BONUS! Ripples of Impossible History (on Fire): Confucius

Summary: <p>As many of you are aware, I was recently featured among many other, far more talented history podcasters on Daniele Bolelli's History on Fire podcast in which we all discussed various figures and events in history that created massive ripples that no one could have predicted. My segment was focused on Confucius and how he basically shaped Chinese civilization forever, from the level of the family to the running of the government even under the Communists.</p> <p>In a generous move, the fine people at Luminary Media decided to let all of us present our segments on our own podcast feeds, so if you would like to hear my segment on its own as a little bonus, here you go! It's short (well, miniscule) by History Impossible standards, but it's got all the hallmarks: a weirdo main character, far reaching effects and influence, and consequences no one could possibly have predicted. </p> <p>Many thanks to Daniele Bolelli for organizing this, to my amazingly talented fellow podcasters, and to the folks at Luminary for making this all possible.</p> <p>History Impossible has been made possible by the following generous supporters on Patreon and PayPal:</p> <ul> <li>Elias Borota</li> <li>Matthew Dakus</li> <li>Gavin Edwards</li> <li>Peter Hauck</li> <li>Devin Hreha</li> <li>Mike Kalnins</li> <li>Benjamin Lee</li> <li>Tyler Livingston </li> <li>Jose Martinez</li> <li>Mike Mayleben</li> <li>Judy McCoid</li> <li>Kostas Moros</li> <li>Molly Pan</li> <li>Jake Petersen</li> <li>John Pisano</li> <li>Edmund Plamowski</li> <li>Brian Pritzl</li> <li>PJ Rader</li> <li>Mark Reed</li> <li>Alison Salo</li> <li>Sam</li> <li>Emily Schmidt</li> <li>Steve Uhler</li> <li>Ricky Worthey</li> </ul>