ABOUT THIS EPISODE
This episode I do a bit of a recap of the season and also discuss the 4 dimensions of Technology Space-Time
- Decades of delevlopment and regulatory domestication
- Technology and culture
- Space (geography (if it is stuff it happens somewhere)
- Socio-economic systems and discuss a recent interview between Nobel Prize winner in economics Daron Acemoglu and Fortune magazine.
References not specifically mention in the episode include:
23/06/2026, 12:27 A brief history of car safety innovations - Classics World https://classicsworld.co.uk/history/a-brief-history-of-car-safety-innovations/ 10/16
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/jun/24/elon-musk-trillionaire-spacex
https://fortune.com/2026/06/21/nobel-laureate-daron-acemoglu-ai-productivity-capitalism-democracy/
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