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What if America’s political dysfunction isn’t a moral failure — but a design failure?
In this episode, Greg talks with Robbie Bach, former President of Xbox and now a leading civic reform advocate, about how the United States might update its political operating system. Robbie argues that polarization isn’t an accident — it’s an output of incentives. And if incentives can be redesigned, the system can be reinvented.
This is a conversation about innovation, democracy, and why the West Coast might be the country’s best testbed for political renewal.
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