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When life was literally full of crap

Dec 21, 2020

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When life was literally full of crap

If you want a single, vivid, and frankly disgusting example to hold in mind to remember how much our lives have improved over the last ~150 years…

Consider shit.

Literally, excrement. How much previous generations had to think about it, be around it, even handle it:

https://rootsofprogress.org/when-life-was-literally-full-of-crap

Interview: Metamuse with Adam Wiggins and Mark McGranaghan

I was interviewed by Adam Wiggins and Mark McGranaghan for the Metamuse podcast. I enjoyed the conversation; we went in depth on topics including:

mRNA vaccines, flying cars, and diamond towers
The Victorian-era concept of Progress
Funding contrarian ideas
Why we need hubris

Listen to the episode.

See all my talks and interviews here.