David Byrne Explains How Forgotten Ideas Come Back to Life

David Byrne discusses his new book 'Sleeping Beauties' and the phenomenon of ideas that lie dormant before gaining relevance. He shares examples from literature, economics, and architecture—Moby-Dick, Hyman Minsky's financial instability theory, and the lost Roman concrete recipe—to illustrate how good ideas can be forgotten and later rediscovered. Byrne also reflects on his own songwriting process and the experience of seeing his music embraced by a new generation.