Derek Thompson

Some people value watching weird 1970s movies.

Some people don't.

Some people value reading.

making friends in adulthood.

And some people don't.

Changing values at a societal level, I think, is quite difficult.

And my guess is that the most likely way that we begin to see these curves bent

is that we see such overwhelming evidence, as we sort of saw in teen mental health, such overwhelming evidence that these things are damaging, that the graphical evidence scares people into a kind of mass cultural change.

But it's very, very hard to do.

And I really appreciate, speaking of graphs, just the incredible work you do making visual the most important trends in the world.

So John Byrne Murdoch, thank you for coming on the show.

Great to see you.

Today, being wrong about artificial intelligence.

Two weeks ago, in one of our most popular podcasts of the year, the investor and author Paul Kudrowski explained why he thinks artificial intelligence is a bubble.

And in the last few days, practically everybody I follow and read seems to agree.

I hate this.

I really hate this.

I don't like feeling like my position on any issue is the same position that everybody else has.

It's not just me wanting to not belong to the team that everyone belongs to.

It's my deep-seated hunch that conventional wisdoms are often more conventional than wise.