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Is the idea of “progress” the propaganda of the ruling class? Yes, according to Samuel Miller McDonald (https://x.com/sjmmcd?lang=en) , author of Progress: How One Idea Built Civilization and Now Threatens to Destroy it (https://us.macmillan.com/books/9781250278319/progress/) . McDonald traces this “narrative formula” back 5,000 years to the first market empires in Mesopotamia—societies…

Episode 2632: Dave McClure and Aman Verjee on AI, Crypto and What to Expect in 2026 https://keenon.substack.com/p/two-vcs-no-filter-the-naked-truth?utm_source=youtube

Episode 2631: Lu Zhang on America, China, AI, and why she isn't a robot https://keenon.substack.com/p/from-mongolia-to-silicon-valley-a?utm_source=youtube

Epsiode 2630: Minxin Pei Reveals the Failed Promise of the Chinese Revolution https://keenon.substack.com/p/the-broken-china-dream-how-reform?utm_source=youtube

Episode 2629: Wehner on Tucker Carlson, Nick Fuentes, Kevin Roberts and Megyn Kelly https://keenon.substack.com/p/a-tale-of-two-kellys-peter-wehner?utm_source=youtube

Episode 2628: Joshua Colangelo-Bryan on American Injustice at Guantanamo https://keenon.substack.com/p/guantanamo-the-myth-vs-the-reality?utm_source=youtube

Episode 2627: Capabilities, Capital and Civics -- The Three Questions We Should All Be Asking About AI https://keenon.substack.com/p/the-ai-race-is-a-myth-why-whos-winning?utm_source=youtube

Episode 2626: Christopher Marquis asks if this is the moment for strategic hibernation https://keenon.substack.com/p/strategic-hibernation-a-business?utm_source=youtube

Episode 2625: James Horncastle on the Greatest Italian Footballers (including Maradona) in History https://keenon.substack.com/p/italian-football-the-art-of-defense?utm_source=youtube

Episode 2624: Sven Beckert's 1100 Page Global History of Capitalism https://keenon.substack.com/p/from-feudal-lords-to-ai-billionaires?utm_source=youtube