Podcast Club ONLINE: Can One Man Change History

About this event

This week's discussion will be on Michael Shermer's Skeptic Podcast "How Much Can One Man Change History" where he hosts Jared Diamond to discuss question such as would World War II have happened without Hitler? Would someone else have built Apple without Steve Jobs? Jared Diamond joins Michael Shermer to ask how much history depends on particular people. From Darwin’s discoveries to the rise of Christianity, Diamond considers when someone is truly irreplaceable, when someone else would have done much the same thing, and how we can tell the difference. PLEASE NOTE: We require that attendees listen to the podcast below before attending the meeting to optimize discussion. You can find this week's podcast at How Much Can One Person Change History? (https://www.skeptic.com/michael-shermer-show/jared-diamond-how-much-can-one-person-change-history/) or Jared Diamond: How Much Can On… - The Michael Shermer Show - Apple Podcasts (https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/jared-diamond-how-much-can-one-person-change-history/id1352860989?i=1000789885199) (1 hr. 29 min.) What's a podcast club? It's like a book club for podcasts. Each week we discuss an interesting and currently-relevant episode from podcasters like Ezra Klein, Michael Shermer, or Russ Roberts. We start off as a large group and spend most of the time talking in small break-out groups, which we remix 3 times during the course of the evening. Our conversations are casual and open. We ask that everyone speak respectfully at all times, and we encourage free and concise discussion relevant to the week's podcast topic. To do this, we try to adhere to Grice's Maxims: https://bit.ly/2p4uSQm Ultimately, the idea is to help each other think a little differently, learn a thing or two and have some fun.