The Problem with the Solution

Invisibilia

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🗓️ 1 July 2016

⏱️ 59 minutes

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In this episode we find that the solution can be the problem. The hour begins with a charming couple from Utah who stumble across a clever fix to their clogged drain problem one day while they are showering together. For them, the impulse to fix the problem leads to a happy adventure into the world of patenting and manufacturing a new product. From there, the hour takes a turn to explore how this very same impulse to fix a problem — the impulse that has led the human species to invent telephones and bicycles and rocket ships — has surprising consequences when it comes to the problem of mental illness.

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0:00.0	So let's begin today with the American Dream.
0:03.8	Achieved.
0:07.4	Gifford Briggs had found himself a beautiful wife.
0:10.0	My name is Jennifer Briggs, a beautiful home, a great job.
0:13.7	I work in construction.
0:15.0	And then they had a daughter.
0:16.7	Hi, my name is Mackenzie.
0:17.9	And another daughter.
0:19.3	I am Morgan.
0:20.2	And another daughter.
0:21.2	I am Berlin.
0:22.0	And another daughter.
0:23.5	I am Grace.
0:24.2	And hello.
0:25.4	Another daughter.
0:26.4	I am Marnie.
0:27.3	So we kind of figured we better stop
0:29.3	because we're just going to continue to have girls.
0:31.6	I had it more than I can handle it.
0:33.4	Trust me.
0:34.3	But he loved it.
0:35.2	Their house was full of laughter, big piles, everything
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