Sam Arbesman - Why Future Belongs to Curious People (Ep. 309)

Pessimism is often viewed as like a mark of sophistication. Even if you are consistently wrong, if you are consistently pessimistic, people love to hear that because it sounds like you're being very thoughtful and very serious. I call myself a rational optimist. I think that we are really good at solving things. I fully expect that we're gonna fuck a lot of stuff up, but those have to coexist together.

We need more of that. Like that we need we need that kind of thing much more like now than ever. My guest today is Sam Arbsman, who I look at as one of the most fascinating boundary walkers. Sam does not have any territory that confines him. He is interested in virtually anything and everything.

Please enjoy my conversation with Sam Arbiswood. Welcome back, Sam. And I gotta disclose you are one of my favorite conversants because we go wild places all the time. So let's start with opening the Cabinet of Wonders. Okay.

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