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Clare FM - Podcasts
History In Focus - Clare People & Their Cows 1000 Years Ago

Clare FM - Podcasts

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 29, 2024 13:07


On Tuesday's Morning Focus, Peter O'Connell was joined by Colm Liddy, a local historian and author, to discuss Clare's deep, distant, and fascinating past. On today's show, Colm discussed how cows affected occupation and Where people lived in Clare in 1000AD. If you have any stories you would like to share with Colm about your townland you can contact him at colmliddy@eircom.net or contact Clare FM on focus@clare.fm.

JOEL 2 GENERATION PODCAST
Episode 153: Contending for the Original (Urtext) Hebrew Old Testament

JOEL 2 GENERATION PODCAST

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 13, 2023 79:30


There is arguably no greater story in Biblical and Church History that the collection, translations, canonization, and preservation (or as you shall see the attempts to corrupt the text) of the Old Testament Scriptures. Everyone is the product of a "Tradition" and we will look at some of them.The main question that is looked at is why there are differences between the Masoretic Text (MT) and the Septuagint (LXX) of the Old Testament. The New Testament writers quote the LXX 80-90% of the time and most often their quotations do NOT match what we find in our Old Testaments. Why is that? How did the MT and the LXX become different?What about the Dead Sea Scrolls (DSS) - which contained mostly Hebrew and some Aramaic Old Testament scrolls and fragments? They are more than 1000 years OLDER than the extant MT manuscripts we possess (from around 1000AD).What you will learn is that the rabbis "attempted" to corrupt/change/alter the Hebrew Bible by tampering with Messianic prophecies that clearly pointed to Jesus as their Messiah. The timing of His coming, the nature and scope of His Mission, and even His very identity.But thank to God's sovereignty and to the work of Textual Criticism, we can know what the Original Old Testament Hebrew Scriptures contained!God preserved His Word and often did so in an unusual manner. To think a translation into another language (i.e. the Greek Septuagint from nearly 300 years BEFORE Christ) reveals the original Hebrew better than the MT Hebrew text that was only canonized around AD100 (400 years later). To think that God would use the discovery of the Dead Sea Scrolls (from 1947 to 2017) to in many cases confirm that it was the LXX that reflected the Hebrew original Tanakh better than the existing Hebrew Tanakh.This evidence flies in the face of what many of us were taught in our seminaries and Bible colleges. I for one was told that the Masoretic Text (MT) that my Old Testament was based upon (I was using the NASB) was meticulously preserved and copied. The memo I got was that I could "trust" my Old Testament and that because it was translated from the MT, it was as closer to the original Hebrew than any other textual tradition could provide. This is simply a MYTH. The Septuagint and the Dead Sea Scrolls end up "correcting" the MT text in many places where the actual text of the Hebrew was modified by Rabbi Akiba and others between AD90-AD110 - close to 100 years AFTER Christ. To think we would trust unbelieving rabbis who rejected Jesus as their Messiah who were doing all they could to stop the growing Christian movement! And in this podcast, I provide a number of actual examples of where they altered and changed their Hebrew Bible from its original.Thankfully, God has preserved for us the Old Testament. And for the first time in history, a critical text of the Hebrew Old Testament is being worked on. It is called The Hebrew Bible: A Critical Edition (HBCE) which so far only has the book of Proverbs completed. We have had a critical text of our Greek New Testament now for more than 150 years. By comparing ALL of the extant Greek manuscripts, it has been estimated that we can know we have the text of the original New Testament to an accuracy of 99.5%. A critical text of the Old Testament will accomplish the same thing. Thankfully today, we have many Old Testament translations - like the ESV and NET that incorporate the LXX and the DSS and when they "correct" the MT, they will render the English accordingly. 

The Storied Recipe
Ep. 149: Mythology, History, and Irish Stew with Shauna Lawless, Author of The Children of Gods and Fighting Men

The Storied Recipe

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 15, 2023 85:43


episode 149 Mythology, History, and Irish Stew With Shauna Lawless, Author of The Children of Gods and Fighting Men Introduction When Shauna turned 30, a relative challenged her to start writing again. After setting aside the initial (quite reasonable) excuses - that she had two young children and was working full time! - she and her husband carved out just one hour every other day for her to write. Six years later, walking out of the library, my eye fell on a book in the New Releases section: The Children of Gods and Fighting Men, by Shauna Lawless. When I finished reading the novel (quickly and quite late at night!) I was hungry, not only for Shauna's second book, but also to learn more about the three great conflicts she effortlessly weaves together through compelling characters and a strong, fast-paced story line set in 1000AD. The first conflict is between the mythological Tuatha Dé Danann and Formorians, the second between the real-life, historical Nordic warriors and Kings and Queens of Ireland, battling for kingdoms, and the third between the pagan and Christian belief systems that battled for both hearts and power in Ireland. It is simply astounding to me that Shauna was able to do. I am so, so thrilled Shauna came on to talk about all of this and more - including the simple potato, beef, carrot, and onion Irish stew her father made for her and now she and her husband make for their 3 boys. This is the stew you want when you come back from hours of walking in the Mourne Mountains of Northern Ireland, where Shuana lives. It's the stew you crave when you stand on an ancient cliff and look out over the same angry sea from which the Kings and Queens of Ireland saw Nordics ships approach 1000 years ago.I'm am so excited for all you're going to learn from Shauna over the next 90 minutes, so I'll stop talking now, just as soon as I say a huge thank you to Shauna for coming on - and an equally massive thank you to YOU for being here.  Highlights 00:04:38 Wild Ireland, including the Mourne Mountains, where Shauna was born and raised00:10:02 Warm, cozy 4 ingredients Irish stew00:13:09 How Shauna's family personalizes their beef stew recipe00:20:04 The history of potatoes in Ireland, including the tragic Potato Famine00:27:00 Finding time to write.00:34:34 Writing a bestselling novel in just 4 hours a week.00:40:34 The best way to get better at writing.00:46:48 How writing what Shauna loved was the key to getting published.00:54:04 Ancient Irish mythology - the Tuatha Dé Danann vs the Formorians00:59:12 Irish history: the Celts, the Norse, and the Irish. England, Wales, Scotland, and Ireland.01:10:46 The clash and merging Pagan Mythology and Christianity01:15:01 Religion as power vs. religion as life, then and now. Listen Now Also listen on: APPLE GOOGLE SPOTIFY EMAIL This Episode's Storied Recipe Recipe shared by Shauna Lawless Crock Pot Irish Stew The Irish have made this simple, thick & hearty beef stew for 1000 years. With just 4 simple ingredients and a slow cooker (or a pot and stove!), you can make it today. How To Contact Shauna Lawless Website: https://shaunalawless.comTwitter: @shaunaLwritesInstagram: @shauna_lawless_author Where to Buy The Children of Gods of Fighting Men AmazonBarnes & Noble Related Posts Ep. 136: "What is Ancestral Eating?" Ep. 105: "A Turkey Fit for The Queen!" With Paul Kelly of Kelly Bronze Turkey About The Storied Recipe Podcast How To Listen to The Storied Recipe Podcast

