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The Metagame#34 - Daniel Thorson | Spirituality is Secure Attachment with RealityDaniel Thorson spent 5 years in residential training at The Monastic Academy with 2 years in cumulative silent retreat. He has decades of deep engagement with contemplative practice, systems theory, and transformative work. He’s also the beloved host of The Emerge Podcast and writes at The Intimate Mirror, where he’s exploring how people can develop a secure attachment with reality.Resources:* Spirituality is Secure Attachment with Reality* AI for Emotional Unfolding* Steve March on Self-Improvement vs Self-unfoldment* https://x.com/dthorsonYouTube: This is a pu...2025-04-091h 10
SENSESPACEDaniel Thorson: Making the Leap, Sacred Spacemaking & Our Masculine Cultural WoundAfter many years, I sat down with Daniel Thorson whose Emerge podcast was an inspiration and leading voice in the liminal web/sensemaking/metacrisis space. This was a really special podcast & Daniel brought ro bear his unfoldment practice and the spirit of his substack Intimate Mirror to create a really unique space. We explored: life after monastic academy. Buddhism and trauma. The masculine wound in the west and our relationship with masculine authority. What it means to connect with essence. True safety as found in ‘making the leap’ into the the divine. What Daniel learned about the metacrisis through year...2025-02-261h 23
Emerge: Making Sense of What's Next💞💪❤️🔥Sofia-Jeanne and Daniel reflect on why they love the Anti-Fragile Heart Retreat.
http://antifragileheart.com/2024-05-2411 min
Life Itself PodcastA Conversation with Daniel ThorsonIn this episode of Ordinary People Rufus Pollock talks with Daniel Thorson. Daniel shares his unique journeys of finding faith, meaning, and personal growth through unexpected avenues of meditation, living at a Goenka center, and participating in the Occupy Wall Street movement. They delve into the critical roles of trust, courage, and support in navigating life's uncertainties and explore the intersection of Buddhism and technology, pondering the potential for online spaces to foster contemplative practices, and sustaining personal and societal transformation through commitment and deep inquiry.#monastic #emerge #buddhism #friendship #inquiry #technology #socialtransformation #courage #faith...2024-05-211h 36Life Itself PodcastA Conversation with Daniel ThorsonIn this episode of Ordinary People Rufus Pollock talks with Daniel Thorson. Daniel shares his unique journeys of finding faith, meaning, and personal growth through unexpected avenues of meditation, living at a Goenka center, and participating in the Occupy Wall Street movement. They delve into the critical roles of trust, courage, and support in navigating life's uncertainties and explore the intersection of Buddhism and technology, pondering the potential for online spaces to foster contemplative practices, and sustaining personal and societal transformation through commitment and deep inquiry.#monastic #emerge #buddhism #friendship #inquiry #technology #socialtransformation #courage #faith...2024-05-211h 36Emerge: Making Sense of What's NextJane Weintraub - Discovering Your Holy WorkDaniel shares his feelings and disorientation in the aftermath of a profound experience and Jane opens up about living with a life-threatening health condition. They discuss the intensity and beauty of working with pain and facing endings. They then turn to the value of “being local” and the critical importance of bringing people together in physical space. Jane discusses her work with Imaginisma, an organization that describes itself as “a new kind of incubator for remembering, contacting, and amplifying the aliveness and grace of being human,” and the duo explores “aliveness” as a guiding principle. Themes of rediscovering simple, fundamental...2024-04-271h 23Emerge: Making Sense of What's NextJohn Churchill - Attunement as World MedicineJohn Churchill joins Daniel to discuss the relationship between Attachment Theory and the process of awakening. Weaving together strands from Buddhist psychology and developmental psychology, John describes the Bodhisattva path and the development of a Planetary Dharma through the lenses of attunement and attachment. Topics covered include the development of the heart, the definition and various dimensions of attunement, and the difficulty of finding trustworthy spiritual teachers and community. John also shares theory and practice perspectives on the development of healthier attachment and offers words of encouragement for community building in difficult times.
