In this episode we unpack British Mathematician and Biologist Jacob Bronowski’s 1973 essay “The Long Childhood” from his 1973 documentary series “The Ascent of Man.”
This essay explores...
-Why it is humans who ride horses and not the other way around
-Why Traditional civilizations revered the adult and Modern Western civilization reveres the child
-Why all Utopias are destined to fail
Link to Video
<a href="https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x20p9h4">"The Long Childhood" from The Ascent of Man by Jacob Bronowski</a>
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Host: Zach Stehura <a href="//www.unpackingideas.com">UnpackingIdeas.com</a>
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