Why do liberal democracies feel stuck? 

An interesting and stimulating discussion, including the Q&A section. Thank you for making this available, Civic Future, and best wishes as you develop your vision and start to step out.

Starts at 13:00

Sadly i went to a KCL graduation ceremony in Monday this week and had a social justice agenda shoved down my throat. No viewpoint diversity and certainly nothing helpful to broad civic discourse. As an academic at another London university, I warched the bias with concern. Some members of the audience left.

(24:30) Interesting prediction: There'll be higher returns to conscientiousness. Interesting for many reasons, among which: 1. Predictions are interpretations of the world, and other people's world models are intrinsically interesting. 2. It perhaps runs counter to a common, if unspoken, understanding that the modern world's cultures and economies favor self-serving power and status. 3. It emphasizes an unsung virtue. Societies of late have lionized technocratic strengths (e.g., comparative mastery, social influence, analytical control of domains). Conscientiousness is not typically one of the virtues in this category. 4. It's not a concrete prediction. Conscientiousness isn't a nebulous concept, but, even so, in the context of this prediction, it doesn't have much substantive meaning. Since Dr. Cowen's claim doesn't seem to have any actionable or measurable criterion, it might not be unfair to compare it to the warnings of Old Testament prophets, calls to the people to heed their behavior lest they reap the consequences.

I don't think these three commenters are up to the task of discussing this topic, the reason: I have been monitoring this topic for some time. The host, Ms Munira Mirza seems to know more.

These professors would benefit from some helpful insights: 1. It's the economy, stupid!! (James Carville) 2. The impact of mass capitalism is now universal (Fareed Zakaria) 3. You'll own nothing and be happy (Ida Auken, WEF) 4. Globalization is nothing more than a globally deployed model of Anglo-Saxon ethnocentrism (Alexander Dugin) 5. Niet means Niet (William Burns) 6. WW3 has already begun (Emmanuel Todd)