Tim Wu argues that efficiency is good up to a point, but too much efficiency becomes corrosive to human bonds and solidarity. Just-in-time scheduling makes economic sense but destroys healthy families. The question of what kind of world you want to live in is more important than what kind of economy models work.

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Tim Wu

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too much efficiency becomes truly inhuman... I don't want to live in a maximally efficient world. I have other competing values... it becomes something corrosive to human bonds, human solidarity.

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We Didn’t Ask for This Internet | The Ezra Klein ShowThe Ezra Klein Show
Created: 8/12/2026, 6:46:41 PM

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