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#193 - David Goodhart - AI Is Coming For The Graduate Elite
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- The Peter McCormack Show
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- Jul 14, 2026
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- 5985
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Summary
David Goodhart joins me to discuss whether AI is about to do to the graduate class what globalisation did to factory workers, and why Britain’s political settlement may be breaking apart. David explains why Britain has overproduced people with generalist academic skills, how the “anywheres” came to dominate politics, culture and the economy, and why the “somewheres” have increasingly turned to Brexit, populism, Reform and Restore as a reaction against a country they no longer feel represents them. We also discuss whether anything has actually got better in Britain over the last 15 years, why the state seems unable to get things done, immigration, multiculturalism, deindustrialisation, care work, the collapse of trust in politicians, and why David still believes Britain has the ingredients to recover. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - TIMESTAMPS: 00:00:00 - Graduates Are Next 00:00:50 - AI and the Graduate Class 00:05:42 - A New Class System 00:07:45 - Anywheres and Somewheres 00:10:20 - Why Populism Appeals 00:15:03 - Brexit and Anywhere Dominance 00:16:05 - Britain’s Political Confusion 00:22:28 - Did Populism Fail? 00:27:19 - Bridging Britain’s Divide 00:31:54 - Losing Trust in Politicians 00:34:07 - Britain’s Tax Burden 00:35:39 - Why Business Feels Impossible 00:38:42 - Two Experiences of Multiculturalism 00:40:41 - The Care Dilemma 00:49:53 - Has Anything Got Better? 00:53:30 - Free Speech and Online Safety 00:55:45 - Productive vs Unproductive Wealth 01:00:33 - Why The State Can’t Act 01:07:21 - The Graduate Elite Is Crumbling 01:10:40 - Britain’s Good Ingredients 01:15:31 - Politics Needs More Than Economics 01:20:36 - Can Britain Still Recover? 01:34:06 - David’s Books - - - - - - - - - - - - - -…