{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Machine in the Mirror","title":"The Self and the Machine: The Wheel of Progress","html":"<iframe width=\"100%\" height=\"180\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" seamless src=\"https://share.transistor.fm/e/47a06ac8\"></iframe>","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":1772,"description":"The wheel didn’t just move us forward — it changed how we imagined movement itself.\nFrom ancient chariots and imperial roads to railways, factories, and fiber optics, this episode traces the strange, spiraling legacy of the wheel.\nOnce sacred, once strategic, now invisible — the wheel shaped not just how we travel, but how we think: about power, time, and what it means to be going somewhere.\nIs faster always better?\nAre we moving — or just being moved?\nA reflection on motion, myth, memory, and the still point beneath it all.","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/2HjSCyul_GWKUqu-9-Y0oL7myNh2zDRJBDvSwbJFwwc/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS82ZTQy/MDU0YTUyMjE5YmQz/NjY2YTgxNTYzOGUw/YjliYy5wbmc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}