Anton Howes: The history of innovation - and how to get more of it

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English - February 22, 2021 07:00 - 2 hours - 180 MB - ★★★★★ - 4 ratings
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Anton Howes is a historian of innovation. He writes a newsletter on the topic, Age of Invention, and is the author of Arts and Minds (Princeton University Press, 2020), a history of the Royal Society of Arts.

In this conversation we discuss:

Where does innovation come from?The importance of "the improving mindset" in the history of economic growthWhy it feels like progress is slowing down and why that's wrong. And much more.

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