0:00 Introduction...2024-03-091h 29Emerge: Making Sense of What's NextJordan Hall Converts to ChristianityDaniel and Jordan Hall discuss Jordan’s recent conversion to Christianity and the evolution of his worldview. How did a tech pioneer and futurist intellectual who would have said his chances of being baptized were “exactly zero” only five years ago become a convert? Daniel and Jordan talk about their respective “paths to humility” and the importance of religious community and traditional wisdom in the modern world.
Topics include the tension between innovation and tradition, Game A and Game B, the search for deeply connected communities, the importance of grief, the evolution of modern Christianity, cultural attitudes towards Chr...2024-01-311h 18Emerge: Making Sense of What's NextBob Falconer - Internal Family Systems and Spirit PossessionAfter a long career using many therapeutic modalities, for more than a decade, Bob Falconer has devoted his practice exclusively to Internal Family Systems (IFS) Therapy. Bob has completed all levels of IFS training and continues to study with many of the senior IFS trainers. He co-authored the book Many Minds, One Self with IFS founder Richard Schwartz and has helped to train more than a thousand people in IFS.
For the past several years, Bob has been devoted to completing the extensive research and writing of his new book, The Others Within Us, which deals with “una...2024-01-061h 13Emerge: Making Sense of What's NextTasshin - Fullstack Harmony for Maximum Deep BenefitTasshin – which means “to reach or achieve truth” – describes himself as an “online pilgrim wandering this precious world for the benefit of all beings.”
In this episode, Daniel talks with Tasshin about some of the lessons he has learned and his unique insights into what it means to “live your vow,” from clarifying one’s sense of unique purpose to effectively coordinating with individuals and groups. While breaking down a statement on “bottlenecks” from Tasshin’s recent article, they outline a powerful framework that connects inner and outer work and service.
Topics covered include productivity, psychology, ethics, effe...2023-10-051h 12
Accidental GodsAI: Integral to the future or existential risk? (or both) - conversations on current evolution with Daniel ThorsonHow dangerous is AI? Are Large Language Models likely to subvert our children? Is Generalised AI going to wipe out all life on the planet? I don't know the answers to these. It may be that nobody knows, but this week's guest was my go-to when I needed someone with total integrity to help unravel one of the most existential crises of our time, to lay it out as simply as we can without losing the essence of complexity, to help us see the worst cases - and their likelihood - and the best cases, and then to navigate a...2023-08-021h 17Emerge: Making Sense of What's NextVince Horn - Meditate with AIVince Horn and Daniel discuss the evolution, benefits, and potential of social meditation. They explore the new meditatewith.ai app created by Vince and Interbeing Inc. co-founder Chris Ewald. The app allows users to practice social meditation with an AI partner, with the ultimate goal of deepening the realization of human interconnectedness in everyday life. Vince and Daniel discuss how social meditation can affect relationships and networks, and how the practice might help address core issues of alienation from self, other, and world at the heart of the meta-crisis.
Vince Horn is part of a new generation...2023-07-231h 07Emerge: Making Sense of What's NextBonnitta Roy, John Vervaeke, Thomas Steininger - Wisdom & Complexity [RSPND Network]In this conversation, John, Bonnie, and Thomas discuss various frameworks on what wisdom is, how it functions, and the different types and scales of complexity in which wisdom may arise. The conversation explores themes of wisdom and complexity with both depth and breadth, navigating the topic philosophically and pragmatically, and ultimately arriving at wisdom's relationship with the "It" beyond all relationship.
This conversation is brought to us by the Respond Network. The Respond Network is a distributed research network focused on addressing the meta-crisis by researching and cultivating wisdom.
...2023-06-081h 29Emerge: Making Sense of What's NextJill Nephew - Using ChatGPT is Like Eating Plastic for Your CognitionIn this conversation I speak with Jill Nephew. Jill, a former AI black box algorithm engineer with extensive experience in developing software architectures, holds a highly heterodox perspective on the risks associated with LLM AIs. In this conversation we explore Jill's argument that using LLMs like ChatGPT or Bard are like eating plastic for your cognitive agency and natural intelligence, how it is that AIs could cause the rise of new 'supercults', and how another world is possible, if only we learn to ask the right questions.
