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Building Tomorrow explores the ways technology, innovation, and entrepreneurship are creating a freer, wealthier, and more peaceful world.
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Coming Soon: The Liberty Exchange from 2023-10-02T00:00:04
Coming soon, a brand new podcast from Libertarianism.org...
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The Future of Stuff from 2022-02-17T09:00:38
Your home is full of technological miracles, devices that your ancestors would have regarded as near magic because of the life of relative ease they provide us with. However, something is changi...
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One Landfill's Trash is the Future's Treasure from 2021-12-09T09:00:40
If you're the kind of person who carefully sorts out your recyclables from your trash, cleans it, and puts it out in the blue bin for pickup, you probably don't realize that as much as 90% of th...
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The Underpopulation Crisis from 2021-11-11T09:00
People are afraid. Afraid that they are consuming too much, emitting too much, having too many kids, and running the planet into the ground. Eight billion people seems like too many. But a growi...
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Data is the New Guano from 2021-10-14T08:00:28
What happens when a raw material that is valueless suddenly becomes valuable? If it's bird guano in the 19th century, you mine it and save the agricultural economy. If its data in the late 20th ...
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Building Tomorrow is Back! from 2021-09-30T08:00:21
The Building Tomorrow podcast is back in a new format. This season we will be focusing on wanting more. The desire for more embraces a prosperity mindset, the belief that growth and wealth are not ...
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Building Tomorrow: Under Construction from 2020-11-12T11:00:53
We have a special announcement about the future of Building Tomorrow. Stay tuned.
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Can We Fix U.S. Politics? (with Lee Drutman & Dan Bowen) from 2020-10-29T10:00:24
If voting leaves you feeling tired and vaguely dissatisfied, you're not alone. Over 60% of voters aren't happy with the two party duopoly that dominates US politics; others hate the flood of neg...
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The Pandemic Can't Stop, Won't Stop the Techlash from 2020-10-15T10:00:25
There are some things that even a pandemic cannot stop. One of those things is political pressure to "do something" about Big Tech. Paul checks in with Matthew Feeney and Will Duffield to get an up...
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How Did We Get So Rich? from 2020-10-01T10:00:56
In the 18th century, something sparked a wave of technological innovation and economic growth that has transformed the world for the better. Economists have argued about what that something was ...
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Learn Like a Machine from 2020-09-17T10:00:04
Spend any time on social media and odds are that you've interacted with at least one bot account; given how advanced they've become, you might not even have noticed. Paul interviews bot programm...
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New Technologies of Freedom from 2020-09-03T10:00:56
It's time to stop politely asking the State to give us our freedoms back. We can just...take them. New technologies like smart contracts, cryptocurrency, and anonymized identification systems ar...
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An Internet Fairness Doctrine from 2020-08-20T10:00:01
There's growing, bi-partisan support for government regulation of the internet. The Left wants to censor hate speech while the Right wants to prevent platforms from downvoting conservative speech. ...
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Trump's Brain Drain from 2020-08-06T10:00:10
Guess what's bad for innovation? Telling the brightest minds in the world that you don't want them to come work with you. As obvious as that should be, that's precisely what the Trump administratio...
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Content Moderation vs. Free Speech from 2020-07-23T10:00:49
If you’re listening to this show, you’re likely an ardent supporter of the First Amendment. Yet at the same time, you probably wouldn’t want your social media feeds filled with pornography and h...
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Do We Still Need Cities (with Peter Van Doren) from 2020-07-09T10:00
New York City's population dropped by 5% in just two weeks because of COVID-19, a drop concentrated among white collar professionals and Wall Street workers. But it's not just a New York City st...
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What's a Life Worth During a Pandemic? (with Peter Van Doren) from 2020-06-25T08:00:35
Have you wondered whether a particular public health intervention during the COVID-19 pandemic has actually been worth it? Perhaps you then felt a bit ghoulish for asking the question, given tha...
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The Secret History of Right-Wing Radio from 2020-06-11T08:03:58
A generation before the rise of talk radio and hosts like Rush Limbaugh, there was another wave of right-wing radio. But the reason why few remember them is that they were the target of a hugely...
