An Ounce - For Your Consideration
Discover hidden stories from history—bite-sized, clever tales that challenge what you thought you knew. At An Ounce, we uncover the little moments that quietly changed everything, surprising truths, and fascinating facts you won’t hear elsewhere.
I’m Jim Fugate—retired firefighter, lifelong learner, and an outside-the-box thinker who loves sharing history’s hidden gems. These quick, engaging stories don’t take themselves too seriously, won’t steal your precious time, and might just make you feel a little bit smarter.
I hope you’ll join a community of curious minds who enjoy a fresh take on history—where conversation is always open and everyone’s invited.
An Ounce - For Your Consideration
It Keeps Happening: Where Do People Fit When the World Moves On?
Change feels different every time—but it never is. From John Henry to today, this episode explores the recurring moment when the world moves on… and where people still fit.
Every generation feels it—the sense that this time, change is different.
Faster. Bigger. Final.
But history tells another story.
From the legend of John Henry to the modern moment, this episode explores the recurring human experience that appears whenever progress accelerates: the quiet question of where people fit when the world moves on.
This isn’t a story about winning, resisting, or keeping up.
It’s about the moment that keeps returning—and the small space where choice still exists.
If this perspective resonated, consider liking, subscribing, or sharing.
And thanks for spending the time here.
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🕰️ CHAPTERS (Estimated – refine after edit)
00:00 – When the Ground Shifts
00:52 – At The Edge of Change
01:50 – John Henry
02:54 – The Pattern
03:56 – The Game Changes
04:54 – Perspective
05:35 – An Ounce
📚 References & Further Reading
John Henry (Folklore & Context)
Library of Congress – John Henry: A Folklore Hero
https://www.loc.gov/item/ihas.200197495/
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History & Culture – Who Was John Henry?
https://nmaahc.si.edu/explore/stories/who-was-john-henry
Encyclopedia Britannica – John Henry
https://www.britannica.com/topic/John-Henry-folk-hero
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Change, Technology, and Human Displacement (Historical Pattern)
Encyclopedia Britannica – Industrial Revolution
https://www.britannica.com/event/Industrial-Revolution
Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy – Philosophy of Technology
https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/technology/
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Human Agency, Meaning, and Choice Under Constraint
Viktor E. Frankl, Man’s Search for Meaning (Book overview – Holocaust survival & agency)
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4069.Man_s_Search_for_Meaning
APA Dictionary of Psychology – Agency
https://dictionary.apa.org/agency
Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy – Free Will
https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/freewill/
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Cultural Memory & Repeating Human Patterns
Yuval Noah Harari – Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind (Overview)
https://www.ynharari.com/book/sapiens/
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Credits:
Music -Via YouTube Music Library, Lord of the Dawn by Jesse Gallagher
Images – B-roll via iStock and Getty, Backgrounds are AI generated.
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