015 - Michael Frachetti

from Anti- · host Kevin Kelly

Michael Frachetti is a Professor of Anthropology at Washington University in St. Louis. His current projects include studies of medieval Silk Road cities of Uzbekistan and ancient maritime trade throughout SE Asia and Indian Ocean. https://artsci.wustl.edu/faculty-staff/michael-frachetti @mdfrachetti 4:00 - Intro 7:00 - Contemporary value of information 9:00 - Real deal facts vs. Audience-friendly content 11:20 - Authenticity of Wikipedia 14:00 - It takes forever to fact check now 16:45 - Knowing how to talk to people 18:45 - Older generations strive for a longer childhood for their children 22:30 - Captain Fantastic 23:00 - The Tech Age 25:00 - There’s no more remoteness 32:00 - Generational differences 33:15 - Instagram over-saturation 36:30 - Getting too “preachy” on captions 38:00 - What should social media be used for? - 49:00 - Growing up with martial arts 50:00 - Seven Samurai 55:00 - Meeting his archaeology mentor 59:00 - Geographical Information Systems defined 1:03:45 - Focusing on nomads 1:15:00 - What is the purpose of Archaeology? 1:17:00 - Re-contextualizing data from the perspective of different identities 1:21:00 - Redefining what “civilization” means 1:24:30 - Doug North on Institutions 1:26:00 - Similarities between the lived experience in individuals 1:29:00 - Audience for his new book 1:31:30 - David Wengrow 1:33:30 - The Utopian Paradox TEDx Talk - 1:39:00 - Shifting focus after publishing 1:44:00 - Does popularity affect findings in archaeology? 1:49:30 - Upside and downside of Guns, Germs & Steel 1:51:00 - Michael Pollan 1:52:00 - Developing writing skills 1:55:00 - Nuance is necessary 1:58:00 - Outro

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