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How To Change The World: The History & Future of Innovation

How To Change The World: The History & Future of InnovationAt a time when we're often doom scrolling despairing about humanity, this new fortnightly podcast looks at the times where we have triumphed and pushed through. 

In each episode writer, biologist and entrepreneur Sam Webster Harris looks at a different human innovation and explores how it has shaped human civilisation, highlighting that if we want to change the future, it is worth looking back at our own past.

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