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Modern Wisdom

#539 - Sam Tatam - Evolutionary Ideas For Modern Problems

Modern Wisdom

Chris Williamson

Society & Culture, Health & Fitness

4.74.6K Ratings

🗓️ 15 October 2022

⏱️ 73 minutes

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Summary

Sam Tatam is the Head of Behavioural Science at Ogilvy Growth & Innovation and an author.

When it comes to solving modern problems, it turns out that evolution might have a lot of the answers. Rather than revolutionary ideas, evolutionary ideas and solutions that already exist in the animal kingdom can help us with all manner of challenges.

Expect to learn how the wings of an owl helped fix problems in the bullet train, how the ears of a hare assist wind turbines, why Google Glass failed, how come Airline Tickets are so confusing, why all my rich friends drink sparkling water, how companies can aid customer decision without limiting choice and much more...

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0:00.0

Hello, everybody. Welcome back to the show. My guest today is Sam Tatum. He's the head of behavioral science at Ogilvy Growth and Innovation and an author.

0:10.5

When it comes to solving modern problems, it turns out that evolution might have a lot of the answers already,

0:17.2

rather than revolutionary ideas, evolutionary ideas and solutions that already exist in the animal kingdom can help us with all manner of challenges.

0:26.0

Expect to learn how the wings of an owl helped fix problems with the bullet train, how the ears of a hare assist wind turbines, why Google Glass failed, how come airline tickets are so confusing, why all of my rich friends drink sparkling water, how companies can aid customer decisions without limiting choice, and much more.

0:47.0

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I thank you very much.

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