There is a consensus forming that we’ve entered the Anthropocene, a new geological age shaped by humanity’s impact on the planet. While our accumulated knowledge has allowed us to achieve incredible feats, science and technology have also caused irreversible damage to the environment around us.
In this episode, historian of science Jürgen Renn and biologist Manfred Laubichler discuss their work in trying to understand the structures of cultural evolution that brought us to this point, what the field of historiography can learn from evolutionary theory, and how their joint efforts eventually led to Professor Renn’s recent book.
“The Evolution of Knowledge” is a podcast created by SISSA-ILAS and the Max Planck Institute for the History of Science. Written and produced by Diego Visintin, Sophia Grew and Lorenzo Carta. Music by Gregor Quendel.
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