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The James Altucher Show

581 - How to Innovate in Hard Times with Jason Feifer

The James Altucher Show

James Altucher

Society & Culture, Talk Radio, Writer, Philosophy, Comedy, Chess, How To, Entrepreneurship, Jay, James, The James Altucher Show, Altucher, Author, Jay Yow, Education, Jay The Engineer, Business, James Altucher

4.62.7K Ratings

🗓️ 30 April 2020

⏱️ 91 minutes

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Summary

Jason Feifer is the Editor in Chief of Entrepreneur Magazine and the host of “Pessimists Archive,” a podcast that shows you why people resist innovation. And how they come around. It also reveals where true innovation comes from. And not surprisingly, coronavirus is an example. Plus we also go through a ton of historical examples of innovation. To learn by example. I write about all my podcasts! Check out the full post and learn what I learned at jamesaltucher.com/podcast. Thanks so much for listening! If you like this episode, please subscribe to “The James Altucher Show” and rate and review wherever you get your podcasts: Apple Podcasts Stitcher iHeart Radio Spotify Follow me on Social Media: YouTube Twitter Facebook Linkedin Instagram

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0:00.0

This isn't your average business podcast and he's not your average host.

0:06.6

This is the James Altiger Show.

0:12.6

Today on the James Altiger Show.

0:15.6

This is the literal history of innovation and progress globally is that new things create

0:23.0

more new things.

0:24.2

In a way that is logical when you look back on it, there's a kind of zigzag logic to it

0:30.0

and it's really, really hard to see that stuff.

0:33.1

Right.

0:34.1

It's the living with uncertainty we start with, which you need to do.

0:37.6

You need this as there's always that river of uncertainty.

0:40.7

You need to wade through to get to the other side.

0:43.4

Boom, poetic description.

0:44.9

It was very nice.

0:47.5

And so the question is, I think for for an event, how can you communicate the game?

0:52.9

How can you show people the game instead of saying, trust us, there is game.

0:57.3

And so how do we wrestle with?

1:00.0

This is the thing that I find really interesting.

1:01.6

How do we wrestle with the good that comes from terrible?

1:07.2

Because this is ultimately the story of innovation.

1:10.4

I mean, the black death and coronavirus to, you know, a lesser but still significant

1:14.6

extent is a story of something new and disruptive coming along.

1:19.9

And causing pain, but in the end causing a lot of innovation and progress.

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