Canarywise

Necessary Evil: How One Family Designed Our Financial World

I've been wrestling with a big question: As we build the world of AI, are we just creating a new system we'll end up hating? To find an answer, I went back 600 years to the family that designed our current financial world: the Medici. They were brilliant, they funded the Renaissance, and they also perfected a system of shadow politics and concentrated wealth. This episode explores their story, not for easy answers, but for better questions. It's a look at the responsibility that comes with being an architect of the future, and whether we have a chance to get it right this time.