If you enjoy this podcast and want to support it...2023-05-201h 29Emerge: Making Sense of What's NextJohn Vervaeke, Zak Stein, Nora Bateson - What is Transformation? [RSPND Network]John Vervaeke, Zak Stein, and Nora Bateson discuss transformation and its complex, cross-domain dimensionality. This episode addresses topics such as how does transformation take place and in what contexts? How does western culture misunderstand transformation? How is transformation naturally interwoven within the larger narrative of our lives?
This conversation is brought to us by the Respond Network (https://rspnd.network). The Respond network is an initiative to address the meta-crisis by researching and cultivating wisdom. Respond is a network of researchers and practitioners who develop and deploy ecologies of practices (EoP) for personal and systemic transformation.
2023-05-181h 11Emerge: Making Sense of What's NextZak Stein - AI Tutor ApocalypseZak Stein and Daniel Thorson discuss the myriad risks of emerging AI tutoring technologies. AI tutoring is being developed now and will be deployed over the course of the next two to five years, bringing radical changes to our educational systems. This conversation explores the risks of this emerging technology while simultaneously proposing how, if designed correctly, this technology could solve the meta-crisis.
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0:00 - Intro
5:20 - Shift in Awareness of AI
10:08 - GAI Risk
15:51 - AI Alignment & Human Alignment
17:18 - Risks of Generalized...2023-04-241h 36
Curious Humans with Jonny MillerBrushes with Insanity, Insights from Solitude & The Inner Adventure with Daniel ThorsonThis is a special episode with Daniel Thorson — who I initially came across through his super podcast called 'Emerge' and later learned that he was living as a full-time monastic at the Monastic Academy in Vermont — where after a series of conversations, he persuaded me to come and sit for a 10-day retreat — which I just returned from myself recently.I found this was an immensely rich conversation, and I'm grateful to Daniel for opening up about some of the experiences he had recently during 73 days of solitude and silence (which he described as the most profound experie...2023-03-221h 18
The Metagame#7 - Daniel Thorson | Throwing Yourself In Completely, Without ReservationThe tendency to hedge is a modern disease. This rich discussion re-inspired me to go all-in with my life.Daniel Thorson is dedicated to monastic practices and lives at The Monastic Academy in Vermont — a wisdom institution that trains trustworthy people. At the start of the 2020 pandemic, he became an overnight focus of media attention after he emerged from a silent retreat and tweeted, “I’m back from 75 days in silence. Did I miss anything?” His unique experience was featured by The New York Times. He’s also the host of The Emerge Podcast.This is a conve...2022-08-311h 14
Emerge: Making Sense of What's NextCircling & Soulmaking with Ellen McSweeney & Daniel ThorsonIn this episode fellow Monastic Academy resident Ellen McSweeney and I explore the relationship between Circling and Soulmaking in an attempt to make sense of the experience we shared co-facilitating the Anti-Fragile Heart retreat in March. Towards the end there is a Q+A with retreat participants.
If you'd like to explore the practice of Circling MAPLE is hosting the SAS 6-month Circling Training starting in June.
This conversation was recorded in the meditation hall at the Monastic Academy, and the audio is a little wonky...
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Today DreamerSuffering, Growth & Ethical Living with Daniel ThorsonSuffering, growth and choosing how we live is a part of life. This episode will encourage you to look deeply into ethical living and see the great opportunity present within suffering. Our experiences in life aren't always filled with sunshine and warmth, there are days when we will suffer. But, we can take suffering as an opportunity for growth. As we live in integrity and practice ethical living, we are better able to experience life. In this new podcast episode, Daniel Thorson talks about suffering, growth, and ethical living. Along with that, he shares with us about Willow Monastic...2022-03-291h 23
Metamodern Spirituality11. Developing an Ecology of Practices for the Meaning Crisis (w/ Daniel Thorson)Daniel Thorson and Brendan discuss the work of John Vervaeke, creator of the "Awakening from the Meaning Crisis" series, comparing and contrasting it to Daniel's own pioneering efforts to develop a framework and set of practices for training agents of healing and transformation in our disintegrating world. They also reflect on both the importance and the problem of creating "ontologically neutral" practices stripped of highly context-bound terminology and ideas, whether that be for a "religion that's not a religion" or the kind of framework Daniel is developing.