The Last Action Heroes
Pathfinder (2007)

The Last Action Heroes

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 19, 2022 94:13


Action Hero: Ghost We are The Last Action Heroes, a tough talking, hard hitting movie podcast on a mission to rate the very best and worst of action cinema protagonists. This episode we settle on the moody shores of proto-North America circa 1000AD, as a horde of blood thirsty goth's…sorry…Vikings make landfall and do what Vikings do best: give out hugs and teddy bears to the locals. Wait…we got that wrong. We meant murder and pillage. The Vikings murder and pillage the local Wampanoag tribe in 2005's PATHFINDER. Luckily for them they have a secret weapon in the form of GHOST; an abandoned Viking child raised by the Native Americans to become a fearsome warrior with an emo outlook on life and a white saviour complex. Can Ghost channel the spirit of the Pathfinder and use the strength of this seemingly unstoppable force against it to save his surrogate family from annihilation? More importantly: does Ghost have what it takes to become our ultimate last action hero? Maybe…if he can figure out who he is. ---------- Twitter: @TL_ActionHeroes Instagram: @thelastactionheroespodcast

Play Along Podcast
Chrono Trigger - Ep 6

Play Along Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 20, 2022 96:32


Episode 6 of Chrono Trigger is here and this week the boys do some more timehopping! Having gotten the Dreamstone they return to 600AD to fix Masamune. Then they hop (get it?!) back to 1000AD and visit their old friend Friend, in an effort to cheer him up. From here we learn of Frog's backstory, how he became the creature he is today, and the terrible story of his basic white man name .... Find all of our socials, as well as our discord server here! https://linktr.ee/PlayAlongPodcast Episodes of this podcast go up every Tuesday at 9 am PST Intro and outro music is done by https://boqeh.bandcamp.com

Play Along Podcast
Chrono Trigger - Ep 4

Play Along Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 6, 2022 87:21


In this weeks episode of Chrono Trigger Jared, Ky, and Ben continue their journey to stop Lavos! They return to 1000AD but find themselves in a very different location; one where the monsters believe they won, and humans are shunned. They stumble across two small children guarding a legendary sword, just the sort of sword that may be able to repair an old friends' damaged ego. But those small children aren't backing down, and it seems they have some tricks up their sleeves Find all of our socials, as well as our discord server here! https://linktr.ee/PlayAlongPodcast Episodes of this podcast go up every Tuesday at 9 am PST Intro and outro music is done by https://boqeh.bandcamp.com All music for the music breaks were taken from the "Malcom Robinson Music" Youtube channel. The tracks used are: Music Break 1: Peaceful Day (Orchestral Remix) Music Break 2: Wind Scene (600 A.D.) Orchestral Remix --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

The Nonlinear Library: EA Forum Top Posts
Is Democracy a Fad? by Ben Garfinkel

The Nonlinear Library: EA Forum Top Posts

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 12, 2021 28:53


Welcome to The Nonlinear Library, where we use Text-to-Speech software to convert the best writing from the Rationalist and EA communities into audio. This is: Is Democracy a Fad?, published by Ben Garfinkel on the Effective Altruism Forum. This cross-post from my personal blog explains why I think democracy will probably recede within the next several centuries, supposing people are still around. The key points are that: (1) Up until the past couple centuries, nearly all states have been dictatorships. (2) There are many examples of system-wide social trends, including the rise of democracy in Ancient Greece, that have lasted for a couple centuries and then been reversed. (3) If certain popular theories about democratization are right, then widespread automation would negate recent economic changes that have allowed democracy to flourish. This prediction might have some implications for what people who are trying to improve the future should do today (although I'm not sure what these implications are). It might also have some implications for how we should imagine the future more broadly. For example, it might give us stronger reasons to doubt that future generations will take inclusive approaches to any consequential decisions they face.[1] Introduction There's a strange new trend that's been sweeping the world. In recent centuries, you may have noticed, it has become more and more common for people to choose their own leaders. Five thousand years after states first emerged, democracy has been taking off in a big way. The average state's level of democracy over the past two hundred years. States with sub-zero scores are more autocratic than democratic.[2] If you follow politics, then you've probably already heard a lot about democracy. Still, though, a quick definition might be useful. In a proper democracy, the state's most important figures are at least indirectly chosen through elections. A large portion of the people ruled by the state are allowed to vote, these votes are counted more-or-less accurately and more-or-less equally, and there's no truly serious funny business.[3] Proper democracies are something new. For most of the past five thousand years, dictatorship has been the standard model for states. We don't know much about the first state, Uruk, but the most common theory is that it was a theocracy ruled by a small priestly class. Monarchy emerged a bit later, spread across the broader Near East, and then stuck around in one form or another for thousands of years. Many archeologists suspect these little bowls were used to ration out grain to people doing forced labor. They are also by far the most common artifact found around Uruk, which is often taken as an ominous sign. In other parts of the world, small states with noteworthy democratic elements have emerged from time to time. Certain small states in Greece, as the most famous example, were borderline-proper democracies for a couple hundred years. However, if there was any trend at all, then the trend was toward more consistent and complete dictatorship. States with noteworthy democratic elements tended to lose these elements over time, as they either expanded or fell under the influence of larger states.[4] No sensible person living one thousand years ago would have predicted the recent democratic surge. It's natural to wonder: Will this rise in democracy last? Or will democracy turn out to be only a passing fad—something like the Ice Bucket Challenge of regime types?[5] Let's suppose, to be more specific, that one thousand years from now people and states still at least kind of exist. How surprised should we be if democracy is no more common then than it was in the year 1000AD? An Outside View One way to approach this question is to think hard about history, political science, economics, the future of technology, and all that. Another way to approach the question is just to look at the long-run trend. The trend, again, is roughly this: Democracy was very ...

