Walls throughout History: An Interview with Professor David Frye

Tides of History

Audible / Patrick Wyman

History, Documentary, Society & Culture

4.7 • 6.5K Ratings

🗓️ 11 July 2019

⏱️ 42 minutes

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Summary

What creates civilization, in the most basic sense? According to Professor David Frye, who joins me this week, it's walls - Hadrian's Wall, the Great Wall of China, city walls, and thousands more over the millennia.

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0:00.0	Hey, Prime Members, you can listen to Tides of History, add free on Amazon Music.
0:04.1	Download the app today.
0:05.4	Have you ever heard of the Sunk Cost fallacy?
0:14.2	Absolutely not.
0:15.6	Okay, so a Sunk Cost is a thing where like you've already done it, you're not getting
0:20.3	it back or like throwing good money after bad.
0:22.8	Oh sure.
0:23.8	That's the Sunk Cost fallacy.
0:24.8	It's the idea that because you spent time or money on a thing, there is some ongoing
0:29.0	benefit or future benefit to derive from continuing to do it.
0:32.4	Or that your past actions obligate you to continue that.
0:35.3	Right.
0:36.3	So Patrick, why are we talking about the Sunk Cost fallacy right now?
0:39.3	I don't know.
0:40.3	Because I read a book.
0:42.9	Leo read a book in the eyes.
0:44.4	I read a history book about actual history with an author that we talked to you on the
0:49.3	show today.
0:50.3	And I read this book unprompted.
0:52.0	I took it upon myself to read the book.
0:54.1	First of all, congratulations.
0:55.1	Thank you so much.
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