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Podcast: thinkfuture: technology, philosophy and the future
Episode: 282 EXTRA We are Afraid to Forge Our Future. Let's Stop Holding Ourselves Back
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Why are we in this innovation "rut"?
Its safety over innovation
From the 1880s to 1950s where there was so much innovation going on - it was crazy
Since then, we've hardly invented anything
We are so concerned about hurting ourselves that we are holding ourselves back
Look at the invention of the car and the plane. People used to be willing to be hurt or die in the pursuit of innovation. Now we don't
Every disaster pushes us back so far. Why can't we just mo...