The Equip Project Podcast
The Church History Series - 1800 AD - 2000 AD

The Equip Project Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 8, 2021 75:23


A five episode series on Church History from the Equip Project Podcast! The first three episodes will take history in 500-year blocks, so we'll think about the period up to the fall of Rome in 476AD, then the so-called Dark Ages up to the year 1000AD, and then we'll talk about the High Middle Ages which takes us up to the story of Columbus landing in America at the end of the 15th Century. In the final two episodes, we'll think about the reformation and the rise of evangelicalism.

The Equip Project Podcast
The Church History Series - 1500 AD - 1800 AD

The Equip Project Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 26, 2021 81:23


A five episode series on Church History from the Equip Project Podcast! The first three episodes will take history in 500-year blocks, so we'll think about the period up to the fall of Rome in 476AD, then the so-called Dark Ages up to the year 1000AD, and then we'll talk about the High Middle Ages which takes us up to the story of Columbus landing in America at the end of the 15th Century. In the final two episodes, we'll think about the reformation and the rise of evangelicalism.

The Equip Project Podcast
The Church History Series - 1000 AD - 1500 AD

The Equip Project Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 2, 2021 57:38


A five episode series on Church History from the Equip Project Podcast! The first three episodes will take history in 500-year blocks, so we'll think about the period up to the fall of Rome in 476AD, then the so-called Dark Ages up to the year 1000AD, and then we'll talk about the High Middle Ages which takes us up to the story of Columbus landing in America at the end of the 15th Century. In the final two episodes, we'll think about the reformation and the rise of evangelicalism.

The Equip Project Podcast
The Church History Series - 500 AD - 1000 AD

The Equip Project Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 27, 2021 42:37


A five episode series on Church History from the Equip Project Podcast! The first three episodes will take history in 500-year blocks, so we'll think about the period up to the fall of Rome in 476AD, then the so-called Dark Ages up to the year 1000AD, and then we'll talk about the High Middle Ages which takes us up to the story of Columbus landing in America at the end of the 15th Century. In the final two episodes, we'll think about the reformation and the rise of evangelicalism.

The Equip Project Podcast
The Church History Series - 1 AD - 500 AD

The Equip Project Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 13, 2021 37:29


A new five episode series on Church History from the Equip Project Podcast! The first three episodes will take history in 500-year blocks, so we'll think about the period up to the fall of Rome in 476AD, then the so-called Dark Ages up to the year 1000AD, and then we'll talk about the High Middle Ages which takes us up to the story of Columbus landing in America at the end of the 15th Century. In the final two episodes, we'll think about the reformation and the rise of evangelicalism.

History of South Africa podcast
Episode 6 - Mapungubwe, Great Zimbabwe, the first Sotho/Tswana and Nguni and a bit of Bartolomeu Dias

History of South Africa podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 20, 2021 18:33


As we heard last episode Mapungubwe emerged from the increased trade between central south Africa and the East Coast seaboard including ivory, skins and eventually, gold around 1000AD. Unlike areas of Africa further north and north west, slave trade did not impact this region for a number of reasons. The main is distance. Each mile further south from the main Arabian, Asian and European – then American centers of slavery meant was a threat to the survival of those unfortunate souls seized as slaves by intermediaries. So Mapungubwe and Great Zimbabwe were not crucial in the trade of humans over the centuries, their power lay in goods rather than people. We heard too how by the start of the eleventh century Mapungubwe culture had shifted from the Complex Cattle Pattern where each settlement featured a large cattle kraal in the centre – to something very different. The spatial expression of status and the greater social distance between elite and commoner was expressed through the trade and storage of valuable products that replaced cattle as items regarded as most important. While ivory had been traded for hundreds of years, gold became extremely important to the Mapungubwe people. Gold plated rhino statuettes, a bowl and scepter have been found in the grave or what we think was a royal cemetery on the Mapungubwe main settlement hilltop. In more modern Shona ethnography, the black rhino is a symbol of political power and leadership so there is some speculation that the golden rhino found in the grave pointed to an important burial site. These royal burial sites are also smothered in some thing else … thousands of gold and glass trade beads By 1000AD the first Tsotho/Tswana people and Nguni arrive - the latter following a course along the KwaZulu Natal coast.

History of South Africa podcast
Episode 6 - Mapungubwe, Great Zimbabwe, the first Sotho/Tswana and Nguni and a bit of Bartolomeu Dias

History of South Africa podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 20, 2021 18:33


As we heard last episode Mapungubwe emerged from the increased trade between central south Africa and the East Coast seaboard including ivory, skins and eventually, gold around 1000AD. Unlike areas of Africa further north and north west, slave trade did not impact this region for a number of reasons. The main is distance. Each mile further south from the main Arabian, Asian and European – then American centers of slavery meant was a threat to the survival of those unfortunate souls seized as slaves by intermediaries. So Mapungubwe and Great Zimbabwe were not crucial in the trade of humans over the centuries, their power lay in goods rather than people. We heard too how by the start of the eleventh century Mapungubwe culture had shifted from the Complex Cattle Pattern where each settlement featured a large cattle kraal in the centre – to something very different. The spatial expression of status and the greater social distance between elite and commoner was expressed through the trade and storage of valuable products that replaced cattle as items regarded as most important. While ivory had been traded for hundreds of years, gold became extremely important to the Mapungubwe people. Gold plated rhino statuettes, a bowl and scepter have been found in the grave or what we think was a royal cemetery on the Mapungubwe main settlement hilltop. In more modern Shona ethnography, the black rhino is a symbol of political power and leadership so there is some speculation that the golden rhino found in the grave pointed to an important burial site. These royal burial sites are also smothered in some thing else … thousands of gold and glass trade beads By 1000AD the first Tsotho/Tswana people and Nguni arrive - the latter following a course along the KwaZulu Natal coast.

History of South Africa podcast
Episode 6 - Mapungubwe, Great Zimbabwe, the first Sotho/Tswana and Nguni and a bit of Bartolomeu Dias

History of South Africa podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 20, 2021 18:33


As we heard last episode Mapungubwe emerged from the increased trade between central south Africa and the East Coast seaboard including ivory, skins and eventually, gold around 1000AD. Unlike areas of Africa further north and north west, slave trade did not impact this region for a number of reasons. The main is distance. Each mile further south from the main Arabian, Asian and European – then American centers of slavery meant was a threat to the survival of those unfortunate souls seized as slaves by intermediaries. So Mapungubwe and Great Zimbabwe were not crucial in the trade of humans over the centuries, their power lay in goods rather than people. We heard too how by the start of the eleventh century Mapungubwe culture had shifted from the Complex Cattle Pattern where each settlement featured a large cattle kraal in the centre – to something very different. The spatial expression of status and the greater social distance between elite and commoner was expressed through the trade and storage of valuable products that replaced cattle as items regarded as most important. While ivory had been traded for hundreds of years, gold became extremely important to the Mapungubwe people. Gold plated rhino statuettes, a bowl and scepter have been found in the grave or what we think was a royal cemetery on the Mapungubwe main settlement hilltop. In more modern Shona ethnography, the black rhino is a symbol of political power and leadership so there is some speculation that the golden rhino found in the grave pointed to an important burial site. These royal burial sites are also smothered in some thing else … thousands of gold and glass trade beads By 1000AD the first Tsotho/Tswana people and Nguni arrive - the latter following a course along the KwaZulu Natal coast.

