Future shock

Progress is good. It’s also disorienting for millions. Helping people cope is vital to beating back authoritarian movements

Anand recently had a live conversation with members of Indivisible about his book The Persuaders. From the talk the following essay is adapted. It is about not losing sight of the head-spinning progress that is behind this era of backlash — and the difficult imperative of helping to usher disoriented people into new times.