Neal Stephenson on AI, Rome, and How Civilizations Decline

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  Hey, Shiloh here with an invitation for all my Old School listeners.

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  I'm gonna be taping a live episode of Old School at the National Constitution Center in Philadelphia,

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  hosted by the Jack Miller Center as part of their National Summit on Civic Education.

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  John Meacham, to talk history, leadership, and the future of our republic.

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  See you in Philly.

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  I'm Shiloh Brooks.

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  I'm a professor and CEO, and I believe reading good books makes us better men.

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  Today, I'm talking to Neil Stevenson.

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  Neil is a legendary science fiction writer.

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  Edward Gibbons' The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire,

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  published from 1776 to 1789, changed Neil's life.

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  Today, I'm asking him why.

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  This is old school.

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  Neil Stevenson, welcome to Old School.

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