
E112 - Recoverable Failure & The Gravity that Governs Flight with Richard Browning of Gravity Industries
Published: March 18, 2026
Duration: 1:01:34
Richard Browning, founder of Gravity Industries and creator of the world's first human jet suit, explores how his late father's garage workshop and unfinished dreams shaped his approach to innovation. The conversation centers on why society must embrace what Browning calls recoverable failure, making inevitable setbacks survivable financially, reputationally, and physically, so that dreaming and experimentation can persist across generations. He also examines how social media and cultural intolerance for mistakes are quietly eroding the curiosity and creative agency young people need most.
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