Episode · Modern Wisdom · 2026-06-22
Books mentioned on The Collapse of American Politics - Ezra Klein - #1114
Ezra Klein is a journalist & political commentator. What’s actually happening in politics?
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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Super Sad True Love Story
Super Sad True Love Story by Gary Shteyngart is a dystopian novel that satirizes a tech-obsessed, hyper-connected future dominated by consumerism, political decay, and constant public exposure through digital streaming.
Discussed“You ever read Super Sad True Love Story by Gary Shteyngart?”
Where to get it
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Amusing Ourselves to Death
Amusing Ourselves to Death by Neil Postman is a prophetic media critique arguing that public discourse in modern society is being dangerously degraded by entertainment culture, television, and visual media.
Recommended“There's a great uh it's not a controversy, it's it's a Neil Postman argument that he makes in Amusing Ourselves to Death, which is always one of my books I recommend to people.”
Where to get it
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Abundance
Abundance by Ezra Klein and Derek Thompson is a widely debated political manifesto exploring progressive thought, institutional roadblocks, and the challenges of building in modern America.
Discussed“And I think that the book that Derek Thompson I wrote released us here abundance which it was one of these things.”
Where to get it
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Superintelligence
Superintelligence: Paths, Dangers, Strategies by Nick Bostrom is a widely influential philosophy and computer science book that examines the existential risks and control problems associated with the emergence of artificial general intelligence.
Discussed“I had Nick Bostrom on the show and Superintelligence 10 more more than 10 years ago now 2014 15 something like that when that came out was kind of my introduction to holy [ __ ] like there are a lot of ways that this could go very very wrong”
Where to get it
