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The End of Year Collective Episode
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- The Hope Axis by Anna Gát
- Published
- Feb 6, 2026
- Duration seconds
- 5170
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Summary
This week on The Hope Axis, I’m joined by Natasha Joukovsky, Noah Smith, Musa al-Gharbi, Erica Robles Anderson, Santiago Ramos, Jacob Falkovich, and Gena Gorlin for a free-flowing conversation about AI, culture, creativity, and how people are actually living through all this change. We talk about what’s exciting, what’s worrying, what’s weird, and where a bit of hope still sneaks in. Hope you enjoy. For the full transcript of our conversation, click here: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1BghQ... Important Links: Natasha Joukovsky — https://natashajoukovsky.com/home Noah Smith — https://substack.com/@noahpinion Musa al-Gharbi — https://musaalgharbi.com/musa-al-ghar... Erica Robles Anderson — https://www.roblesanderson.org/ Santiago Ramos — https://substack.com/@santiagoramos Jacob Falkovich — https://substack.com/@yashkaf Gena Gorlin — https://genagorlin.com/ Show Notes: (0:00:00)Warming Up Banter (0:01:43) Introducing the Topic: Summarizing the Year Together (0:05:03) Introducing the Guests (0:21:58) Trump, Wars, and AI (0:29:50) Nothing's Really New (0:34:14) AI Pessimism vs Optimism (0:51:23) Education (0:57:24) The Dangers of Making Lives Too Easy (1:01:44) Is Social Media For Old People? (1:04:11) Favorite Movies, Books of the Year (1:10:35) Sharing Good Things in Public (1:14:13) The Future of Creativity (1:22:07) Motivation & Hope Books, Essays & References Mentioned: The Road to Wigan Pier — George Orwell The Revolt of the Public — Martin Gurri The Mystic Fable — Michel de Certeau Becoming Supernatural — Joe Dispenza The Name of the Rose — Umberto Eco Natasha Joukovsky Noah Smith Musa al-Gharbi Erica Robles Anderson Jacob Falkovich AI and creative work Education as a civic project Over-optimization Rage bait Meaning and purpose