Build For Tomorrow

By Jason Feifer

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Subscribers: 942
Reviews: 9
Episodes: 62


 Feb 15, 2022

Harold
 Feb 26, 2021
Ugh! I like the concept and content of this podcast, but I just can't listen to that shrill, overly dramatic host anymore. Dial it back a little, dude.

Natalie
 Oct 24, 2020
It's reassuring to know it's all happened before. On the other hand, it's hard to get past the fact that the show is sponsored by the Koch Foundation. I mean, really?

Changed the way I think
 Sep 15, 2020
This show has made me feel so optimistic about the future... which feels like a crazy thing to say these days.


 May 8, 2020

Description

Want to take control of the future? In each episode of this podcast, Entrepreneur magazine editor in chief Jason Feifer takes something that seems concerning or confusing today, and then learns its surprising history, what important things we’re missing, and the solutions that can make us smarter and better. (The show was previously called Pessimists Archive.)

Episode Date
My New Podcast
Mar 14, 2023
The Greatest Myth About Learning
Feb 23, 2023
What People of 1923 Predicted About 2023
Dec 29, 2022
The Best Ways to Use a Crisis
Nov 30, 2022
How to Stop Obsessing Over “What If…?”
Oct 27, 2022
How to See Gain, Where Others See Loss
Sep 29, 2022
Why “Nobody Wants to Work Anymore” is BS
Aug 25, 2022
To Save Barbie, They Had to Change Her
Jul 28, 2022
Teddy Bears Are History’s Most Subversive Toy (Classic)
Jun 30, 2022
All the Fun Facts You Have Wrong!
May 26, 2022
The Four-Day Workweek Is Here
Apr 28, 2022
Real Ways to Predict the Future
Mar 31, 2022
The Climate Problem We Can Solve Now
Feb 24, 2022
Why People Can’t Write, and How To Fix That
Jan 27, 2022
We Can Make Politics Smarter
Dec 27, 2021
The Case for Sex Robots
Nov 25, 2021
This Episode Will Change Your Brain
Oct 28, 2021
Simple Pleasures Aren’t Simple (See: Knitting)
Sep 30, 2021
The Not-Boring Truth About Boredom
Aug 26, 2021
Yes, Talk to Strangers!
Jul 30, 2021
How to Create Better Memories
Jun 24, 2021
You Are Not “Addicted” To Technology
May 27, 2021
How To Live Like Ancient Royalty
Apr 29, 2021
Everyone Is Wrong About Participation Trophies
Mar 25, 2021
The Surprising Importance of To-Go Cocktails
Feb 25, 2021
When Exactly Were "The Good Old Days"?
Jan 28, 2021
Did Pessimists Archive Change Its Name? Yes!
Jan 27, 2021
Do We Lose Skills Because of Technology?
Dec 28, 2020
How to Communicate With the Future
Nov 26, 2020
The Most Important Podcast of Our Lifetime!
Oct 29, 2020
224 Years of Election Hacking
Sep 24, 2020
Your Fork Is A Sign That You Think For Yourself
Aug 27, 2020
Why New Technology Always Seems Scary
Jul 30, 2020
The Mystery of the Shared Earbuds
Jun 25, 2020
Why We Hate Being Told What To Do
May 28, 2020
The Good That Comes From A Pandemic
Apr 30, 2020
How Natural Is "Natural"?
Mar 26, 2020
Why We Really Celebrate Our Birthdays
Feb 27, 2020
Can Tech Physically Change Your Face?
Jan 23, 2020
Teddy Bears Are History's Most Subversive Toy
Dec 05, 2019
You're Vain and That's OK!
Oct 24, 2019
Should Roads Be For Cars?
Sep 12, 2019
The Man Who Nearly Destroyed Comic Books
Jul 25, 2019
How the Elevator Shaped Our World
Jun 20, 2019
There's Nothing Wrong With Kids These Days
May 15, 2019
Every New Dance Used To Be Scandalous
Apr 22, 2019
The Scandalous Internet of the 1800s
Mar 07, 2019
Shop Local? Be Thankful for Chain Stores
Feb 08, 2019
When Novels Were A "Bad Influence"
Oct 15, 2018
Overcoming Our Fear of the Underground
Aug 06, 2018
Margarine: A Cautionary Tale of Stupid Laws
Jun 18, 2018
Even Thomas Edison Got Things Wrong
Apr 09, 2018
Corrupting the Youth With Pinball
Jan 27, 2018
Coffee: The Original Controversial Drug
Nov 20, 2017
Where the Anti-Vax Movement Came From
Sep 09, 2017
Why Games Like Chess Are Threatening
Jul 20, 2017
Bicycles Were A Misogynist's Nightmare
Jun 08, 2017
The British Used to Hate Umbrellas
Apr 11, 2017
The First Self-Driving Car Was A Horse
Mar 02, 2017
The Day the Music Died (And Was Reborn)
Jan 09, 2017
When Exactly Were "The Good Old Days"?
Nov 13, 2016
Wearing A Walkman Was Illegal
Sep 12, 2016