Living In History: Appreciating The Moment & Identifying The Trends That Matter

Are there any current trends that will impact history as much as 9/11, COVID, social media or the iPhone?

In Episode #314 of 'Musings' Juan and I discuss: how this topic could be easy to confuse, how history is quite subjective, what type of moments matter to an individual, why current hot topics aren't necessarily historical events, the practical benefit of appreciating the moment, making predictions will necessary involve failure and why Juan didn't particularly like this framework for thinking.

A big thanks to Joey Broad Shoulders, Petar the Wise Old Man, Oscar Merry & floydianslips for supporting the show. Their names will go down in history!

As always, we hope you enjoy. Mere Mortals out!

Timeline:
(0:00) - New intro
(0:33) - Living IN History, not Living History
(3:56) - Is right now the foundational moment of the Mere Mortals?
(6:37) - A useless Top 10 Moments list
(12:25) - Events occurring right now that won't actually be historical
(18:37) - Can you actually appreciate the moment?
(21:30) - Making predictions and being wrong
(24:29) - Chat comments
(26:00) - Boostagram Lounge
(35:24) - Juan doesn't connect with this concept
(41:15) - A practical reason why this concept could be useful
(46:07) - Sum Up
(50:34) - Value for Value prompt


Intro Music by 'Signs Of New Growth':
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