Innovation in the Modern World

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The value system of the ancient greeks didn't see objects and material wealth as being something to aim for in that way. The modern industrial, military industrial comflex or whater it is compete to innovate. And we know that competition drives all kinds of novelty. So i can't suppose that there wasn't some kind of competition, say, between vase makers. We aren't told about it, but we have occasional vases, including one which says, euphronius never did this, written on a vase.

Armand D’Angour is a professor of classics at the University of Oxford and the author of several books including Socrates in Love and his latest, How To Innovate. In this episode we discuss:- The 3 different types of innovation and how to use them to your advantage - How the Greeks thought about change and what we can learn from them- The relationship between innovation and ethicsWe also cover the true story behind Archimedes’ famous “Eureka!” moment and Aristotle’s thoughts on political innovation.