History of South Africa podcast
Episode 6 - Mapungubwe, Great Zimbabwe, the first Sotho/Tswana and Nguni and a bit of Bartolomeu Dias

History of South Africa podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 20, 2021 18:33


As we heard last episode Mapungubwe emerged from the increased trade between central south Africa and the East Coast seaboard including ivory, skins and eventually, gold around 1000AD. Unlike areas of Africa further north and north west, slave trade did not impact this region for a number of reasons. The main is distance. Each mile further south from the main Arabian, Asian and European – then American centers of slavery meant was a threat to the survival of those unfortunate souls seized as slaves by intermediaries. So Mapungubwe and Great Zimbabwe were not crucial in the trade of humans over the centuries, their power lay in goods rather than people. We heard too how by the start of the eleventh century Mapungubwe culture had shifted from the Complex Cattle Pattern where each settlement featured a large cattle kraal in the centre – to something very different. The spatial expression of status and the greater social distance between elite and commoner was expressed through the trade and storage of valuable products that replaced cattle as items regarded as most important. While ivory had been traded for hundreds of years, gold became extremely important to the Mapungubwe people. Gold plated rhino statuettes, a bowl and scepter have been found in the grave or what we think was a royal cemetery on the Mapungubwe main settlement hilltop. In more modern Shona ethnography, the black rhino is a symbol of political power and leadership so there is some speculation that the golden rhino found in the grave pointed to an important burial site. These royal burial sites are also smothered in some thing else … thousands of gold and glass trade beads By 1000AD the first Tsotho/Tswana people and Nguni arrive - the latter following a course along the KwaZulu Natal coast.

History Happened Everywhere
THE VERDICT: Russia, 476–1000AD, Equality

History Happened Everywhere

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 18, 2021 47:10


Paul Dersley is HHE's resident Judge-Judge-Judge, and this week he reacts to Pete's episode on Equality in medieval Russia. Will his grading be fair to all? Find out now, on History Happened Everywhere: The Verdict!     Contact us:  hhepodcast.com  hhepodcast@gmail.com  instagram.com/hhepodcast  twitter.com/HHEPodcast  facebook.com/HHEPod  Reddit.com/r/hhepodcast  Youtube (https://bit.ly/39fvLQp)

History of South Africa podcast
Episode 5 - The Mapungubwe empire emerges from Indian Ocean trade networks in southern Africa

History of South Africa podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 14, 2021 23:21


The distinction between the eastern and well-watered part of the country with summer rainfall and good soils, and the more arid western region with its mainly winter rainfall is critical to understanding the spread of domesticated grains and livestock. Pastoralists who farmed cereals are called Agro-pastoralists and these people preferred the Eastern region with its higher rainfall. Sheep and later cattle herding pastoralists favoured the west initially. This is one of separation points in South African history because the western people never did manage to manufacture their own iron-implements they merely bartered these when required. They exchanged iron products from the Tswana and Sotho as well as the isiXhosa who were able to manufacture iron implements and weapons. Then cattle arrived in the Cape and it looks like these came from the north east with early Tswana and Bantu pastoralists. This migration accelerated along with the increased size of settlements around 1000 years ago. Remember by this time, people living in the latter part of the first millennium had already been trading constantly with the entrepots to the East, the Indian ocean ports, for generations. This trade intensified after 1000AD first with Swahili-speakers based along the seaboard from modern Mozambique and north along the East African coast where Arab and other merchants would ply their trade from Zanzibar – through to the Red Sea. The coastlines of East Africa as far South as Madagascar and of west Africa as far south as Sierra Leone were known to the Phoenicians, Greeks and Romans. The East African coast had a string of Hindu settlements hundreds of years before the Christian era. Until the 4th Century AD, the Sabaean kingdom of Southern Arabia controlled the east coast of Africa.

History of South Africa podcast
Episode 5 - The Mapungubwe empire emerges from Indian Ocean trade networks in southern Africa

History of South Africa podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 14, 2021 23:21


The distinction between the eastern and well-watered part of the country with summer rainfall and good soils, and the more arid western region with its mainly winter rainfall is critical to understanding the spread of domesticated grains and livestock. Pastoralists who farmed cereals are called Agro-pastoralists and these people preferred the Eastern region with its higher rainfall. Sheep and later cattle herding pastoralists favoured the west initially. This is one of separation points in South African history because the western people never did manage to manufacture their own iron-implements they merely bartered these when required. They exchanged iron products from the Tswana and Sotho as well as the isiXhosa who were able to manufacture iron implements and weapons. Then cattle arrived in the Cape and it looks like these came from the north east with early Tswana and Bantu pastoralists. This migration accelerated along with the increased size of settlements around 1000 years ago. Remember by this time, people living in the latter part of the first millennium had already been trading constantly with the entrepots to the East, the Indian ocean ports, for generations. This trade intensified after 1000AD first with Swahili-speakers based along the seaboard from modern Mozambique and north along the East African coast where Arab and other merchants would ply their trade from Zanzibar – through to the Red Sea. The coastlines of East Africa as far South as Madagascar and of west Africa as far south as Sierra Leone were known to the Phoenicians, Greeks and Romans. The East African coast had a string of Hindu settlements hundreds of years before the Christian era. Until the 4th Century AD, the Sabaean kingdom of Southern Arabia controlled the east coast of Africa.

