# Ep 245: The Farthest Reaches (Part 1)

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Podcast: [ToKCast](https://stenobird.com/podcast/tokcast-76992)
Published: 2025-09-12T05:55:58+00:00
Episode link: https://brettroberthall.podbean.com/e/ep-245-the-farthest-reaches-part-1/
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Duration seconds: 2683

## Resource

Chapters 1 to 4 of a multi-chapter series about the reach of what I argue is one of the most important lessons to learn in order to solve many pressing problems: explanatory universality. This podcast provides an explanation that "explanatory universality" is an idea of such depth it may have among the greatest reach of any idea. Chapters: 00:12 Chapter 1 - Universality and Reach 09:09 Chapter 2 - The Reach of Explanatory Universality 20:01 Chapter 3 - Explaining Explanatory Universality 30:23 Chapter 4 - Explanatory Universality and Education

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