Can Liberalism Survive the Optimization Age?

As artificial intelligence automates governance and optimization becomes the dominant moral framework, can classical liberalism survive?In this capstone episode, AJ explores the tension between natural rights and engineered systems, the acceleration during COVID, and the philosophical fork in the road facing the West.Freedom requires friction. Are we willing to accept it?Content Note: This episode was created using AI-assisted writing and voice technology. All ideas and editorial direction are human-generated.