States is not great at that.
Europe is much better at it.
And I know Europe gets a bad rap that it's very inefficient, it's
You know, it's not as innovative and dynamic as the United States.
But from a social perspective, it may be that a number of European economies and societies and political systems might be better placed to deal with the social aspects of AI and technological change than perhaps, say, the United States.
Just putting it out there.
I think ideally you'd see it in the productivity stats, presumably.
In theory, you would.
You'd basically say, well, we have the same number of people working or the same number of hours being worked, but output is higher.
And it may be.
So in other words, every person is able to do more with any given hour.
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