What’s lost when we opt for the convenience of technology over the difficult, awkward, thrilling realities of human interaction? With so much tech to reach for, when do we lose the ability to interact with each other – or even understand ourselves? And with the AI revolution already afoot, is humanity just f*cked? Vanessa’s back from mat leave and ready to dive into our tech-saturated, under-socialized world with Christine Rosen — senior fellow at AEI, co-host of the Commentary podcast, and author of The Extinction of Experience: Being Human in a Disembodied World.

On the agenda:

-Happy returns and the pleasure of ambiguity [0:00-5:55]

-Information isn’t knowledge [5:56-9:03]

-The pleasure of ambiguity and the value of discomfort [9:04-20:47]

-How tech mediates and impairs us [20:48-47:38]

-Humanity in the age of AI [47:39-1:24:18]

Mentioned in this episode:

* Panic Porn and Trauma Creep (w/ Christine Rosen)

* The Extinction of Experience: Being Human in a Disembodied World

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The Lost Pleasures of Discomfort (w/ Christine Rosen)