0:00 Introduction
1:50 On Entering Vervaekeland
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The Integral Stage METAPODCASTEmerge w/ Daniel ThorsonIn episode six, Layman Pascal talks with metamodern podcaster, Daniel Thorson, on the art of podcasting, the dynamics of depth conversations, the return of sincerity, the power of "concepts," and the interrelationship of soul, emptiness, and transformation. Daniel is the creator of the Emerge podcast and a monastic at the Monastic Academy in Vermont.2021-06-291h 11
RemakeDaniel Thorson: Intentional Living in CommunityTODAY’S GUEST Daniel Thorson has been meditating for the last twelve years and has a passion for the intersection of contemplative practice, adult development, trauma healing, and systems design. In previous incarnations, Daniel has organized with Occupy Wall Street, worked at a company called Buddhist Geeks, helped start Boulder Flood Relief, founded a mindfulness education company, launched a new American political party, and spent over 10,000 (awful, wonderful) hours in formal meditation practice. Daniel is also the host of the Emerge podcast, which explores the relationship between inner and outer transformation. ...2020-11-191h 47
State of Emergence040 Daniel Thorson – Curiosity Meets Curiosity Meets Care Monastic, community leader, and host of the Emerge podcast Daniel Thorson joins Terry for a tender, open-hearted, and spacious inquiry into what really matters in this vulnerable and sacred collective moment. Recently, Daniel became an overnight focus of media attention during the beginning of the pandemic after he emerged from a long silent retreat and tweeted, “I'm back from 75 days in silence. Did I miss anything?” His unique experience and insights were featured by the New York Times and many other media outlets from around the world. Inter...2020-08-031h 45Emerge: Making Sense of What's NextZak Stein - American Culture's Psychotic Break (pt. 2)In the first episode after my 75 day silent retreat I sat down with Zak Stein to speak about the the current cultural moment and how we can respond to the chaos and uncertainty of the world with love and integrity.
This is part two of a two part episode.
In this episode we discuss:
- An overview of Zak’s metapsychology
- How the psyche is a triple of development, ensoulment, and transcendence and why one must work on all three
- How much of the ta...2020-07-0959 minEmerge: Making Sense of What's NextZak Stein - American Culture's Psychotic Break (pt. 1)In the first episode after my 75 day silent retreat I sit down with Zak Stein to speak about the the current cultural moment and how we can respond to the chaos and uncertainty of the world with love and integrity.
This is part one of a two part episode.
We discuss:
- My experience coming out of retreat into a 'post-covid' world
- How strange and problematic it is that people speak with confidence about the world right now
- How our media ecology forces us t...2020-07-011h 09
The Technosocial InstituteCultural Decentralisation and Spiritual Class Structure with Daniel ThorsonThis is part 2 of our conversation with Daniel Thorson. We explore: the end of liberal humanism as a political and personal philosophy; confronting pain and escaping entrapment in one’s feelings; how times of collapse open a space for new leaders to step forwards; the spiritual class structure (for instance, an elite with money, education, time and exposure to top teachers and traditions, a middle class practicing yoga and reading Eckhart Tolle and other spiritual bestsellers, and a lower class dabbling in astrology and crystals); how cultural decentralization and the ability to access information online creates the illusion that we...2020-04-1344 minThe Technosocial InstituteAwakened Leaders and Systems Change with Daniel ThorsonThis conversation was recorded a couple of months ago, but its message feels very current. Our guest this time is Daniel Thorson, a resident at the Monastic Academy and host of the excellent Emerge podcast. In this, part one of our conversation, we discuss: the interconnectedness of systems change and personal growth, and how the minds we use to solve today’s problems are products of systems that are destroying themselves; the work of the Monastic Academy in creating awakened leaders; the importance of being able to hold multiple, sometimes contradictory perspectives within one’s worldview; Slavoj Zizek’s critiq...2020-04-0335 min
Accidental GodsFinding stillness, Finding wholeness: Sharing enquiry with Daniel Thorson of Emerge Daniel Thorson, host of the ground-breaking, innovative - and hugely courageous - Emerge podcast is a Buddhist monastic, activist and meta-modern thinker. In this conversation, we dive deeply into what it means to be human - and how we can live as the best of ourselves. The Emerge podcast is a must-listen for anyone interested in exploring human potential as we surge into the anthropocene. Its host, Daniel Thorson is fearless in exploring the ways we can evolve, interviewing thought-leaders in the fields of psychology, philosophy, spirituality - all individuals engaged in finding ways we can become the...2020-03-181h 02Emerge: Making Sense of What's NextSoryu Forall - Manufactured AwakeningsSoryu Forall is the founder and head-teacher of the Monastic Academy.
