Seth Godin — Life, the Internet, and Everything
On Being with Krista Tippett
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The Industrial Revolution Paid This Magical Dividend
The things that used to make us feel safe are, in fact, now risky. The promise of the industrial age was we said to people whose parents or grandparents were poor, do this and we will make you rich,. And it's safe, and school will support you, and society will support you. We replaced this with a new order, a new way of doing business where we're saying those ideas we used to play with are more important than ever. That cog like obedience that we taught you in second grade and fifth grade and tenth grade, that stuff we don't think is valuable any more.
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