About this episode

Adam and Dave Karpf discuss the challenges of navigating politics and technology while maintaining sanity.

This week, Adam and returning guest Dave Karpf talk about what it's like to gaze into the abyss of politics and tech as part of their jobs, and how to find balance and maintain their sanity while doing that work. Dave also talks about his work with the Sierra Club, and reveals his obsession with sandwiches. Read Dave's newsletter and preorder his new book now . Messages:   • Support the show at patreon.com/DreamingAgainstTheMachine   • Follow us on Bluesky and Instagram   • Subscribe to the show wherever you get your podcasts!   • Check out other great podcasts from Multitude like Spirits About the show: Dreaming Against the Machine is a podcast about envisioning a realistic and hopeful future. Each week, the show’s host, journalist and astrophysicist Dr. Adam Becker, will have an earnest (and entertaining!) conversation with a guest about possible futures, seen through the lenses of history, science, and culture. In a world where tech oligarchs and their power fantasies are driving visions of the future, Dreaming Against the Machine aims to take back the terms of the public conversation about what our world can and should be. See Privacy…

People in this episode

Host: Adam Becker

Guest: Dave Karpf

Topics covered

• politics
• technology
• mental health
• work-life balance
• sandwiches

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Sierra Club

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