To combat the 'Artificial State,' Jill Lepore says to look to science fiction

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Jill Lepore says our liberal democracy has been replaced by corporations and technology. But what can we do about it? In today’s episode, the historian joins Morning Edition ’s Michel Martin for a conversation about her new book The Rise and Fall of the Artificial State . Lepore says she wanted to put a name to a new kind of governance she’s observed in which functions of nation states are being taken over by private interests and run by machinery. She and Martin discuss the way technology has historically maligned representative democracy – and what we can do about it. Support public media with NPR+ and enjoy perks for over 25 podcasts like this one. This show’s perks include sponsor-free…