Soryu has a decade of intensive monastic training, a degree in Economics from Williams College, and extensive experience in social and environmental justice. He was ordained in 1998 at Sogen Temple under the tutelage of the Zen Master Shodo Harada.
The day this recording goes live I'll be beginning an 80(ish) day silent solo retreat here on the land of the Monastic Academy. By the end of this episode, I hope you'll understand why I would do such a thing.
We discuss:
...2020-03-131h 46Emerge: Making Sense of What's NextAndrew J. Taggart - Existential Openings & Psychotechnologies of Self-TransformationAndrew J Taggart is a practical philosopher, Zen Buddhist, and entrepreneur. Recently Andrew wrote an article called 'Psychotechnologies of Self-Transformation' that led me to reach out to him and schedule a conversation.
This episode was recorded a few months ago, but it occurs to me as exactly the right time to release it. If you are feeling panicked about the Corona Virus, I'd encourage you to slow down, get a hot cup of tea (or go for a walk outside) and enjoy this warm-spirited philosophical conversation.
We inquire about:
Why aren't human beings...2020-03-111h 34Emerge: Making Sense of What's NextJonathan Reams - Waking Up & Growing Up: How Seeing the Virtuality of Self Supports Adult DevelopmentJonathan Reams works at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), serves as Editor-in Chief of Integral Review, and is a co-founder of the Center for Transformative Leadership and of the European Center for Leadership Practice. He brings awareness based leadership development practices to his work, focusing on how the inner workings of human nature can develop leadership capacities for today’s complex challenges.
His recent research and practice has focused on subjects such as; the impact of Immunity to Change based coaching, theoretical foundations of resistance to change, the integration of psychological and cognitive skill ba...2020-03-111h 24Emerge: Making Sense of What's NextRobert Kegan - The Five Stages of Adult Development (And Why You Probably Aren't Stage 5)Robert Kegan is a psychologist who teaches, researches, writes, and consults about adult development, adult learning, and professional development. His work explores the possibility and necessity of ongoing psychological transformation in adulthood. He is perhaps most well known as the author of The Evolving Self, In Over Our Heads: The Mental Demands of Modern Life, and An Everyone Culture.
In this conversation we talk about:
What is a good definition of an 'adult'?
The phasic vision of adult development
The variety of developmental logics in the human mind
A t...2020-03-061h 11Emerge: Making Sense of What's NextMark Feenstra - The Inner Dimension of the Meta-CrisisIn this episode, I'm speaking with Mark Feenstra. Mark is co-founding a consulting and training ecosystem and incubator, called New Mainstream, which focuses on large scale change that starts with ourselves and the possibility of a new mainstream. Mark is also in the process of founding a land-based community to ground the possibility of actualizing a new mainstream, initially in Golden Bay, New Zealand.
