Understanding the past can help you shape the future. In the Victorian era technological innovation created massive new wealth, but it was concentrated in the hands of the few. Can we change things NOW to avoid the same desperate poverty most Victorians lived and died in?JOIN OUR PATREONGET MERCH –––––––––What I talk about in this episode:(00:00) Intro(01:50) Ghosts of Christmas Past(06:00) Technology may not fix our problems(09:20) History shows us change is possible(13:10) Christmas Present: where are we now?(20:45) Desperation for change(22:09) The future
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