And the "long-term science fiction response" reminds me of the Abundance stuff making the rounds at the moment. Not that it's an intentional plan, but perhaps neoliberal thought dominates our patterns of thinking to the extent that these appears to be the only options
It definitely an intentional plan, which does not mean its the grand design of one or a few minds or that Ezra Klein and Derek Thompson are anywhere nearly fully aware of how the Neoliberal Thought Collective shapes their thinking
Yeah I get you. I tend to try to stay away from intentionality explanations but, you can see it as intentional in the sense of certain policies or views more likely to become salient if they align with a type of orthodoxy
Or even as a potted darwinism, orthodoxy determines what general set of ideas (and thinkers) created are likely to be (variation) and then the ones that make it to the fore are going to be those supported by media systems, political systems, think tanks etc (selection)
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I can’t find it, but I’m sure it’s still out there somewhere.