The Daily Zeitgeist

The Ministry for the (Non-Dystopian) Future 08.08.23

In episode 1527, Jack and Miles discuss… The Problem With a Dystopian Mindset, The Car Bloat Problem, Ideas That Work, The Need to Transition to a Post Capitalist System for World Governance, Regenerative Agriculture, Will it Take Massive Death? And more! <a href="https://twitter.com/davidzipper/status/1687799329241636864?s=46&amp;amp;t=NRxFX96Tets0n3beYTga9g">The Car Bloat Problem</a> <a href="https://slate.com/business/2023/06/electric-vehicles-auto-haulers-weight-capacity-roads.html">"There’s a problem with transporting new vehicles across the country: They’re too heavy."</a> <a href="https://www.newyorker.com/news/annals-of-a-warming-planet/dimming-the-sun-to-cool-the-planet-is-a-desperate-idea-yet-were-inching-toward-it">Dimming the Sun to Cool the Planet Is a Desperate Idea, Yet We’re Inching Toward It</a> <a href="https://www.newyorker.com/business/currency/how-mondragon-became-the-worlds-largest-co-op">How Mondragon Became the World’s Largest Co-Op</a> <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/18/magazine/dirt-save-earth-carbon-farming-climate-change.html">Regenerative Agriculture</a> READ: <a href="https://www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/kim-stanley-robinson/the-ministry-for-the-future/9780316300162/">The Ministry for the Future by Kim Stanley Robinson</a>See <a href="https://omnystudio.com/listener">omnystudio.com/listener</a> for privacy information.

There’s more news and less comprehension today than any historical period that didn’t involve literal witch trials, and trying to stay on top of it all can feel like playing a game of telephone with 30 people, except everyone’s speaking at the same time and like a third of them are openly racist for some reason. From Cracked co-founder Jack O’Brien, THE DAILY ZEITGEIST is stepping into that fray with some of the funniest and smartest comedic and journalistic minds around. Jack and co-host Miles Gray spend up to an hour every weekday sorting through the events and stories driving the headlines, to help you find the signal in the noise, with a few laughs thrown in for free.