What podcasts say about Walter Russell Mead

Every statement, with the speaker, the exact quote and the moment it was said.

What Walter Russell Mead has said on podcasts

7 statements · 3 positive · 1 negative · 2 mixed · 1 neutral

on Modern consumer societyMixedOct 7, 2026· TBPN
Modern consumer society’s long-term direction is not wholly positive.
“we've been on a journey and the direction of the journey is not in every way a positive thing.”
Listen at 1:00:51
Open the episode · Some Math Problems, Arsenal-2, Porsche Mission S | Walter Russell Mead, Kat Cole, Tarek Alaruri, Tyler Niday, Scott Morton, Josiah Meyer, Aarush Selvan
on China’s Communist PartyPositiveOct 7, 2026· TBPN
China’s dominant Communist Party forces view information technology as enabling planned economies.
“they see information technology as fundamentally both the vindicator and the enabler of socialist planned economies”
Listen at 1:06:42
Open the episode · Some Math Problems, Arsenal-2, Porsche Mission S | Walter Russell Mead, Kat Cole, Tarek Alaruri, Tyler Niday, Scott Morton, Josiah Meyer, Aarush Selvan
on Healthcare data accessMixedOct 7, 2026· TBPN
Maximizing healthcare technology’s benefits ideally requires researchers to access everyone’s data.
“if we're really going to get the greatest benefit of technology in healthcare and medical science, ideally, you really want the researchers to have access to all the data about everybody.”
Listen at 1:11:38
Open the episode · Some Math Problems, Arsenal-2, Porsche Mission S | Walter Russell Mead, Kat Cole, Tarek Alaruri, Tyler Niday, Scott Morton, Josiah Meyer, Aarush Selvan
on AdaptabilityNeutralOct 7, 2026· TBPN
Humans systematically underestimate their capacity to adapt.
“We tend to underestimate, systematically underestimate human adaptability.”
Listen at 1:17:02
Open the episode · Some Math Problems, Arsenal-2, Porsche Mission S | Walter Russell Mead, Kat Cole, Tarek Alaruri, Tyler Niday, Scott Morton, Josiah Meyer, Aarush Selvan
on AI-enabled livelihoodsPositiveOct 7, 2026· TBPN
People will develop new livelihoods using AI.
“will people figure out new ways to make livings doing using this stuff? I think so.”
Listen at 1:18:09
Open the episode · Some Math Problems, Arsenal-2, Porsche Mission S | Walter Russell Mead, Kat Cole, Tarek Alaruri, Tyler Niday, Scott Morton, Josiah Meyer, Aarush Selvan
on Self-DrivingNegativeOct 7, 2026· TBPN
Improving self-driving cars will soon eliminate many jobs.
“if the self-driving cars continue to get better and get more numerous, there's going to be a lot of people that are not going to have jobs pretty soon.”
Listen at 1:20:55
Open the episode · Some Math Problems, Arsenal-2, Porsche Mission S | Walter Russell Mead, Kat Cole, Tarek Alaruri, Tyler Niday, Scott Morton, Josiah Meyer, Aarush Selvan
on AI legal servicesPositiveOct 7, 2026· TBPN
AI will give average people affordable access to great legal capabilities.
“the average person is going to have. The same, you know, access to a great lawyer or at least the abilities of a great lawyer at an affordable price.”
Listen at 1:25:20
Open the episode · Some Math Problems, Arsenal-2, Porsche Mission S | Walter Russell Mead, Kat Cole, Tarek Alaruri, Tyler Niday, Scott Morton, Josiah Meyer, Aarush Selvan

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