Welcome to Faster, Please! — The Podcast. Several times a month, host Jim Pethokoukis will feature a lively conversation with a fascinating and provocative guest about how to make the world a better place by accelerating scientific discovery, technological innovation, and economic growth. <br/><br/><a href="https://fasterplease.substack.com?utm_medium=podcast">fasterplease.substack.com</a>
Faster, Please! — The Podcast
Claim This Podcastby James Pethokoukis
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Welcome to Faster, Please! — The Podcast. Several times a month, host Jim Pethokoukis will feature a lively conversation with a fascinating and provocative guest about how to make the world a better place by accelerating scientific discovery, technological innovation, and economic growth. <br/><br/><a href="https://fasterplease.substack.com?utm_medium=podcast">fasterplease.substack.com</a>
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Recent Episodes
June 25, 2026
✨💪 AI, jobs, and productivity: My chat with economist Erik Brynjolfsson
Host interviews economist Erik Brynjolfsson about AI's impact on jobs, productivity, and the future economy, offering insights into adaptation and opportunity.
April 28, 2026
✨💪 The future of work in an age of AI: My chat with economist Daniel Rock
<p><strong>My fellow pro-growth/progress/abundance Up Wingers in America and around the world:</strong></p><p>Artificial intelligence is undoubtedly poised to change the workplace—the question is, by how much? Key voices in Silicon Valley warn that white-collar jobs will soon be a thing of the past, while others predict more modest economic gains as firms struggle to reorganize workflows. When it comes to the future of work and American business, contradictory forecasts can be difficult to interpret and reconcile.</p><p>Today on Faster, Please!—The Podcast, Daniel Rock and I attempt to sift through the often-confusing current AI conversation. We cover the distinction between “AI-exposed” fields and those destined for automation, explore the bottlenecks that could slow adoption among businesses, and offer a more realistic outlook for growth.</p><p>Rock is an assistant professor of operations, information, and decisions at the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School. There, his research dives into the economics of AI and digital technologies, as well as the future of work. His paper,<a target="_blank" href="https://8a034064-c022-4d38-bd2a-4b69bfbd81b5.filesusr.com/ugd/3f53fa_97d3913c51e2447db443b069394d67bc.pdf">The Productivity J-Curve: How Intangibles Complement General Purpose Technologies</a>, is worth a read.</p><p><strong>In This Episode</strong></p><p>* <strong>The trouble with forecasting (1:40)</strong></p><p>* <strong>The economist’s evaluation (8:09)</strong></p><p>* <strong>The productivity J-curve (11:49)</strong></p><p>* <strong>Exposure vs. automation (18:53)</strong></p><p>* <strong>Growth projection (23:04)</strong></p><p>(A lightly edited transcript of our conversation will be appear in my Week in Review issue on Saturday. Another option is using the Substack auto transcript function.)</p><p><strong>On sale everywhere </strong><a target="_blank" href="https://substack.com/redirect/f7d88c5c-90c4-4341-9ab8-2e7d7a770ac6?j=eyJ1IjoiaWwybCJ9.LYavKXpGBMU401uTFlNIuzqzL7rAcERlLme87igBB6g"><strong>The Conservative Futurist: How To Create the Sci-Fi World We Were Promised</strong></a></p> <br/><br/>This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit <a href="https://fasterplease.substack.com/subscribe?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_2">fasterplease.substack.com/subscribe</a>
April 10, 2026
🏗️ A hub for hard-tech startups: My chat with 'American Shenzhen' builder Joshua Farahzad
<p><strong>My fellow pro-growth/progress/abundance Up Wingers in America and around the world:</strong></p><p>As a college sophomore, Josh Farahzad<a target="_blank" href="https://www.wsj.com/articles/bored-teenagers-found-each-other-online-and-built-a-rocket-to-launch-into-space-11559143865"> assembled</a> a group of students from around the country in an attempt to launch a homemade rocket into space. From there, he ditched the traditional route and scoured the country for the perfect place to build a uniquely American<a target="_blank" href="https://post-register.com/proto-town-a-new-frontier-for-innovation-in-caldwell-county/"> mega-project</a>.</p><p>Disillusioned with the entrepreneurial atmosphere of the Bay Area, he has since broken ground in central Texas. Caldwell County is now home to<a target="_blank" href="https://www.proto.town/"> Proto-Town</a>—a place Farahzad hopes businesses will have the space to engineer and build world-changing hardware.</p><p>Today on Faster, Please—The Podcast, I chat with Farahzad about his quest to build America’s premier manufacturing town from scratch.</p><p><strong>In This Episode</strong></p><p>* <strong>Welcome to Proto-Town (1:20)</strong></p><p>* <strong>The Limits of California (5:18)</strong></p><p>* <strong>From the Ground Up (10:46)</strong></p><p>* <strong>The Vision (17:35)</strong></p><p>(A lightly edited transcript of our conversation will be appear in my Week in Review issue on Saturday. Another option is using the Substack auto transcript function.)</p><p><strong>On sale everywhere </strong><a target="_blank" href="https://substack.com/redirect/f7d88c5c-90c4-4341-9ab8-2e7d7a770ac6?j=eyJ1IjoiaWwybCJ9.LYavKXpGBMU401uTFlNIuzqzL7rAcERlLme87igBB6g"><strong>The Conservative Futurist: How To Create the Sci-Fi World We Were Promised</strong></a></p> <br/><br/>This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit <a href="https://fasterplease.substack.com/subscribe?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_2">fasterplease.substack.com/subscribe</a>
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