332: Byron Reese—How Humans Learned to See the Future, and You Can Too!

<div class="row-fluid-wrapper row-depth-1 row-number-6"> <div class="row-fluid"> <div class="span12 widget-span widget-type-blog_content" data-widget-type="blog_content" data-x="0" data-w="12"> <div class="blog-section"> <div class="blog-post-wrapper cell-wrapper"> <div class="section post-body"> <p style="text-align: center;"><span style= "font-size: 14pt;"><strong>Hear how telling each other stories helped us evolve</strong></span></p> <p>My audience knows how much I like to learn about early human evolution and how we continue to <a href= "https://www.simonassociates.net/culture-change/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">adapt to changing times</a>. Thanks to my former PR guru, Sarah Wilson, I was introduced to Byron Reese, who is a futurist, an author and an entrepreneur. He tends to see things through that fresh lens I always talk about. Byron’s new book (his fourth) is called, <a href= "https://www.amazon.com/Stories-Dice-Rocks-Think-Future/dp/1637741340/ref=asc_df_1637741340/?tag=hyprod-20&linkCode=df0&hvadid=598281145117&hvpos=&hvnetw=g&hvrand=15654028605071057619&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=&hvdev=c&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=9004886&hvtargid=pla-1669106884514&psc=1" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Stories, Dice, and Rocks that Think</a><a href= "https://www.amazon.com/Stories-Dice-Rocks-Think-Future/dp/1637741340/ref=asc_df_1637741340/?tag=hyprod-20&linkCode=df0&hvadid=598281145117&hvpos=&hvnetw=g&hvrand=15654028605071057619&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=&hvdev=c&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=9004886&hvtargid=pla-1669106884514&psc=1" target="_blank" rel="noopener">: How Humans Learned to See the Future—and Shape It</a>. This is a fascinating book that provides a new look at the history and destiny of humanity. Storytelling allows us to envision the future. Dice teach us about probability, which enables us to try to predict the future. And rocks that think—a reference to a computer’s CPU—enable us to build the future. Listen in!</p> <p><strong>Watch and listen to our conversation here</strong></p> <p><a href= "https://ww