Skip to content
HomeVideosBooksBlogsPodcasts
EpisodesShowsTopics
HistoryListsWatch laterLiked videosFollowing

The videos, books, blogs and podcasts Hacker News keeps recommending, all in one place.

VideosBooksBlogsPodcastsAboutPrivacySettings

Data from Hacker News, HackerTube, HackerBooks, HackerBlogs and Open Library. Credits · Not affiliated with Y Combinator.

HomeVideosBooksBlogsPodcasts
Ctrl K
    Artwork for EconTalk
    Episode

    The Unseen Work: Stewart Brand on Maintenance and Civilization

    EconTalk · Apr 6, 2026 · 1 h 27 min
    Episode page

    What does a lone sailor circling the globe have to do with the fall of empires, the Model T, and the rise of AI? Everything--because maintenance, the quiet act of keeping things going, turns out to be the hidden force behind success and failure in nearly every domain of human endeavor. EconTalk's Russ Roberts speaks with Stewart Brand --creator of the Whole Earth Catalog, founder of the Long Now…

    Related

    • The AI Buildout is a Boon for the Fossil Fuel Industry w/ Ketan Joshi

      Tech Won't Save Us • Oct 1, 2026 • 1 h 07 min

    • Malthusian Swerve

      Radiolab • Mar 28, 2025 • 39 min

    • Exponential Growth: Why AI, Solar & Batteries Will Keep Getting Cheaper | Exponential View & Cleaning Up Podcast

      Azeem Azhar's Exponential View • Nov 28, 2024 • 1 h 10 min

    • Government is Putting AI Before People and the Planet w/ Matt Haugen

      Tech Won't Save Us • Aug 13, 2026 • 52 min

    • Data Centers Are a Climate Enemy w/ Ketan Joshi

      Tech Won't Save Us • Nov 27, 2025 • 59 min