Curiosity Continuum

Good life advice: Brian does a quick phone interview with his octogenarian mother-in-law, Sherry Hughey, on the Great Depression and life skills in how to survive through tough times.

What guides YOU through change? What do you grieve during it? What do you look forward to in the future?

They are not real, but they influenced you more than you know. What cartoons did you watch when you were young? What characters inspired you as a person?

How do your preferences change in light of shifting context? How do your priorities affect your preferences?

How does the macro view of all this help us create?

Why don't we take the time to assess and care for yourself unless forced to do so by circumstance? It's never too late to start somewhere, right now.

Celebrate the first 52 weeks of Curiosity Continuum as Josh and Brian reflect on what has taken shape over the last year, give some practical tie-ins, and look to the future of where the next 52 will take us.

Do you rely on a position to afford you power over others? Do you give place to over-influence from those in power in places they do not belong? 

Safety: Is there such a thing? Risk: Can we ever really eliminate it? What is stopping YOU from doing something you know you should?

Understanding change and progress requires us to understand the starting context for the change. If we can layer our thinking like color gels in a light rig, we will begin to see things clearly and with better understanding.

Here’s the article Josh references in the show regarding theories why stars disappear.

https://www.popsci.com/story/space/100-stars-have-disappeared/

In this special edition, we interview CC Intrepid listener, Tyler Dostie. Tyler loves growing food and getting out into the analog world in a digital age. He shares his personal experience and knowledge with us in Josh and Brian's first ever "on the scene" segment that shares practical tips with you, the intrepid listener.

Tyler plants additional content on his YouTube channel: Hands Tied Tyler

Beginning reading that Tyler recommends : Folks This Ain't Normal

It’s easy to unify around destruction. It’s another thing entirely to work together and build something meaningful. 

The Child, aka Baby Yoda, has become a cultural sensation. Let’s discuss how we arrived here and why it impacted us the way it did, whether we are Star Wars fans or not. 

Music stirs deep places within us. It helps us re-live a moment, get lost in a moment, and help us dream. How do you think of music, and how does it fit into your life?

When disaster “suddenly” hits, like the 2008 recession, how many people didn’t see it coming because they didn’t WANT to see it coming? 

In an increasingly virtual world, some things work better when you are physically in the room with somebody. Do you like sharing space with one another?

Our first two-part episode! In Part 2, the guys talk about how a game is really an interactive story, and riff on how basic strategies apply into our daily lives. We ourselves are playing games all the time, whether we realize it or not. It's all just a game...

Related episodes:

Part 1 of this Episode:

https://podcast.curiositycontinuum.com/e/the-constructs-of-gaming-part-1/

The Lessons of Zelda

https://podcast.curiositycontinuum.com/e/the-lessons-of-zelda/

Saving the Princess (?)

https://podcast.curiositycontinuum.com/e/saving-the-princess/

Our first two-part episode! A riff on one out most popular episodes, we talk about how video games work. In Part 1, Josh gives a flyover history of how video games came to be today and begins to touch on how game strategy affects daily life. Isn't everything just a big game?

Related episodes:

The Lessons of Zelda

https://podcast.curiositycontinuum.com/e/the-lessons-of-zelda/

Saving the Princess (?)

https://podcast.curiositycontinuum.com/e/saving-the-princess/

First impressions matter. But, do our base set of assumptions about people need to be examined?

Change will happen. How do you prepare for it? Do you only embrace change when forced?

Still going, until it does not. They don't make them like they used to. But, why? Do you think new fangled is better than old fashioned? Why have we lost sight of our durable analog roots to the latest innovations that affect our lives?

References:

Check out the website for the Centennial Light Bulb, the world's longest burning light bulb.

https://www.centennialbulb.org/

Colleges and workplaces both say critical thinking skills are lacking in people. What’s the disconnect?

Our cities are aging - by population, infrastructure, services, and accessibility. What does this mean for the quality of life, at any age?

What in your collection of things sparks joy? What should you get rid of that has become a burden? What memories does this stir in you?

When it comes to help, are we humble enough to ask for it? And, are we in the mindset to offer it?

Many employers and schools target specific skills for jobs. But what about the people who can understand how things fit together, not just how each piece should function? This meta layer is where the Generalist lives, and they are always asking questions that makes their creativity thrive.