What can Aristotle, Plato, Prometheus, and the Greek city-states teach us about AI, innovation, and the future of human flourishing?
Alex Petkas joins the show to explore how old myths still matter in a world shaped by technology. We talk about Prometheus as the foundational myth of tech, Plato’s fear that writing would become a tool for forgetting, the real lesson of Icarus, why decentralization creates cultural power, and what it means to remain fully human in the age of AI.
TIMESTAMPS:
0:00 Intro
1:12 Aristotle on Zeal
6:32 Why “Zealot” Turned Negative
11:21 Prometheus and Technology
20:35 Innovation and Human Limits
26:04 Plato on Writing
37:08 Greece, Rome, and Networks
51:58 What Makes Us Human
58:07 Why the Future Needs History
1:15:28 Preserving Deep Literacy
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