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COVID on Campus (with Bryan Caplan) from 2020-05-28T10:03:38
While universities debate whether to re-open on schedule for the fall semester, it’s expected that hundreds of colleges that were in financial distress will shutter their doors. While that might...
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Homeschooling Goes Viral (with Kerry McDonald) from 2020-05-14T08:05:50
Because of the COVID-19 shutdown, tens of millions of American households have suddenly been forced to do school at home. Education policy expert and homeschooling aficionado Kerry McDonald joins t...
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Decentralizing Social Media (with Bill Ottman of Minds.com) from 2020-04-30T10:05:18
Complaints about the control that social media companies exercise over their platforms has risen over the past couple of years. Some users complain that platforms like Facebook and Twitter shoul...
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Innovation Isn't Guaranteed (with Matt Ridley) from 2020-04-16T10:10:15
Matt Ridley joins the show today to talk about his new book, How Innovation Works. He argues that innovation is the defining feature of the modern age, but it is still very hard for us ...
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Tech Goes Viral (with Alec Stapp) from 2020-04-02T10:15:19
Technologist Alec Stapp joins the show to discuss why the US lagged weeks behind South Korea in testing for COVID-19. While the failures of the FDA and CDC have been grim, the show does find a s...
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Did the Military Build Silicon Valley? from 2020-03-19T08:15:29
Stop me if you’ve ever heard some version of the following argument: government mandates and funding gave us the __________ [insert: space shuttle, internet, Silicon Valley], so the government s...
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Afro-Futurism from 2020-03-05T11:13:34
If you watched the 2018 blockbuster Black Panther, then you’ve encountered a genre known as Afro-Futurism, in which predominately African-American authors use science fiction to ex...
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Ethics of Progress (with Jason Crawford) from 2020-02-20T11:15:52
It’s easy to assume that things naturally improve. After all, in our lifetimes technology has advanced, life expectancies have risen, and standards of living have improved. Yet in historical ter...
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Venture Capital Built Silicon Valley from 2020-02-06T14:20:44
While fans of the show Silicon Valley might not have much regard for the role of venture capital in technological innovation, the reality is that venture capitalists do more t...
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Universities Built Silicon Valley (with Margaret O'Mara) from 2020-01-23T11:00
Most Americans have some idea that our university system, as expensive as it is, is still the envy of...
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Immigrants Built Silicon Valley from 2020-01-09T11:00
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It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like a Netflix Christmas Special from 2019-12-26T11:00
As the cultural economy (music, movies, television, and books) digitized around the turn of the 21st ...
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Who Wants to Retire a Millionaire? from 2019-12-12T11:00
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Mission Impossible Burger from 2019-11-28T11:00
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Self Driving Miss Daisy from 2019-11-14T11:00
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Cellphones in the Fight Against Cholera (with Katherine Clayton) from 2019-10-31T10:00
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Artificial You (with Susan Schneider) from 2019-09-19T04:15
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8chan and Reacting to Online Radicalization from 2019-08-22T04:15
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A Smarter Kickstarter (with Alex Tabarrok) from 2019-08-15T04:15
Prices Are Too Damn High (with Alexander Tabarrok) from 2019-08-08T04:15
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What Made the Internet Possible? from 2019-08-01T04:15
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Data Day Care (with Emily Oster) from 2019-07-25T04:15
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Facebook Friends Libra from 2019-07-18T04:15
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Haters Gonna Hate Speech from 2019-07-11T04:15
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Speech Police from 2019-07-04T04:15
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Could Chernobyl Happen Again? from 2019-06-27T04:15
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The Automation Revolution is Upon Us from 2019-06-13T04:15
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Every Day I'm Side Hustling from 2019-06-06T04:15
The gig economy is transforming cities. Companies like Uber, Lyft, Airbnb, and TaskRabbit are hiring ...
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Free Speech Online: Unfriended from 2019-05-30T04:15
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What Lawmakers Don't Understand About Tech Policy from 2019-05-23T04:15
Building Tomorrow isn’t in the business of encouraging government bloat, but in this episode we consi...
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SimCity 5: Exploring Charter Cities (and More!) from 2019-05-16T04:15
The theme that connects both of the interviews in today’s episode is the value of planning for the future. That can be as simple as thinking about the ways that driverless cars will affect the c...