History of South Africa podcast
Episode 5 - The Mapungubwe empire emerges from Indian Ocean trade networks in southern Africa

History of South Africa podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 14, 2021 23:21


The distinction between the eastern and well-watered part of the country with summer rainfall and good soils, and the more arid western region with its mainly winter rainfall is critical to understanding the spread of domesticated grains and livestock. Pastoralists who farmed cereals are called Agro-pastoralists and these people preferred the Eastern region with its higher rainfall. Sheep and later cattle herding pastoralists favoured the west initially. This is one of separation points in South African history because the western people never did manage to manufacture their own iron-implements they merely bartered these when required. They exchanged iron products from the Tswana and Sotho as well as the isiXhosa who were able to manufacture iron implements and weapons. Then cattle arrived in the Cape and it looks like these came from the north east with early Tswana and Bantu pastoralists. This migration accelerated along with the increased size of settlements around 1000 years ago. Remember by this time, people living in the latter part of the first millennium had already been trading constantly with the entrepots to the East, the Indian ocean ports, for generations. This trade intensified after 1000AD first with Swahili-speakers based along the seaboard from modern Mozambique and north along the East African coast where Arab and other merchants would ply their trade from Zanzibar – through to the Red Sea. The coastlines of East Africa as far South as Madagascar and of west Africa as far south as Sierra Leone were known to the Phoenicians, Greeks and Romans. The East African coast had a string of Hindu settlements hundreds of years before the Christian era. Until the 4th Century AD, the Sabaean kingdom of Southern Arabia controlled the east coast of Africa.

History of South Africa podcast
Episode 5 - The Mapungubwe empire emerges from Indian Ocean trade networks in southern Africa

History of South Africa podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 14, 2021 23:21


The distinction between the eastern and well-watered part of the country with summer rainfall and good soils, and the more arid western region with its mainly winter rainfall is critical to understanding the spread of domesticated grains and livestock. Pastoralists who farmed cereals are called Agro-pastoralists and these people preferred the Eastern region with its higher rainfall. Sheep and later cattle herding pastoralists favoured the west initially. This is one of separation points in South African history because the western people never did manage to manufacture their own iron-implements they merely bartered these when required. They exchanged iron products from the Tswana and Sotho as well as the isiXhosa who were able to manufacture iron implements and weapons. Then cattle arrived in the Cape and it looks like these came from the north east with early Tswana and Bantu pastoralists. This migration accelerated along with the increased size of settlements around 1000 years ago. Remember by this time, people living in the latter part of the first millennium had already been trading constantly with the entrepots to the East, the Indian ocean ports, for generations. This trade intensified after 1000AD first with Swahili-speakers based along the seaboard from modern Mozambique and north along the East African coast where Arab and other merchants would ply their trade from Zanzibar – through to the Red Sea. The coastlines of East Africa as far South as Madagascar and of west Africa as far south as Sierra Leone were known to the Phoenicians, Greeks and Romans. The East African coast had a string of Hindu settlements hundreds of years before the Christian era. Until the 4th Century AD, the Sabaean kingdom of Southern Arabia controlled the east coast of Africa.

History Happened Everywhere
Russia, 476–1000AD, Equality

History Happened Everywhere

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 11, 2021 78:44


Discover the birth of Russia and meet one of history's most badass women as Pete takes Ryan to investigate equality back to the Early Middle Ages.   Links:  Translation of the Russian Primary Chronicles (https://bit.ly/38cw1ip) The story of Olga – (https://bit.ly/3qcmY73) The Axe of God from A Perfect Absolution by Gorod – (https://bit.ly/386smCA) Archeaology in the area – (https://bit.ly/3bU2ECg)   Thanks: Anthem of the Russian Federation (https://youtu.be/pSdXHgxUyeY) Gorod | Sailing into the Earth (https://youtu.be/0gqKH5uTL3s) Gorod | 5,000 at the Funeral (https://youtu.be/j-COke8ZCnY)   Contact us:  hhepodcast.com  hhepodcast@gmail.com  instagram.com/hhepodcast  twitter.com/HHEPodcast  facebook.com/HHEPod  Reddit.com/r/hhepodcast

History of South Africa podcast
Episode 4 - Pottery and ivory trade between 250AD and 1000AD as farmers fan out over the coastal lowlands

History of South Africa podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 7, 2021 21:25


This is episode 4 and we're at the point where the first farmers arrived in Southern Africa 2000 years ago. AS we now know, prior to this event, there was broad cultural continuity in the hunter-gatherer groups going back another 10 000 years at least. The movement of farmers into the eastern summer rainfall areas in the first one thousand years AD took place as the climate stabilised. The ancestors of these first farmers domesticated sorghum and millet in the Sahel north of the equator and then brought their new skills southwards as they migrated. When Bantu-speaking people arrived in southern Africa they integrated at times with the local population– the San and Khoe. This is proven by the incorporation of the hunter-gatherer clicks in both Zulu and Xhosa. You don't assimilate parts of foreign languages without adopting something of the culture. We heard last episode how important pottery has been in tracking what happened and when. On the basis of the style of pottery, three separate streams of movement into South Africa have been investigated. They're known as the Phillipson's Chifumbase Complex and is the research into deposits of shards of pottery that represent migrating people traveling and living from place to place on the landscape. Two of the streams have a common origin in East Africa known as the Urewe Tradition. The least controversial of the three is called the Kwale Branch linked to two distinct phases. One was the Silverleaves which dates between 250 AD to 430AD and the second, the Mzonjani between 420AD to 580AD. The pioneer phase involving these agriculturalists was centred on the coastal plains of southern Africa and many were found in present day KwaZulu Natal particularly around the Tugela River.

History of South Africa podcast
Episode 4 - Pottery and ivory trade between 250AD and 1000AD as farmers fan out over the coastal lowlands

History of South Africa podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 7, 2021 21:25


This is episode 4 and we're at the point where the first farmers arrived in Southern Africa 2000 years ago. AS we now know, prior to this event, there was broad cultural continuity in the hunter-gatherer groups going back another 10 000 years at least. The movement of farmers into the eastern summer rainfall areas in the first one thousand years AD took place as the climate stabilised. The ancestors of these first farmers domesticated sorghum and millet in the Sahel north of the equator and then brought their new skills southwards as they migrated. When Bantu-speaking people arrived in southern Africa they integrated at times with the local population– the San and Khoe. This is proven by the incorporation of the hunter-gatherer clicks in both Zulu and Xhosa. You don't assimilate parts of foreign languages without adopting something of the culture. We heard last episode how important pottery has been in tracking what happened and when. On the basis of the style of pottery, three separate streams of movement into South Africa have been investigated. They're known as the Phillipson's Chifumbase Complex and is the research into deposits of shards of pottery that represent migrating people traveling and living from place to place on the landscape. Two of the streams have a common origin in East Africa known as the Urewe Tradition. The least controversial of the three is called the Kwale Branch linked to two distinct phases. One was the Silverleaves which dates between 250 AD to 430AD and the second, the Mzonjani between 420AD to 580AD. The pioneer phase involving these agriculturalists was centred on the coastal plains of southern Africa and many were found in present day KwaZulu Natal particularly around the Tugela River.

