
The Hope Axis by Anna Gát Alana Newhouse - Why Everything Is Broken and How to Fix It
This week on The Hope Axis, I’m very happy to welcome Alana Newhouse. Alana is a journalist, editor, and founder of Tablet Magazine, and the author of the influential 2021 essay “Everything Is Broken.” In this conversation, we revisit the idea of brokenism a few years later and talk about how people who are intelligent and well-read enough to despair all day might still find a small ray of hope. Hope you enjoy.
For the full transcript of our conversation, click here: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1HaBI_AINhbkwXo2aXaVfiUd1qvMTcc1J/view?usp=drive_link
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Show Notes:
(0:00:00) Introduction
(0:02:01) "Everything Is Broken" - The Backstory
(0:15:36) The Diagnosis and the Dinner that Changed Everything
(0:28:01) What It Means to Be a Part of Community
(0:35:19) The Internet Has Shrunk the World
(0:38:09) Alana's Concept of Flatness
(0:46:17) Long-form Content Exercises Your Brain
(0:49:24) The Legibility Crisis
(0:56:19) Critical Reception of Media and News
(0:59:28) The Future of Journalism
(1:08:12) Extremes, Media and Antisemitism
(1:13:25) 2030 Predictions and End Notes
Books, Essays & References Mentioned:
“Everything Is Broken” — Alana Newhouse
Jürgen Habermas
Tablet Magazine
The New York Times
Bluesky
Donald Trump
COVID-19 pandemic
Legibility crisis
Public sphere fragmentation
