How agriculture ruined business before business even started

A common narrative is the following: before the industrial revolution, farming was pretty idyllic. In your mind, there might be images of green family-owned farmland with a couple of cows and lots of perfectly healthy vegetables and crops (Heidi comes to mind). Then big business came along, introduced industrial farming …

The spiky, spiky creature – how evolution can teach us about creativity

In episode 304 of the “Mixed Mental Arts” Podcast, they discuss (among other cool stuff) the Cambrian explosion and how it relates to innovation, and I loved how they framed evolution as a context for innovation and creativity. During the Cambrian explosion, most modern body plans (you know, four legs, …