Bonus: Year in Review

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🗓️ 23 December 2022

⏱️ 27 minutes

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2022 has finally ended. Some of it bad, some of it splendid. There was Russia’s invasion. And Ukraine’s self-defense. The west lobbed isolation against Moscow’s offense. This was also the year America closed the door despite a generation of fighting its 20-year-war We saw economic turmoil And those who could not tweet We debated inflation And whether small investors could beat the street We debated food, SATs, and if the Classics were overrated Aliens, and whether Britain’s Monarchy should be abated Affirmative action, cancel culture, and if Trump should be indicted, Unions, public radio, and what information disorder has ignited. Gene editing and digital dollars were fresh to the palette. We debated adaptation, and whether your Tesla helps the planet, And of course there was Roe, and if AI does more harm than good, Kissinger, Covid, and just how we all withstood midterms elections and if globalization backfired soft landings, and cities, and if democracy is mired in existential threat. OK...hold on, that’s not cheery. We can’t end this year leaving you tired and weary. So here’s to you listeners and watchers of debate Who at times may have wondered what is the fate Of a discourse that is broken Or at least a bit hobbled. When listening to a nation that yells and a people who squabble. Fear not, dear listeners, we say with some hope. We do in fact have a way you can cope. Real debate and discussion offers intellectual cheer. And so with that we wish you safe holidays…. … and a happy new year. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hi everybody, I'm John Donovan. Welcome to Intelligent Squared. And for the rest of this podcast,
0:05.2	I'll be speaking in rhyme courtesy of our own poetic maestro, David Ariosto.
0:11.6	Oh, so the rhyming has started already, it seems. David is our editorial director.
0:17.6	And he wrote this, Look Back Podcast at the Year Just Ended. Some of it troubling and some of it splendid.
0:24.0	There was Russia's invasion and Ukraine's stunning stand. The Afghan exit after 20 years quicksand,
0:30.4	we had economic turmoil, flame wars by tweet. We debated inflation and how to beat the street.
0:36.3	We argued food and SATs and are the classics overrated? The culture of cancel. Is that overstated?
0:43.1	Does England need a king? Our space aliens are thing. What good do unions bring? Does life in the city sing for you or me?
0:52.1	We took on the dollar what a digital buck be good. An electric vehicle is just what's under that hood.
0:58.2	Of public radio we asked, does it matter like it used to? Of gene editing we asked, do you want to get used to? It?
1:06.0	Yes, Trump came up in the potential for indictment. We explored true love asking where lies fulfillment.
1:12.9	Of course, COVID and Roe and midterms and AI and one debate asked if the Fed could get it right.
1:18.8	Globalization did it turn into an economic fumble and our American democracy? Is it in trouble?
1:26.7	Many questions, many viewpoints, many ways to disagree, but that's what we do here. Disagree.
1:31.9	Nicely, mostly. I hope. E.
1:34.8	So for this year end special, take this as a slice of episodes we gave you both naughty and nice.
1:42.0	We'll start with an event in Virginia that was real brick and mortar. It's focused. It turns out,
1:47.2	information disorder.
1:58.3	Should tech companies moderate misinformation that there is users post Michael? You are a yes, tell us why.
2:03.6	So first of all, again, the important thing is the question doesn't say they should be required.
2:08.2	It simply says they should be allowed to. And that is really the function of anybody who edits
2:13.6	any kind of publication. They have the right protected by the First Amendment to decide what gets
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