History of South Africa podcast
Episode 4 - Pottery and ivory trade between 250AD and 1000AD as farmers fan out over the coastal lowlands

History of South Africa podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 7, 2021 21:25


This is episode 4 and we're at the point where the first farmers arrived in Southern Africa 2000 years ago. AS we now know, prior to this event, there was broad cultural continuity in the hunter-gatherer groups going back another 10 000 years at least. The movement of farmers into the eastern summer rainfall areas in the first one thousand years AD took place as the climate stabilised. The ancestors of these first farmers domesticated sorghum and millet in the Sahel north of the equator and then brought their new skills southwards as they migrated. When Bantu-speaking people arrived in southern Africa they integrated at times with the local population– the San and Khoe. This is proven by the incorporation of the hunter-gatherer clicks in both Zulu and Xhosa. You don't assimilate parts of foreign languages without adopting something of the culture. We heard last episode how important pottery has been in tracking what happened and when. On the basis of the style of pottery, three separate streams of movement into South Africa have been investigated. They're known as the Phillipson's Chifumbase Complex and is the research into deposits of shards of pottery that represent migrating people traveling and living from place to place on the landscape. Two of the streams have a common origin in East Africa known as the Urewe Tradition. The least controversial of the three is called the Kwale Branch linked to two distinct phases. One was the Silverleaves which dates between 250 AD to 430AD and the second, the Mzonjani between 420AD to 580AD. The pioneer phase involving these agriculturalists was centred on the coastal plains of southern Africa and many were found in present day KwaZulu Natal particularly around the Tugela River.

History of South Africa podcast
Episode 4 - Pottery and ivory trade between 250AD and 1000AD as farmers fan out over the coastal lowlands

History of South Africa podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 7, 2021 21:25


This is episode 4 and we're at the point where the first farmers arrived in Southern Africa 2000 years ago. AS we now know, prior to this event, there was broad cultural continuity in the hunter-gatherer groups going back another 10 000 years at least. The movement of farmers into the eastern summer rainfall areas in the first one thousand years AD took place as the climate stabilised. The ancestors of these first farmers domesticated sorghum and millet in the Sahel north of the equator and then brought their new skills southwards as they migrated. When Bantu-speaking people arrived in southern Africa they integrated at times with the local population– the San and Khoe. This is proven by the incorporation of the hunter-gatherer clicks in both Zulu and Xhosa. You don't assimilate parts of foreign languages without adopting something of the culture. We heard last episode how important pottery has been in tracking what happened and when. On the basis of the style of pottery, three separate streams of movement into South Africa have been investigated. They're known as the Phillipson's Chifumbase Complex and is the research into deposits of shards of pottery that represent migrating people traveling and living from place to place on the landscape. Two of the streams have a common origin in East Africa known as the Urewe Tradition. The least controversial of the three is called the Kwale Branch linked to two distinct phases. One was the Silverleaves which dates between 250 AD to 430AD and the second, the Mzonjani between 420AD to 580AD. The pioneer phase involving these agriculturalists was centred on the coastal plains of southern Africa and many were found in present day KwaZulu Natal particularly around the Tugela River.

Opinion Central
EP #128: We Were Born In 1000AD

Opinion Central

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 21, 2021 54:25


Today Conner and Paul talk about internet privacy, Dogecoin, Conner wrapping himself up in his hair to look like Chewbacca, McDonald's' Pikachu happy meals, and if we would rather be able to talk to ghosts or see them.

Late Night Live - ABC RN
Madeleine Albright and the world in 1000AD

Late Night Live - ABC RN

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 15, 2020 54:07


America's first female secretary of state Madeleine Albright talks about navigating life's 'third act', and Yale historian Valerie Hansen takes us back to the year 1000 AD.

Late Night Live - ABC RN
Madeleine Albright and the world in 1000AD

Late Night Live - ABC RN

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 15, 2020 54:07


America's first female secretary of state Madeleine Albright talks about navigating life's 'third act', and Yale historian Valerie Hansen takes us back to the year 1000 AD.

Medieval!
(NEW!) Spears and Seaxes – Arms & Armour 500-1000AD #2

Medieval!

Play Episode Listen Later May 26, 2020


Get official Medieval! merch: http://www.medievalextras.com/merch For monthly premium content: http://www.patreon.com/medievalpodcast A great many weapons were used throughout the Middle Ages to inflict brutal, dismembering damage upon a person’s enemies. The Early Medieval Period was a particularly turbulent era, and it saw the political structure of Europe collapse and struggle to rebuild itself after the fall […]

Medieval!
Early Medieval Chainmail – Arms and Armour 500-1000AD #1

Medieval!

Play Episode Listen Later May 21, 2020


“Finding King Arthur: The Once and Future King” premium episode now available for $2 at http://www.medievalextras.com/finding-king-arthur. Lifetime access. Your purchase helps us make medieval history accessible! The quintessential image of a medieval knight is a gracious, horse-mounted warrior, clad in shining plate armour. It cannot be denied that this idol is spectacular, but it is […]

Crank Playthings
The Affair's Teacher

Crank Playthings

Play Episode Listen Later May 2, 2020


Crank Playthings 16200:00 - 1000AD - Kraus 03:19 - Insect I - lacking 10:04 - skaro disco - William Henry Meung  11:18 - Dehumanisation - Anti-Kati 15:43 - Swimming in a nightmare, floating in a dream - Granite 19:47 - Alone - Euthanasia Rack 23:21 - Courtesy of /u/ChaoticLint - Unionized 29:40 - Shhh... - NONONO 35:12 - He Who Is Wrapped In Purple Robes - Kelder 43:44 - WITCH HAIR 4 - Witch Hair 50:20 - isthis_(love) - untitled 53:02 - Mt Eden Countdown - TV BlueNZ Music Month 20208K

Chronica Boemorum
Chronica Boemorum Ep. 5 - Crowning Glory

Chronica Boemorum

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 28, 2019 39:37


It is the year 1000AD, and the Czech lands are now united under the rule of the Přemyslid dynasty of Bohemia. From humble origins, the Přemyslid princes have created a unitary Christian monarchy that was strong enough to preserve its autonomy and Slavic culture against both raids by warrior nomads from Hungary and repeated invasions from the Holy Roman Empire. But this is a fragile state; the country is held together not yet by a shared national identity, but merely by shared loyalty and reverence towards the ruling dynasty. What happens when this dynasty attempts to tear itself apart several times over? Join us today, as the Czech lands endure dynastic strife, are forced to take sides between the emperor and the pope in the investiture controversy, and their princes struggle to elevate themselves above their neighbours in dignity and don the royal crown.

