Chad Blake

The Literate Caveman

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The Literate Caveman is a podcast that explores the idea that humans have already figured a lot of things out- but at some point we got very inefficient at passing the torch from one generation to the next.  If we insist on continually reinventing the wheel we will just end up spinning that same wheel around and around and each following generation will feel really special about themselves because they spin the wheel their own special way.  Examining knowledge gained from others failures and successes shortens our own learning curve.  To that purpose, this podcast mostly focuses on books that...

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Author

Chad Blake

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Arts

Podcast website

www.buzzsprout.com

Latest episode

Jul 3, 2024

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Episodes

The Logic of Failure by Dietrich Dorner, Comparing Research to Real Life Events 14.07.2023

In today's episode of The Literate Caveman we are continuing our review of The Logic of Failure by Dietrich Dorner.  We are going to discuss two of the experiments Dorner conducted and see how he compares those to the reactor meltdown in Chernobyl Ukraine, on April 26, 1986. 

The Logic of Failure by Dietrich Dorner, Introduction 07.07.2023

In today's episode of The Literate Caveman, we are introducing The Logic of Failure, a fascinating text written by German researcher Dietrich Dorner, and published in 1997.  The book explores the author's research at the University of Bamberg in Germany, providing detailed examples of how people interact with complex problems, and helping the reader to formulate practical strategies to d...

The Four Loves by C.S. Lewis: Charity 29.06.2023

In today's episode of the Literate Caveman, we wrap up our review of The Four Loves by C.S Lewis.  This episode focuses on Charity, the final chapter of the book 

The Four Loves by C.S. Lewis; Eros 23.06.2023

In todays episode of the Literate Caveman, we continue our review of C.S. Lewis' book, The Four Loves, with a discussion of the chapter on Eros, or erotic love 

The Four Loves by C.S. Lewis: Friendship 16.06.2023

Today's episode of the Literate Caveman continues our review of C.S. Lewis' book the Four Loves.  Friendship, the forgotten love, is the topic.  

The Four Loves by C.S. Lewis; Affection 09.06.2023

It today's episode of The Literate Caveman, we are continuing our review of The Four Loves, by C.S. Lewis.  The premise of the book is that in Greek, there are four different, distinct words for love, with implications that are sometimes quite different and sometimes overlap.  Today we are discussing the chapter on Affection, called Storge in the original Greek.  

The Four Loves by C.S. Lewis, an Introduction 02.06.2023

This first episode of The Literate Caveman introduces The Four Loves by C.S. Lewis.  The premise of the book is that in English people tend to use the words 'like' and 'love' interchangeably, and often incorrectly.  In Greek however, there are at least four different words for love, and they all have different, more precise meanings.  This episodes outlines this, as well as int...

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