{"id":24655,"date":"2021-11-02T15:57:36","date_gmt":"2021-11-02T19:57:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=24655"},"modified":"2021-11-02T15:57:36","modified_gmt":"2021-11-02T19:57:36","slug":"new-podcast-series-explores-the-age-of-discovery-2-0","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=24655","title":{"rendered":"New podcast series explores the “Age of Discovery 2.0”"},"content":{"rendered":"

History on the Net<\/strong><\/a> debuts today a 6-episode podcast series titled Age of Discovery 2.0<\/a><\/strong>. It compares the transformative effects that the opening of the New World had on Western Civilization to the possible effects that opening space will have on Earth’s civilization.<\/p>\n

How will the Age of Discovery 2.0 change our civilization the way the first one did five centuries ago?<\/em><\/p>\n

To find the answer, History Unplugged is interviewing historians, scientists, and futurists who have spent decades researching this question by looking at the past to understand the future.<\/em><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Here is the debut episode: Episode 1: Welcome to the Age of Discovery 2.0<\/a><\/strong>:<\/p>\n

In this first episode of the series, historian and space enthusiast Scott Rank<\/a> explains how the first Age of Discovery completely altered the global balance of power, elevating Europe from a poor backwater into the globe\u2019s dominant military intellectual, and economic region. Today, with rocket launch costs dropping by orders of magnitude, we are on the verge of a second Age of Exploration equally \u2014 if not more \u2014 consequential than the one that the first.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

The Age of Discovery changed Western culture in numerous ways. It increased human freedom because it allowed Europeans to escape the Old World\u2019s rigid social hierarchy, increased wealth by increasing trade and utilizing new resources, and increased human ingenuity by forcing it to innovate and create new technologies in a challenging frontier environment. In upcoming episodes, he will interview historians and science writers (including yours truly) who will explain how we can expect more of this in the Second Age of Discovery.<\/em><\/p>\n