Simon Winchester | a History of Precision Engineering and the Making of the Modern World

Summary: In Episode 52, Demetri Kofinas speaks with Simon Winchester about the importance of precision engineering in the making of the modern world. Our world hinges on our ability to have everything made just so. Precision engineering fuels and sustains modern society. Yet, it has also put our lives in peril and caused us to question what it is that we really want. Here, Simon Winchester discusses our quest for perfection and meaning. Can we really have both?