“Building the Future: Why We Need Moonshots, Not Incremental Fixes”
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Title: Deep Future
Author: Pablos Holman
Category: Technology & Innovation, Creativity in Business, Decision-Making & Critical Thinking, AI, Data & the Future
What if we're using twentieth-century thinking to solve twenty-first-century problems? Sam and Sophie sit with that question from Pablos Holman's 'Deep Future' and why our biggest challenges demand radical, not incremental, solutions.
They walk through Holman's moonshot framework: gene drives to eliminate malaria, carbon-sucking machines for climate change, and vertical farms to reinvent food production. The pair contrast the precautionary principle with Holman's proactionary principle—taking calculated risks instead of being paralyzed by fear.
If you've ever felt that small fixes aren't enough for the scale of today's problems, this episode names the trap and offers a way out. The takeaway: the future isn't something that happens to us—it's something we build, every day, through the choices we make.
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00:00The Tyranny of the Present01:12Moonshot Thinking and Gene Drives02:20Climate and Carbon-Sucking Machines02:51Vertical Farms and Abundance03:33Takeaway: Asking 'What If?'
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