Episode · Big Technology Podcast · 2025-07-02

Books mentioned on Is AI Really Taking Our Jobs? — With Noah Smith

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Noah Smith is a star economics writer behind the “Noahpinion” blog and co-host of the Econ 102 podcast. Smith joins Big Technology to discuss whether generative AI is actually boosting productivity or still waiting for its “electricity moment.

Noah Smith discussed Abundance by Peter H. Diamandis and others.

Books mentioned, in the order they came up

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  1. Abundance

    Peter H. Diamandis, Steven Kotler · at 35:04

    Abundance by Peter H.

    Discussed
    “And then also because American government is you has this thing that the authors of the book Abundance talk about where American government hobbles itself. It it self-regulates to the point where government stuff costs more costs too much.”
    Where to get it