Welcome to self-care with a conscience - where science, spirituality, and sustainability are brunch buddies. Self-Helpless explores all things on the cutting edge of personal and collective growth with leading specialists who share paradigm-shifting insights every week. Hosted by Delanie Fischer, who's recognized by listeners for her casual but fluff-free approach, Self-Helpless has been described as if Rich Roll and Rainn Wilson had a much less eloquent (but also pretty fun) podcast baby.
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Welcome to self-care with a conscience - where science, spirituality, and sustainability are brunch buddies. Self-Helpless explores all things on the cutting edge of personal and collective growth with leading specialists who share paradigm-shifting insights every week. Hosted by Delanie Fischer, who's recognized by listeners for her casual but fluff-free approach, Self-Helpless has been described as if Rich Roll and Rainn Wilson had a much less eloquent (but also pretty fun) podcast baby.
New episodes every week - making your commutes, tasks, or bedtime existential crisis more majestic.
The Lost Secrets of Civilization: Ancient Innovation and Forgotten Wisdom with Jack R. Bialik
Self-Helpless
38 minutes
3 days ago
The Lost Secrets of Civilization: Ancient Innovation and Forgotten Wisdom with Jack R. Bialik
Delanie Fischer chats with Jack R. Bialik, technologist and author of Lost in Time: Our Forgotten and Vanishing Knowledge, to explore the mind-bending question: If only a fraction of history is recorded, what has been lost that we're rediscovering—and what has been lost forever? From ancient medical breakthroughs to engineering feats that outperform our modern technology, this episode dives into the forgotten brilliance of past civilizations, the cycles of destruction, and what these revelations mean for us as a society and personally.
Episode Highlights:
The Process and Efficacy of Cranial and Cataract Surgery as Early as 800 BC
2010 BC Swords That Are Still Sharp (Plus a New, Old Discovery)
An Ancient Battery, Roman Vending Machine, and Superior Concrete
Disposal and Sanitation Solutions That Rival and Surpass Modern Systems
How Do We Know If We’re Interpreting Artifacts Correctly?
The Secrets of the Pyramids: Calculations and Construction Theories
The Cycle of Destruction and What Could Wipe Out Modern Knowledge
What Knowledge of Ours Might Survive a Civilizational Collapse?
Wise Practices to Reclaim for Sustainable Living and Preservation
What's Stood the Test of Time: Materials, Tools, and Concepts That Endure
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Self-Helpless
Welcome to self-care with a conscience - where science, spirituality, and sustainability are brunch buddies. Self-Helpless explores all things on the cutting edge of personal and collective growth with leading specialists who share paradigm-shifting insights every week. Hosted by Delanie Fischer, who's recognized by listeners for her casual but fluff-free approach, Self-Helpless has been described as if Rich Roll and Rainn Wilson had a much less eloquent (but also pretty fun) podcast baby.
New episodes every week - making your commutes, tasks, or bedtime existential crisis more majestic.
