Should environmentalists be utopian? Dickson Despommier imagines the perfect 21st century city

Keen On

English - October 07, 2023 17:18 - 40 minutes - 28.1 MB - ★★★★ - 72 ratings
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EPISODE 1764: In this KEEN ON show, Andrew talks to Dickson Despommier, author of THE NEW CITY, about the perfect environmental city of the future

Dickson Despommier is author of THE NEW CITY: How to Build our Sustainable Urban Future (2023)

Named as one of the "100 most connected men" by GQ magazine, Andrew Keen is amongst the world's best known broadcasters and commentators. In addition to presenting KEEN ON, he is the host of the long-running How To Fix Democracy show. He is also the author of four prescient books about digital technology: CULT OF THE AMATEUR, DIGITAL VERTIGO, THE INTERNET IS NOT THE ANSWER and HOW TO FIX THE FUTURE. Andrew lives in San Francisco, is married to Cassandra Knight, Google's VP of Litigation & Discovery, and has two grown children.

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