David Goodhart joins me to discuss whether AI is about to do to the graduate class what globalisation did to factory workers, and why Britain’s political settlement may be breaking apart.
David explains why Britain has overproduced people with generalist academic skills, how the “anywheres” came to dominate politics, culture and the economy, and why the “somewheres” have increasingly turned to Brexit, populism, Reform and Restore as a reaction against a country they no longer feel represents them.
We also discuss whether anything has actually got better in Britain over the last 15 years, why the state seems unable to get things done, immigration, multiculturalism, deindustrialisation, care work, the collapse of trust in politicians, and why David still believes Britain has the ingredients to recover.
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TIMESTAMPS:
00:00:00 - Graduates Are Next
00:00:50 - AI and the Graduate Class
00:05:42 - A New Class System
00:07:45 - Anywheres and Somewheres
00:10:20 - Why Populism Appeals
00:15:03 - Brexit and Anywhere Dominance
00:16:05 - Britain’s Political Confusion
00:22:28 - Did Populism Fail?
00:27:19 - Bridging Britain’s Divide
00:31:54 - Losing Trust in Politicians
00:34:07 - Britain’s Tax Burden
00:35:39 - Why Business Feels Impossible
00:38:42 - Two Experiences of Multiculturalism
00:40:41 - The Care Dilemma
00:49:53 - Has Anything Got Better?
00:53:30 - Free Speech and Online Safety
00:55:45 - Productive vs Unproductive Wealth
01:00:33 - Why The State Can’t Act
01:07:21 - The Graduate Elite Is Crumbling
01:10:40 - Britain’s Good Ingredients
01:15:31 - Politics Needs More Than Economics
01:20:36 - Can Britain Still Recover?
01:34:06 - David’s Books
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