Strung Out Episode 66 WHO WOULD YOU WANT TO BUILD A BRIDGE?

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Sandeep and Marty break down this podcast into three sections.  Part One deals with the difference of approach to problem solving between artists and engineers.  You can guess who is who by now.  The talk revolves around getting ready for winter, infrastructure (such as sewers) and who is better equipped for handling such challenges.  The arrival of a Union Pacific Rail-laying train at the vast 2000 acre estate brings us to Part Two.  On this section, Sandeep and Marty discuss an article Sandeep found that illustrates how much classical masters of music, such as Bach and Beethoven are currently earning on the musical portal Spotify.  The article is deceptive in that such masters, with 300 years of promotion behind them receive royalties (or someone does) of about $200,000 adjusted for inflation.  But the reality is that the average artist (such as Marty) receives far less and the average payout per listen is shy of four cents.  Sandeep and Marty discuss the lopsided field of the music business and why such big labels, who sign, promote and make-an-artist-a-product-to-sell, still have much power.   Part Three.  We touch upon the announcement of the extinction of 23 species in the United States.  We come full circle to our discussion in Part One of the analytical verse emotional side of people.  Sandeep believes in the power of science and that our humanity-created problems, such as climate change, extinction and hunger will be solved by science.  Marty goes on to explain his desire to see science bring back species of animals and how infrastructure indeed needs some "big ideas" to make things happen.  Marty also says (referencing Part Two) that perhaps the arts need to take a back seat to science these days as we need brains solving such issues.  The discovery of 26,000 old footprints of paleo-Americans hunting the Giant Sloth in what is now White Sands, New Mexico illustrates that man has been at changing the environment for quite some time now.  And that it may be science that is needed in the end to make all things right.  

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