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To combat the 'Artificial State,' Jill Lepore says to look to science fiction
Listen to the episodeHistorian Jill Lepore examines a new form of governance she terms the 'Artificial State,' in which the traditional functions of nation states are being taken over by private interests and run by machinery, exploring how technology has historically undermined representative democracy and what might be done about it.
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