Matter of Facts
Episode 94 - Firearm History

Matter of Facts

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 7, 2018 72:05


thttp://www.mofpodcast.com/ https://www.facebook.com/matteroffactspodcast/ https://www.facebook.com/groups/mofpodcastgroup/ www.youtube.com/user/philrab https://www.instagram.com/mofpodcast Support the show:http://www.mofpodcast.com/p/amazon-affiliate-program.html Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/mofpodcast Show Notes: n/a Phil and Andrew take a stroll through the history of firearms, starting around 1000AD with the discovery of black powder, ending with our predictions for the next major firearm advance. Intro and Outro Music by: Maxi Metal by Loyalty Freak from the Free Music Archive CC0 1.0 Universal License.

Finance & Fury Podcast
From 'puzzle' to 'map'

Finance & Fury Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 7, 2018 17:33


Welcome to the 3rd part of the intro series for Finance and Fury Today let’s start with a bit of time travel.   Picture 1500’s, London. All the guys have hipster like facial hair, accessories, the big beards, the little curly moustaches (wearing some frills instead though, maybe that’s going to be the new trend?). And women were wearing those big wire frame silhouetted dresses, trying to make their butts look bigger rather than getting implants. Times they looked very, very different but people were still doing similar things. If you really want to picture it, just think of Shakespearean times. It was around this time where modern English was starting to take form. Imagine that you’re actually now back in those times when Shakespeare is having his plays put on at The Globe Theatre. I’m sure most people have read a bit of Shakespeare or heard some of those sentences and words that are actually in there. And while it’s pretty hard to interpret the meaning of what’s actually being said we know that the words are, we know generally what the gist is - especially once we read it a few times it explains it. But, now go back a further 500 years. So, 1000 AD, London. They were speaking a totally different version of English, and we’d really have no idea what they’re saying. So, I looked up a few words from back then, and ‘danger’ (I’m not quite sure how to pronounce this, again that’s how little I know about this language) I think is said ‘béot’?? That’s how someone would cry out ‘danger’ in 1000AD. Imagine if someone cried out ‘béot!’… and we stand around looking at them weirdly while a raiding party is just riding into town. So, life would be quite difficult to operate under those conditions. Even worse, times were different - what skills do we actually have that are applicable? So, most of society was built off agriculture-based farming systems and majority of this was manual labour, so there was no power, no running water, no phones, no computers and there was a very limited amount of information of what’s actually going on in the world and all you had to work with was some very basic tools to farm some produce. And if you got dumped back then (unless you’re already quite skilled up with the farming procedures, crop rotations, everything like that) it would actually be very, very, hard for us to pick that up without being able to understand what people are saying. And that would make life very, very, difficult. That’s where we ended the last episode, trying to solve that translation problem. But it doesn’t fully answer the “why”, and that previous example just gives the answer of, “even if you can translate and someone can tell you, you still might have a hard time picking up what to do with that information”. Say for instance, business owners. They can translate their own business very well but they might not need to translate the share market, or ways of building their own financial independence outside of the company, because the company can do that for themselves. It’s important to speak the language of really what you want to do and what you’re trying to achieve. The translation theory alone here doesn’t hold because, while you can translate it, you need to know what you can actually do with it as well. And helping build that is the next step of the how we want to provide a system of financial independence. So, this got me thinking about the world of personal finance looking a bit like a jigsaw puzzle. I’m sure some people love solving puzzles and I’m sure some hate them, so let’s just say that you either want to or you actually need to complete jigsaw puzzle. But the catch is you only have a set amount of time…and you’ve got to get it done regardless of how much you enjoy it. Generally, jigsaw puzzles come in a box. There’ll be an image on the front of the finished product of what it’s meant to look like and each piece has a little identifiable image on it that you can piece together eventually. And the box may contain 6 pieces to thousands, depending on how difficult you want to make it. So, if you have a puzzle though which has no image on the box, and the pieces come, (thousands of them!) with no image, it may be a little harder to actually figure out how to finish this puzzle. And don’t forget time’s limited so the more time you spend trying to figure out what pieces go where (because you’ve got no frame of reference as far as a picture to follow) its going to take many, many, more hours/days/weeks to actually put that together than if you just had that reference picture in the first place. In reality though, what happens is that sometimes the box is missing pieces. So, if you have no picture on the box, and you aren’t sure that there’s actually the right number of pieces in there, you might not even give it a shot to solve that problem. In this analogy the image of what the picture looks like is what you want the future to look like (so, the big picture financial independence) and then the individual image on each of the pieces is the individual area of your personal finances [that] you need to build and fit together to complete that picture. But again, the issue with the real world is that it isn’t as simple as an analogy. And even trying to figure out every single piece, putting those together in order - that’s going to take a long time. And unlike the jigsaw puzzle, where you can just put in a piece, see if it fits, take it out if it doesn’t, with finances it’s much more costly to put a piece into place and realise it’s not working …because it costs time and money. So, it’s much too simple a comparison to actually work with and peoples’ pictures are different as well. And the principles (while they’re the same) life is just far, far, more complex than this. Instead of trying to give a pre-packaged jigsaw puzzle - say for instance you go to the shops and buy it on your 10th birthday and then you can set that up and just build your own financial independence - no-one is going to give that to you. Or, there’s no ability to buy your pre-set jigsaw puzzle. You’ve got to make it on your own, and that’s the beauty of the real world. While no-one’s going to show you the completed picture on your box, it’s something you get to choose. You get to choose what the picture looks like, you get to choose where each picture will fit. And it actually seems like you can work it out if you can remove more and more pieces from the picture. So, with the puzzle, if you start the puzzle with 1000 pieces it will take a while to finish, but if you can finish your puzzle with only 6 pieces then that’s probably going to be a lot easier and less time consuming to achieve. That’s where the next problem broke in for us, where the internet is wonderful, however it allows for an overexposure of information.  