Derek Thompson

I'm married to a clinical psychologist, so my feeling here is that therapy words are good, and they belong in 15-minute therapy sessions. And therapy words do not belong as a primary lens for interpreting our politics. I think there's going to be a ton of jobs left for people, even in a world in which AI turns out to be very, very good at a lot of different things.

I'm married to a clinical psychologist, so my feeling here is that therapy words are good, and they belong in 15-minute therapy sessions. And therapy words do not belong as a primary lens for interpreting our politics. I think there's going to be a ton of jobs left for people, even in a world in which AI turns out to be very, very good at a lot of different things.

I'm married to a clinical psychologist, so my feeling here is that therapy words are good, and they belong in 15-minute therapy sessions. And therapy words do not belong as a primary lens for interpreting our politics. I think there's going to be a ton of jobs left for people, even in a world in which AI turns out to be very, very good at a lot of different things.

I'm not worried about full unemployment. That said, it's... There are a lot of jobs that have taste and have an element of human to human therapeutizing. VCs are probably on that list, but they're not like the final species, like the final cockroach that's going to survive like the nuclear implosion of AI. They're one of like 20,000 jobs that have these features.

I'm not worried about full unemployment. That said, it's... There are a lot of jobs that have taste and have an element of human to human therapeutizing. VCs are probably on that list, but they're not like the final species, like the final cockroach that's going to survive like the nuclear implosion of AI. They're one of like 20,000 jobs that have these features.

I'm not worried about full unemployment. That said, it's... There are a lot of jobs that have taste and have an element of human to human therapeutizing. VCs are probably on that list, but they're not like the final species, like the final cockroach that's going to survive like the nuclear implosion of AI. They're one of like 20,000 jobs that have these features.

And that's precisely why I don't think we're entering a world in which humans are fully disemployed.

And that's precisely why I don't think we're entering a world in which humans are fully disemployed.

And that's precisely why I don't think we're entering a world in which humans are fully disemployed.

I mean, everything that you said, imagine if you then told your 10-year-ago self, and the first cardinal policy that they'll employ in economics is to raise the taxes on Elsa dolls being manufactured in China. It's just so fucking stupid.

I mean, everything that you said, imagine if you then told your 10-year-ago self, and the first cardinal policy that they'll employ in economics is to raise the taxes on Elsa dolls being manufactured in China. It's just so fucking stupid.

I mean, everything that you said, imagine if you then told your 10-year-ago self, and the first cardinal policy that they'll employ in economics is to raise the taxes on Elsa dolls being manufactured in China. It's just so fucking stupid.

How did that happen? It's funny that you said that. That entire question, I was like, God, I've literally had this conversation to myself in my head. If you had told 2015 Derek that there was a Republican administration and Mark Andreessen and Elon Musk, the 2015 versions of Mark Andreessen and Elon Musk were going to be two of the more important stewards of American science and tech policy.

How did that happen? It's funny that you said that. That entire question, I was like, God, I've literally had this conversation to myself in my head. If you had told 2015 Derek that there was a Republican administration and Mark Andreessen and Elon Musk, the 2015 versions of Mark Andreessen and Elon Musk were going to be two of the more important stewards of American science and tech policy.

How did that happen? It's funny that you said that. That entire question, I was like, God, I've literally had this conversation to myself in my head. If you had told 2015 Derek that there was a Republican administration and Mark Andreessen and Elon Musk, the 2015 versions of Mark Andreessen and Elon Musk were going to be two of the more important stewards of American science and tech policy.

If you asked me what the odds are on us cutting scientific funding by 50%, I'd be like fucking 10,000 to one. Are you serious? Elon Musk overseeing an effort to cut the NIH by 40%? No way. Cut the NSF, which has a lot of physical world nitty gritty things. physics, science, not this, you know, cellular stuff, but just figuring out like the next generation of like energy construction.

If you asked me what the odds are on us cutting scientific funding by 50%, I'd be like fucking 10,000 to one. Are you serious? Elon Musk overseeing an effort to cut the NIH by 40%? No way. Cut the NSF, which has a lot of physical world nitty gritty things. physics, science, not this, you know, cellular stuff, but just figuring out like the next generation of like energy construction.

If you asked me what the odds are on us cutting scientific funding by 50%, I'd be like fucking 10,000 to one. Are you serious? Elon Musk overseeing an effort to cut the NIH by 40%? No way. Cut the NSF, which has a lot of physical world nitty gritty things. physics, science, not this, you know, cellular stuff, but just figuring out like the next generation of like energy construction.

This is totally like 2015 Elon Musk shit. We're cutting it by 50%. The Trump nominated director of NSF just left because of what a disaster they're making it. I mean, if even if you left the tariffs out of it,

This is totally like 2015 Elon Musk shit. We're cutting it by 50%. The Trump nominated director of NSF just left because of what a disaster they're making it. I mean, if even if you left the tariffs out of it,