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Dynamism, AI Job Loss, and California’s Resilience w/Virginia Postrel

EPISODE · Jun 30, 2025 · 45 MIN

Dynamism, AI Job Loss, and California’s Resilience w/Virginia Postrel

from California Future Society · host Jarrett Catlin

Author and thinker Virginia Postrel joins me to talk about California’s past, present, and future, from anti-growth politics to the rise of AI. We get into what dynamism really means, why creative destruction is inevitable, and how housing and regulation shape everything.00:00 Intro  03:58 California's Changing Landscape: A Historical Perspective  07:43 Political Shifts: The Republican Party's Decline in California  10:27 Change in the California Ideology  16:24 CA vs. TX  22:45 The Impact of AI  27:22 AI Displacing White Collar Jobs  30:50 We've Seen This Before  37:30 Lessons for California's Future Keywords: California, Virginia Postrel, AI, housing crisis, innovation, future of work, white collar unemployment, creative destruction, economic resilience, California politics, The Future and Its Enemies, Silicon Valley, zoning laws, startup culture, bits vs atoms, California regulation, elite overproduction, laissez-faire, local knowledge

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