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Why Futurists Don’t Need to Know the Future (w/ “Flash Forward” Host Rose Eveleth)

17 Mar 2021

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Rose Eveleth — writer, producer, and “Flash Forward” podcast host — explains why futurists don’t need to know the future. Then, you’ll learn about the oldest examples of money ever discovered.Additional resources from Rose Eveleth:Rose's website: http://roseveleth.com/Flash Forward podcast: https://www.flashforwardpod.com/Flash Forward Presents: https://www.ffwdpresents.com/Follow Rose on Twitter: https://twitter.com/rosevelethMoney may have been invented as long as 5,000 years ago by Grant CurrinWells, S. (2021, January 20). When was money invented? Bronze Age study has the answer. Inverse; Inverse. https://www.inverse.com/science/origins-of-moneyKuijpers, M. H. G., & Popa, C. N. (2021). The origins of money: Calculation of similarity indexes demonstrates the earliest development of commodity money in prehistoric Central Europe. PLOS ONE, 16(1), e0240462. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0240462Subscribe to Curiosity Daily to learn something new every day with Cody Gough and Ashley Hamer. You can also listen to our podcast as part of your Alexa Flash Briefing; Amazon smart speakers users, click/tap “enable” here: https://www.amazon.com/Curiosity-com-Curiosity-Daily-from/dp/B07CP17DJY Find episode transcript here: https://curiosity-daily-4e53644e.simplecast.com/episodes/why-futurists-dont-need-to-know-the-future-w-flash-forward-host-rose-eveleth Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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