2633: The Town that Ate its Seed Corn: EVERYTHING Compounds

LifeBlood: There was once a prosperous farming town with a peculiar tradition: every harvest, they took some of their very best corn and locked it away.They called it seed corn.Then someone asked a perfectly reasonable question: Why are we keeping perfectly good food in a barn when people could eat it today?So they ate some. Nothing bad happened. In fact, things got better.Until decades later, when the town found itself facing a mysterious shortage no expert could quite explain.This episode explores compounding, second and third-order consequences, our preference for the present, and one of the most difficult questions any civilization must answer:What do we owe the future?Want to say “Thanks!” You can buy us a cup of coffee.https://www.buymeacoffee.com/lifebloodGeorge’s newest book is available! Get your copy of You’re Money Isn’t the Problem- You Are here: https://amzn.to/4uDYFRz Feeling busy but unfulfilled? The Meaningful Few helps you identify what truly matters, eliminate distractions, and live with intention and clarity. Learn more here: https://www.mymeaningfulfew.com/ Thanks, as always for listening! If you got some value and enjoyed the show, please leave us a review here:​​https://ratethispodcast.com/lifebloodpodcastYou can learn more about us at LifeBlood.Live, Twitter, LinkedIn, Instagram, YouTube and Facebook or you’d like to be a guest on the show, contact us at contact@LifeBlood.Live. Stay up to date by getting our monthly updates.Copyright LifeBlood 2026.