Is There a Model for Ethical Conversations Around Innovation?

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The ancient greeks were very conscious of the need for bounds. And they talk about it a lot. Things have to be done within due bounds. This is what lord arte say, don't stray beyond those bounds. The cosmos has to be an ordered place. If it's unbalanced, if it's disordered, things are going to come back on individuals. So i think that's, that's somethingawe should bear. Increasingly, we need to try and keep a firm view on what is ethically right"

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.