On TBPN, Walter Russell Mead discusses the decline of mid-twentieth-century democratic capitalism and society’s transition into an uncertain technological era, including artificial intelligence’s economic and geopolitical effects, human adaptability, the balance between state power and individual liberty, declining trust in experts, and technology’s potential to improve life.
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A truck drives through the Alataw Pass Comprehensive Bonded Zone in northwest China’s Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. Located in the Mongolian Autonomous Prefecture of Bortala in Xinjiang, the Alataw Pass borders Kazakhstan. (Getty Images)