#193 - David Goodhart - AI Is Coming For The Graduate Elite

David Goodhart joins me to discuss whether AI is about to do to the graduate class what globalisation did to factory workers, and why Britain’s political settlement may be breaking apart.David explains why Britain has overproduced people with generalist academic skills, how the “anywheres” came to dominate politics, culture and the economy, and why the “somewheres” have increasingly turned to Brexit, populism, Reform and Restore as a reaction against a country they no longer feel represents them.We also discuss whether anything has actually got better in Britain over the last 15 years, why the state seems unable to get things done, immigration, multiculturalism, deindustrialisation, care work, the collapse of trust in politicians, and why David still believes Britain has the ingredients to recover.- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -TIMESTAMPS:00:00:00 - Graduates Are Next00:00:50 - AI and the Graduate Class00:05:42 - A New Class System00:07:45 - Anywheres and Somewheres00:10:20 - Why Populism Appeals00:15:03 - Brexit and Anywhere Dominance00:16:05 - Britain’s Political Confusion00:22:28 - Did Populism Fail?00:27:19 - Bridging Britain’s Divide00:31:54 - Losing Trust in Politicians00:34:07 - Britain’s Tax Burden00:35:39 - Why Business Feels Impossible00:38:42 - Two Experiences of Multiculturalism00:40:41 - The Care Dilemma00:49:53 - Has Anything Got Better?00:53:30 - Free Speech and Online Safety00:55:45 - Productive vs Unproductive Wealth01:00:33 - Why The State Can’t Act01:07:21 - The Graduate Elite Is Crumbling01:10:40 - Britain’s Good Ingredients01:15:31 - Politics Needs More Than Economics01:20:36 - Can Britain Still Recover?01:34:06 - David’s Books- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -CONTACT PETE› Website – http://petermccormack.com› Feedback – https://www.petermccormack.com/contact› Email – [email protected]› Instagram – https://www.instagram.com/mccormack555/› X/Twitter – https://x.com/petermccormack/CONNECT WITH DAVID GOODHART› Website – https://davidgoodhart.com/› Substack – https://davidgoodhart.substack.com/› Policy Exchange – https://policyexchange.org.uk/SPONSORS› IREN - https://www.iren.com/› Ledn - https://ledn.io/peter› OneSkin - https://www.oneskin.co/mccormack- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -LISTEN / SUBSCRIBE› Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/40ruY9K› Spotify: https://spoti.fi/3Wc94Vu› Fountain: https://bit.ly/FountainPM› YouTube: https://bit.ly/YouTube_PM› Rumble: https://bit.ly/RumblePMFILMED BY CURTIS TAYLOR› https://www.curttaylor.co.uk/› https://x.com/curttayloruk/EDITED BY CONOR MCCORMACK› https://x.com/ConorM04- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.