Because if you’ve got 1000 pieces which are on the internet that could possibly fit, where do you start? what pieces work? and how many options do you need? and which do you choose? If you google ‘shares’, there’s over 7.5 billion results for shares. Sure, google will rank the top most popular sites first, but how do you know it’s the best information? And how do you know it’s the right piece for you in the first place? Because shares might not be. And when something is seen and repeated enough it generally becomes the truth, and that’s how fads and trends occur because they create confusion among what really works and what doesn’t in how to properly build sustainable wealth. So trends are almost like the fashion industry, where investments can be ‘in season’ or ‘out of season’… so the price of them will go up a lot all of a sudden when everyone thinks, “oh, that’s the best new way to financial independence” …and then they’re out of fashion and the price goes back down and people have pegged all their hopes on that one new fashion trend. And when the price goes down, unfortunately it’s quite hard to actually recover from that… and now enters the financial biases we’ve all formed over time! They’re called heuristics. Your individual bias of your experiences through your life; positive feedback on things you’ve done, or negative feedback. The more positive feedback you get about actions you do, the more likely you are to continue those… and the more negative feedback you get the more likely you’re going to avoid those sorts of behaviours. So, you see others gaining money very ‘simply’ from following this ‘trend’ and that’s very positive - you’re more likely to jump on that trend of investment because it has very positive feedback with many people doing very well. The price has gone up a lot – “Oh! That’s great positive feedback, let’s do this!” But when you see people lose money, that’s negative feedback… so you get positive feedback from something, then negative [feedback] can kick in, and then you sell the investment or you make the opposite decision. And this programs us subconsciously over time to follow certain actions and avoid other negative feedback. Because the pain of losing money is something we really, really, want to avoid. But delaying the pain now through avoiding getting any negative feedback (so, you just don’t do anything because there might be a negative feedback) that’s actually leading to a massive negative feedback in the future. Where, if it keeps being delayed, then the negative feedback you get is realising that it’s ever, ever, closer to where you want to be…. but you’re not actually getting any closer to achieving it. So, through seeing the same message over and over broadcasted endlessly, we tend to form how we should view our own journey of financial independence. And unfortunately, the view is that it’s relatively easy and one trend will be able to solve all your problems. That’s been hardwired into us from a very, very, early time because we’re hardwired to gravitate towards the maximum reward for the least amount of effort. If you had two options where you’re going to get a million from either option, but one’s going to take you two hours to do and one’s going to take you 20 - you’re going to go for the two hours! And it’s really the best thing to understand that if you’re gravitated towards toward the maximum reward for the least amount of effort, it’s that your perceived reward that matters, not the actual underlying reward. Because you think the reward for something’s going to be better, you’re going to really go and look for the least effort-ful way to do that. And that unfortunately is a disconnect with the effort you expect. Because you expect the reward to be a certain amount but you also expect the effort as well. So, you’re anticipating these things. And when the effort that you start experiencing outweighs what you think the reward will be long track, that’s a massive disconnect. We ended up seeing that these get rich quick schemes they actually overexpose people to many, many, positive feedback before many, many, negative ones… Because apparently “others have done it” – that’s positive feedback. That’s why we got in. But now we’re not achieving our dreams, we’re not becoming financially independent… that’s more negative feedback. So, why not us? Why aren’t we achieving it? So eventually the message becomes (rather than financial independence is easy and if we do this we’ll meet it), “Oh, financial independence is impossible! It’s not achievable” and, while it’s not easy, it’s certainly possible and it’s certainly achievable. So thankfully, while the truth that it takes effort can hurt, it’s actually just too simple to really believe. Hearing the truth can be hard, to start, as promises of get rich quick schemes go and trigger into that hard-wiring of receiving the massive benefit for the least amount of effort it creates a big problem when sustaining wealth and building wealth. So, that’s actually a great importance to most people - to actually come to a conclusion where, if they do simple things over time just to build wealth rather than looking for the next best thing and jumping ships, it simplifies things. And the frustration from the very, very, first episode was simply that things are complicated, things are frustrating and annoying and that’s because there’s no simple plan to follow, to achieve, because there’s always the next best thing coming along. And the more negative experiences related to finance you have the less you are likely to believe that financial independence is achievable, because one big bad event – say, the GFC (that ruined a lot of people’s beliefs that they could actually achieve financial independence) and those negative flow on effects actually affect everyone in society because everyone sees those stories. And it’s very, very hard after you get knocked down so severely to actually get back up especially if you keep getting knocked back down there’s only so many times you can get back up. But why does this seem to still occur? Why do these negative feedback, or positive and then negative, still happen in society? What if we could somehow turn the puzzle analogy into a map, where the map will show the destination of where you want to go and depending on what that destination is you can follow a certain root to get you there. So, most of the work is really just creating a picture of the map - what it looks like at the end. And then, depending on that there’s going to be pretty clear, self-evident root to take, simply over time, to get you there. It would help to remove redundant pieces as well from the puzzle because again the puzzle analogy you’ve got 1000 pieces you might only need 6. So, if you have a target in mind then this is really what the picture of financial independence looks like, it’s the destination at the end of the map. However, you still have finite resources and time to get there. And, what happens if you don’t? So, this is where defining our own limits of potential when it comes to unlimited wants is really important because without that cap it’s probably going to be very, very, hard to get a picture in mind when there’s an unlimited want involved in that picture – if you can’t buy a private island, why even try, right? That’s the eventual flow on effect of always wanting more with our unlimited wants, where if you can’t get that private island, what’s the point? So, the only purpose of having a map is to take you to your destination and if everyone has a different destination in mind …then everyone will take different roots. And even with a GPS though, people get lost. So, you have a map, even today with technology that will track you around, people get lost. We understood, based around this, that a map alone won’t cut it. It’s not as simple as just following a map to reach financial independence because like every journey, you know what the outcome is you know what the destination is, but you can’t tell what’s going to happen along the way. And that’s summarised nicely by David Hume with what’s now called the “Is-Ought” problem, or Hume’s Law. He was a Scottish philosopher who started thinking about this very concept where there’s a significant difference between what we think ought to be, based around our own biases, of observation, of what we think should happen in society vs what IS. It’s a realisation or just the relation of having an idea about something, but the matter of fact and experience of it will be very, very, different. So, this was developed into Hume’s Fork - knowing what ought to be with your financial independence doesn’t mean that it will become an IS. Unless you actually have a proper [idea] (not ought) in mind, but what you’re going to do to get to the IS, the problem will still be there. So, we can take this Hume’s Law and really help implement it, to stop getting lost on the map, and figure out how to get to the IS best. And this is what we’ll be covering for the next episode…so I hope you enjoyed it …and I’ll see you next time.