A New Approach To Understanding How to Change The World

As we peer into the future, sometimes the best strategy is to look back into the past. The further and deeper we look, the more comprehensive our understanding of how technology and invention can shape the future. --- If you enjoy the episode and want more, Sam has launched his new show - "How to Change the World: The History of Innovation". Chronologically studying every world-changing event in order and how they build upon themselves up to today. Available on all podcast players: SPOTIFY - ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://open.spotify.com/show/1Fj3eFjEoAEKF5lWQxPJyT⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ APPLE - ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/how-to-change-the-world-the-history-of-innovation/id1815282649⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ YOUTUBE - ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/@HowToChangeTheWorldPodcast⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Can't find it on your player? RSS feed - ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://feeds.acast.com/public/shows/682b3b86696b5d1232d698a8⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Find out more - www.changetheworldpod.com ------- This episode covers the premise of the show. How it will work, why you should listen, and some timeless lessons on psychology and innovation. The world's greatest minds didn't just innovate by accident. They studied the great thinkers before them and built upon their work. If you want to achieve greatness or understand whats going on around us this podcast is your guide. Chapters 00:00 Coronavirus effect - HTCW 001 - Promo 01:09 Introduction: The Dawn of Human Influence 03:31 A Journey Through Time: 10 years ago 03:52 A Century Back: The 1920s 04:19 A Millennium Ago: Medieval Times 04:40 10,000 Years Ago: The Agricultural Revolution 05:08 100,000 Years Ago: Early Human Innovation 05:21 A Million Years Ago: The First Pioneers 06:03 The Epic of Human Potential 06:20 The Plan for the Podcast 08:17 What counts as an innovation 09:40 Release Schedule 10:50 Beyond a history podcast 12:03 Why this point in history 13:43 A map is not a blueprint 15:34 Why am I doing this? 18:44 Why should you listen? 19:54 Psychology and Innovation 20:25 Bias and Hindsight 21:02 Illusion of obviousness 21:59 The Myth of Stability 23:07 Mission and sign off Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.