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Destination Mars from 2019-05-09T04:15
Facial Recognition or Faceless Man? from 2019-05-02T04:15
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Devin Nunes Sues a Fictional Cow, His Mom, and Liz Mair from 2019-04-25T04:15
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Why is Rent so Damn High? from 2019-04-18T04:15
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Debunking Overpopulation from 2019-04-11T04:15
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On Innovation: Don't Ask for Permission from 2019-04-04T04:15
Tech companies are often accused of acting without first thinking through all the ramifications of wh...
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Must Love Dogs...and Dog Tech from 2019-03-14T04:15
A Libertarian Approach to the Green New Deal from 2019-03-07T05:15
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How Netflix & Spotify Changed Consumer Culture from 2019-02-21T05:15
As the cultural economy (music, movies, television, and books) digitized around the turn of the 21st ...
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Swiping Right For Love from 2019-02-14T05:15
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How Online Games Shape Our Real Lives from 2019-02-07T05:15
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Cryptocurrency vs. Censorship from 2019-01-24T05:15
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Instagram is the New Fireside Chat from 2019-01-17T05:15
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New Year, New Congress, New Tech from 2019-01-10T05:15
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Ranked Choice Voting, A Better Way to Vote? from 2019-01-03T05:15
Has Your Phone Hacked Your Brain? from 2018-12-27T05:15
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Flying Taxis: Cleared for Takeoff? from 2018-12-20T05:15
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Is Amazon HQ2 Worth it? from 2018-12-13T05:15
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Place Your Political Bets from 2018-12-06T05:15
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Micro-Targeting Voters with Big Data from 2018-11-29T05:15
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We Got Your Black Friday Shopping List from 2018-11-22T05:15
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Popping Techno-Utopian Bubbles from 2018-11-15T05:15
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Why Aren't There More Women In Tech? from 2018-11-08T05:15
The presence of a gender gap in the tech industry is indisputable, but the causes and solutions for t...
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Crypto for College from 2018-10-31T13:57
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The Chinese Surveillance State from 2018-10-18T04:15
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Killer Drones or Delivery Drones? from 2018-10-11T04:15
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When Will We Get Fully Autonomous Cars? from 2018-10-04T04:15
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Printing Pills for Pets from 2018-09-27T04:15
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Will Artificial Intelligence Take Your Job? from 2018-09-20T04:15
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Hedging Against Skynet from 2018-09-13T04:15
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Augur(ing) Assassinations from 2018-09-06T04:15
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Health Care without Health Insurance from 2018-08-30T04:15
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Is China Beating the U.S. at Innovation? from 2018-08-23T04:15
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The Brave New World of DNA Databases from 2018-08-16T04:15
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Idaho's Blockchain Won't Be Small Potatoes from 2018-08-09T04:15
Phil Haunschild joins us this week to discuss how blockchain technology could potentially eliminate t...
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The Right to Print Arms? from 2018-08-02T04:00
Mark McDaniel from Reason Magazine joins us to discuss homemade gun technology in response to a recent court case involving gun ownership activist, Cody Wilson, and his group, Defense Distribute...
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Will EU Copyright Break the Internet? from 2018-07-26T04:15
The parliament of the European Union narrowly voted down legislation intended to control copyright violations on the internet. The sponsors of the legislation argued that multinational...
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Can You Monetize Everything You Do? from 2018-07-19T04:15
New technologies have made it possible for us to monetize more and more of our daily lives. First, we discuss the third party marketers who are using devices (eg cellphones, smart spea...
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How Smart are 'Smart Contracts'? from 2018-07-12T04:15
This week Kate Sills joins us to respond to several recent articles criticizing smart contracts. One of the issues we cover is the “Oracle problem,” which is how a self-enforcing digital contrac...
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What's in Your (Crypto) Wallet? from 2018-07-05T04:15
This week, we discuss cryptocurrency and security. There was a hack recently of a digital currency storage site. We’ll talk a little bit about what that means, what cryptocurrency ‘hot’ and ‘c...
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Welcome to Building Tomorrow! from 2018-07-03T04:15
Building Tomorrow explores the ways technology, innovation, and entrepreneurship are creating a freer, wealthier, and more peaceful world. In our first episode, we survey how major rec...
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