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How Energy Built Civilization, and Could Destroy It

How Energy Built Civilization, and Could Destroy It

The Next Big Idea Daily

March 25, 202622m 18s

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Show Notes

We've never had more power at our fingertips, yet we're constantly anxious about running out of it — in our phones, our grids, our planet. From the first fires that built civilization to the mineral supply chains fueling the next industrial era, Roland Ennos and Vince Beiser reveal that the story of human progress has always been a story about energy and the staggering costs of controlling it.

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