28 Sep 2023
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I'm looking for a clip that I saw that described how the horse industry vanished in 20 years in the early 1900s as cars became more popular.
Sure, man! You're referring to that part from the conversation with Louie Psihoyos. We were talking about how rapidly technologies can shift society. Louie uses the example of the 1900 Easter Parade in New York City. If you look at photos from the event, it's dominated by horses. But only 13 years later, try spotting a horse in the crowd - it’s all cars.
Louie explains that these transitions, like the shift from horse-drawn carriages to cars or punching the number 2 key six times on our flip phone to text a capital C to using smartphones, tend to take about a decade. It's fascinating to see how society adopts new tools and the old ones become a thing of the past. We kinda went on a tangent about hunting, extinction, and wild animals after that, but that's the gist of what we talked about regarding the horse industry and the rise of cars.
You can find the full conversation in the episode of the Joe Rogan Experience titled "The Gruesome Experience That Made Louie Psihoyos a Vegan." But hey Jamie, can you look that clip up for them?
Is it possible that it was also discussed with Neil DeGrasse Tyson?
No, man, we didn't really get into the horse industry vanishing due to the rise of cars when I was chatting with Neil deGrasse Tyson. We mostly talked about his ride, a Tesla, and how the technology of electric cars has evolved. We also delved into why flying cars aren't a thing, but the horse and car topic didn't come up in our conversation.