As the island community advances, two settlers propose a game-changing idea: build a bridge to make food gathering faster and easier. The pitch divides the group, and reveals deeper truths about capital formation, invention, and the tension between risk and control. From property rights to productivity leaps, this episode explores how innovation meets resistance, and why the same battles repeat across every society striving to move forward.

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