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Chapter Overview
Chapter 1: AudiobookHub Recommendation
Chapter 2: Humans’ innate drive to play has been an overlooked engine of progress.
Chapter 3: Exploration and sound play laid the groundwork for programming and modern computers.
Chapter 4: Our delight in vibrant clothing spurred early ocean voyages and sparked the first Industrial Revolution era.
Chapter 5: Our craving for novel exotic tastes ignited the worldwide spice trade.
Chapter 6: Our fascination with optical illusions cleared the path toward cinema.
Chapter 7: The games we play influence how we envisage society, though it may not seem clear at first.
Chapter 8: Political and social movements emerged from inventive reimaginings of public space itself.
Description
Wonderland (2016) argues that the role of play and fun in human history is undervalued. We have been told by history books that wars, revolutions and monarchs are the drivers of history, and we thus tend to overlook more mundane factors in favor of powerful figures and famous movements. However, the pleasure we derive from bone flutes, board games, the color purple or alcohol have likewise contributed greatly to invention and progress.
Who Should Listen
- People who like having their usual perspectives challenged
- Inventors and creatives looking for inspiration
- Anyone who wants to know how small ideas become big innovations