The Engines of Our Ingenuity : Radio Program on National Public Rad

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> *Hello Gang,*
> * Here is a entitled n interesting link to a radio
> program "**The Engines of Our Ingenuity",* a radio program that tells
> the story of how our culture is formed by human creativity. Written and
> hosted by John Lienhard http://www.uh.edu/engines/jhlbio.htm>, it is
> heard nationally on Public Radio and produced by KUHF-FM Houston
> http://www.kuhf.org/>. Among other features, this web site houses the
> transcripts for every episode heard since the show's inception in 1988.
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> http://www.uh.edu/engines/
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> Enjoy,
>
> Alex Michael Bonnici
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Excellent - I did not know about the audio archive. Thank you, Alex.

I've alway liked his essay 'Invention, A Dangerous Quest'. Text for
that is available at http://www.uh.edu/engines/dangerousguest.htm

'The reckless survive because invention is the primal act of human
recklessness. It's also our major survival trait. Unlike bears, we can't
survive the cold without heaters and houses. Unlike lions, we can't kill
prey without weapons. Unlike oxen, we can't graze grass we didn't plant
and harvest. Recklessness is more than entering a burning house to save
our child. For our frail species it is that, but it's more. It's the
courage of the creative spirit. It's the hedonistic pleasure of
abandoning control. It's risking change.

We're the only species that must give its future to the fruit of its
inventions. That's dangerous business. And some reckless among us do
perish. But recklessness survives, just because our species depends upon
it.'

Brian Dunbar
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