Ari Wallach

But when we go back to that cave that I stood in where those drawings were from 40,000, 50,000 years ago, it was these are the animals that are here. Here's when they come by. This is going back to the very beginning of our conversation. This is a time of year you should expect to see these animals in this area. And it was what Nancy Bardocki calls horticultural time versus mechanical time.

But when we go back to that cave that I stood in where those drawings were from 40,000, 50,000 years ago, it was these are the animals that are here. Here's when they come by. This is going back to the very beginning of our conversation. This is a time of year you should expect to see these animals in this area. And it was what Nancy Bardocki calls horticultural time versus mechanical time.

Because that's the way we used to think – From 40,000 years to the agricultural revolution 12,000, 10,000, 12,000 years ago to probably up until a couple hundred years ago, we didn't remember. The minute hand only existed on the analog clock starting about 200 years ago. Really? Yeah, we didn't think in minutes. We barely thought.

Because that's the way we used to think – From 40,000 years to the agricultural revolution 12,000, 10,000, 12,000 years ago to probably up until a couple hundred years ago, we didn't remember. The minute hand only existed on the analog clock starting about 200 years ago. Really? Yeah, we didn't think in minutes. We barely thought.

Because that's the way we used to think – From 40,000 years to the agricultural revolution 12,000, 10,000, 12,000 years ago to probably up until a couple hundred years ago, we didn't remember. The minute hand only existed on the analog clock starting about 200 years ago. Really? Yeah, we didn't think in minutes. We barely thought.

Look, the clock as we know it, the mechanical clock as we know it, only comes about during the Industrial Revolution. And especially then when we start to have trains, remember the transcontinental- Is it all sundial then? It was Stonehenge. It was sundial. It was seasons, right? The way we would think about the future, right? When people say, oh, Ari, you're a futurist.

Look, the clock as we know it, the mechanical clock as we know it, only comes about during the Industrial Revolution. And especially then when we start to have trains, remember the transcontinental- Is it all sundial then? It was Stonehenge. It was sundial. It was seasons, right? The way we would think about the future, right? When people say, oh, Ari, you're a futurist.

Look, the clock as we know it, the mechanical clock as we know it, only comes about during the Industrial Revolution. And especially then when we start to have trains, remember the transcontinental- Is it all sundial then? It was Stonehenge. It was sundial. It was seasons, right? The way we would think about the future, right? When people say, oh, Ari, you're a futurist.

Like this is people like you have always existed. No, the idea of the future- That is this thing out there that's going to roil over us is relatively new. Because up until a couple hundred years ago, Ari and Andy, we did exactly what our – probably what our fathers did. And our kids would do exactly what we did. There was no kind of evolution in social structure.

Like this is people like you have always existed. No, the idea of the future- That is this thing out there that's going to roil over us is relatively new. Because up until a couple hundred years ago, Ari and Andy, we did exactly what our – probably what our fathers did. And our kids would do exactly what we did. There was no kind of evolution in social structure.

Like this is people like you have always existed. No, the idea of the future- That is this thing out there that's going to roil over us is relatively new. Because up until a couple hundred years ago, Ari and Andy, we did exactly what our – probably what our fathers did. And our kids would do exactly what we did. There was no kind of evolution in social structure.

This goes back to modeling behavior, right? The number one predictor if someone's going to read the newspaper is if their parents read the newspaper.

This goes back to modeling behavior, right? The number one predictor if someone's going to read the newspaper is if their parents read the newspaper.

This goes back to modeling behavior, right? The number one predictor if someone's going to read the newspaper is if their parents read the newspaper.

Well, we can talk about that in a second, the attention part. And so – When I start answering your question about social media, I look at it as an anthropologist from Mars. That's how I go into every situation. I want to say, why is it that we're doing what we're doing? How did that come about? And how might we learn from that so that we can potentially go in a different direction if we choose?

Well, we can talk about that in a second, the attention part. And so – When I start answering your question about social media, I look at it as an anthropologist from Mars. That's how I go into every situation. I want to say, why is it that we're doing what we're doing? How did that come about? And how might we learn from that so that we can potentially go in a different direction if we choose?

Well, we can talk about that in a second, the attention part. And so – When I start answering your question about social media, I look at it as an anthropologist from Mars. That's how I go into every situation. I want to say, why is it that we're doing what we're doing? How did that come about? And how might we learn from that so that we can potentially go in a different direction if we choose?

All of storytelling is really a way of doing cultural transmission of memes, of ideas, of ways of being so that we can flourish and move forward as a species.

All of storytelling is really a way of doing cultural transmission of memes, of ideas, of ways of being so that we can flourish and move forward as a species.

All of storytelling is really a way of doing cultural transmission of memes, of ideas, of ways of being so that we can flourish and move forward as a species.