"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:
- Set the tone for the podcast
- Explain what the show is and isn't
- Learn how we are going to navigate this journey
- Answer who the hell is this 'Sam Harris' (the host)
- Explain our 7 principles for exploring history and innovation
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 to document the most important inventions in history in chronological order. We hope you join us for the ride to learn how the world changes.
It is written, recorded, re-recorded, rewritten and re-re-recorded entirely by Sam Webster Harris.
(He also makes the music.)
Find out more or contact the show - ChangeTheWorldPod.com
Designs were crafted by Francisca Correia (Available to hire)
Podcast strategy from Jeremy Enns (Available to hire)
CHAPTERS:
00:00 Introduction: The Dawn of Human Influence
02:21 A Journey Through Time
05:14 The Plan for the Podcast
07:11 What counts as an innovation
08:08 Release Schedule
09:08 Beyond a history podcast
10:03 A map is not a blueprint
11:35 Why am i doing this?
14:27 Why should you listen?
15:36 The Myth of Stability
16:31 7 Core Principles of the Show
16:40 #1 - Interdisciplinary Thinking
17:23 #2 - Systems Thinking
18:02 #3 - Understanding of knowledge
18:45 #4 - Context
19:50 #5 - No current affairs and politics
20:48 #6 - Side Quests
21:56 #7 - Optimism
22:59 Mission and sign off
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