Progress Reimagined
Progress Reimagined explores innovative ideas, technologies, and emerging economic models that put humanity and our planet first. The show challenges assumptions to reshape how we think about progress and prosperity, through conversations with people making a real impact. New episodes every other week.
Progress Reimagined
A Dystopia Trap That Feels Like a Delicious Meal | Huxley vs Orwell
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In Spirited Away, Chihiro's parents stumble upon an empty town, find fresh steaming food, and just... eat. One comfortable choice at a time. Until it's too late. I think that scene describes something happening in our world right now.
This episode explores what we are quietly trading away — our attention, our capacity to think deeply, and our tolerance for anything difficult or slow. Drawing on Aldous Huxley's Brave New World, Neil Postman's Amusing Ourselves to Death and a 2025 MIT Media Lab study on AI and cognitive decline, I ask the question that sits at the heart of Progress Reimagined: what does real progress actually look like when comfort becomes the trap?
Progress Reimagined
What does real progress actually look like?
Progress Reimagined explores innovative ideas, technologies and economic models that put humanity and our planet first. Each episode asks the questions that move us forward — not just can we, but should we.
Through solo reflections and conversations with thinkers, innovators and changemakers, we examine the ideas shaping our world and the ones that could reshape it for the better.
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