The Future Is Inherently Uncertain, But What Could Go Right?

About this episode

Oz interviews Zachary Karabell about optimism and the future, followed by a discussion with Ian Bremmer on geopolitical changes.

Many contemporary talking heads take a pessimistic view of the future, but our guest today hopes to change this. Oz interviews Zachary Karabell, host of the podcast What Could Go Right? and founder of the Progress Network, about being an ‘edgy optimist’ and what that means for the future of humanity. After that, TechStuff presents an episode of What Could Go Right? featuring Ian Bremmer, the founder of Eurasia Group and GZERO Media. Together, Bremmer and Karabell discuss how the post-WW2 world order has changed over the years, whether social media is a tool for freedom or a mechanism for control, and why the current moment of global chaos may simply be part of a longer geopolitical cycle — one that, like all cycles, eventually turns. Download SAILY in your app store and use our code techstuff   at checkout to get an exclusive 15% off your first purchase! For further details go to https://saily.com/techstuff See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

People in this episode

Host: Oz

Guest: Zachary Karabell

Topics covered

• optimism
• geopolitics
• social media
• future of humanity
• global chaos

Keywords

• future
• optimism
• geopolitics
• social media
• global chaos

Sponsors

SAILY

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: What Could Go Right?, Eurasia Group, GZERO Media, Progress Network

Products: SAILY

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