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"The only way to make sense out of change is to plunge into it" - Alan Watts
This opening episode invites you on a journey, not just through time, but through perspective.
From fire-starting hominids to spacefaring technologists, we are going to trace the ripples of human imagination that turned tools into empires, and sparks into systems.
In this introduction episode:
Change is rarely neat or obvious, but this podcast is here to help us understand it. You'll start to connect the dots that are all around you.
History isn't just a study of the past, it is also our present. As we live through unprecedented innovation, it's a perfect time to study the forces of tectonic shifts and how to guide them.
If you're curious, optimistic, and even a little lost. You're in the right place.
ABOUT
This show is an independent podcast on a mission.
It is written, recorded, re-recorded, rewritten and re-re-recorded entirely by Sam Webster Harris.
Designs were crafted by Francisca Correia.
CHAPTERS:
00:00 Introduction: The Dawn of Human Influence
02:22 A Journey Through Time
05:10 The Plan for the Podcast
07:08 What counts as an innovation
08:31 Release Schedule
09:40 Beyond a history podcast
10:54 Why this point in history
12:34 A map is not a blueprint
14:24 Why is Sam doing this?
17:19 Why should you listen?
18:29 Psychology and Innovation
19:01 Bias and Hindsight
19:37 Illusion of obviousness
20:32 Gratitude - Understanding - Curiosity
20:34 The Myth of Stability
21:42 7 Core Principles of the Show
21:51 1 - Interdisciplinary Thinking
22:34 2 - Systems Thinking
23:21 3 - Understanding of knowledge
25:01 4 - Context
26:06 5 - No current affairs and politics
27:14 6 - Side Quests
28:23 7 - Optimism
29:26 Mission and sign off
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
"The only way to make sense out of change is to plunge into it" - Alan Watts
This opening episode invites you on a journey, not just through time, but through perspective.
From fire-starting hominids to spacefaring technologists, we are going to trace the ripples of human imagination that turned tools into empires, and sparks into systems.
In this introduction episode:
Change is rarely neat or obvious, but this podcast is here to help us understand it. You'll start to connect the dots that are all around you.
History isn't just a study of the past, it is also our present. As we live through unprecedented innovation, it's a perfect time to study the forces of tectonic shifts and how to guide them.
If you're curious, optimistic, and even a little lost. You're in the right place.
ABOUT
This show is an independent podcast on a mission.
It is written, recorded, re-recorded, rewritten and re-re-recorded entirely by Sam Webster Harris.
Designs were crafted by Francisca Correia.
CHAPTERS:
00:00 Introduction: The Dawn of Human Influence
02:22 A Journey Through Time
05:10 The Plan for the Podcast
07:08 What counts as an innovation
08:31 Release Schedule
09:40 Beyond a history podcast
10:54 Why this point in history
12:34 A map is not a blueprint
14:24 Why is Sam doing this?
17:19 Why should you listen?
18:29 Psychology and Innovation
19:01 Bias and Hindsight
19:37 Illusion of obviousness
20:32 Gratitude - Understanding - Curiosity
20:34 The Myth of Stability
21:42 7 Core Principles of the Show
21:51 1 - Interdisciplinary Thinking
22:34 2 - Systems Thinking
23:21 3 - Understanding of knowledge
25:01 4 - Context
26:06 5 - No current affairs and politics
27:14 6 - Side Quests
28:23 7 - Optimism
29:26 Mission and sign off
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.