Innovation and the Older Generation

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i think people are underestimating the changes that we'll see in medicine and genomics. We're going to probably have things like designer babies, and there's going to be a massive society will pushback against that. And i think just our ability to understand what it is that drives good mental health outcomes for people has not been explored enough. It seems that pumping pharmicological solutions into people isn't the only answer.

What do airplanes, railroads, and jazz music have in common? They were all innovations that people feared.

In fact, if you look into any key technology shift from the past, you'll find a wealth of fear, uncertainty, and doubt surrounding it. And while this shouldn't be surprising, we can still learn from the skeptics of the past.

We can learn just how difficult it is to predict what's to come and look toward our future with a humble perspective, an acceptance that we probably will get it wrong again.

In this episode, Calvin and Steph talk through how people viewed inventions seemingly as innocuous as the bicycle or teddy bear, what we can learn from these stories, and how to stay open minded and capitalize on opportunities as technology takes us into the future.