Over the last year or so I’ve been lucky enough to have a number of conversations with Mark. He, as much as anyone I’ve encountered, really lives the sort of inquiry that I...2020-03-011h 01
Genuinely UsefulWhat Does This Do For My Soul? with Daniel ThorsonDaniel Thorson, host of Emerge podcast, and I recorded our first episode together about a year ago and at that time he was preparing to move to the Monastic Academy, which is a training center dedicated to creating wise, powerful, and loving leaders who are an unstoppable force for social and environmental peace on Earth. ---> Subscribe for new podcast episode Email Notifications HERE In this conversation Daniel and I get into how living and working there affects his life, as well as the people around him; the sense of community and purpose…we explore ma...2020-02-291h 20
The Technosocial InstituteCultural Decentralisation and Spiritual Class Structure with Daniel ThorsonDaniel Thorson is a resident at the Monastic Academy and host of the Emerge podcast.We explore: the end of liberal humanism as a political and personal philosophy; confronting pain and escaping entrapment in one’s feelings; how times of collapse open a space for new leaders to step forwards; the spiritual class structure (for instance, an elite with money, education, time and exposure to top teachers and traditions, a middle class practicing yoga and reading Eckhart Tolle and other spiritual bestsellers, and a lower class dabbling in astrology and crystals); how cultural decentralization and the ability to...2020-02-2645 minThe Technosocial InstituteAwakened Leaders and Systems Change with Daniel ThorsonDaniel Thorson is a resident at the Monastic Academy and host of the excellent Emerge podcast. In this, part one of our conversation, we discuss: the interconnectedness of systems change and personal growth, and how the minds we use to solve today’s problems are products of systems that are destroying themselves; the work of the Monastic Academy in creating awakened leaders; the importance of being able to hold multiple, sometimes contradictory perspectives within one’s worldview; Slavoj Zizek’s critique of Western Buddhism as the hegemonic ideology of late capitalism; how the pathologies of Western Buddhism show up in the...2020-02-1836 minEmerge: Making Sense of What's NextRob Burbea - Emptiness, Postmodernism, and Sacred ParticipationOn this episode I'm joined once again by meditation teacher and author Rob Burbea. For this conversation Jamie Bristow and I talk with Rob about his approach to emptiness, and how it can be a route beyond postmodern nihilism and into a vibrant and sacred participation in the world.
We talk about:
An overview of the ‘ways of looking’ approach to emptiness,
the participatory nature of perception & the world,
how perception gets fabricated through our participation,
the limitations of a purely cognitive deconstruction ala postmodernism,
how Rob would define emptiness if asked about it at a cocktail party,
How emptiness reveals a...2019-11-251h 51Emerge: Making Sense of What's NextJamie Bristow - Mindfulness as Metamodern PsychotechnologyJamie Bristow joins the show to respond to critiques against the mindfulness revolution and to make the case for mindfulness as a key metamodern cultural technology.
Jamie is Director of The Mindfulness Initiative, the world's first policy institute about mindfulness. Jamie now works with politicians around the world to help them make capacities of mind and heart serious considerations of public policy.
Topics discussed include:
A snapshot of the current state of the mindfulness revolution,
where we are at in the ‘hype cycle’ of mindfulness,
a response to the current crop of critiques of mindf...2019-11-181h 28Emerge: Making Sense of What's NextThe Future of the Emerge PodcastA solo episode where Daniel shares his vision for the next turn in the inquiry of the Emerge podcast.2019-11-0422 min
VoicecraftE32| Soul-Surfing Emergence, w/ Daniel Thorson of EmergeA soulful and exploratory dialogue about the philosophical undercurrents and participatory necessities of Self and civilisation in our modern world of change, with Daniel Thorson of Emerge and Tim Adalin.
Read more / watch @ https://www.voiceclub.com/soul-surfing-emergence-with-daniel-thorson-of-emerge
For a prescient articulation of key generator functions underpinning the transformations of our world, listen to the Emerge podcast episode with Daniel Schmachtenberger here:
https://anchor.fm/emerge/episodes/Daniel-Schmachtenberger---Utopia-or-Bust-Designing-a-Non-Self-Terminating-Civilization-e4rdf8
Learn more about the Monastic Academy Daniel practices at here: https://www.monasticacademy.com/
Support Voiceclub on Patreon for early access to content @ https://www.patreon.com/voiceclub2019-10-2053 minEmerge: Making Sense of What's NextRebel Wisdom // Future Thinkers // Emerge - Making Sense of the Sensemaking WebDavid Fuller, Mike Gilliland and I spend time jamming on the conversational space that we have been participating in, and attempt to make sense of where this all might be going...2019-10-141h 25Emerge: Making Sense of What's NextRonan Harrington - Extinction Rebellion: Collective Sacrifice and Metamodern PraxisThis week I'm speaking with Ronan Harrington about Extinction Rebellion. We talk about the strategic dilemmas of Extinction Rebellion, and how it functions as a practical exploration of metamodern theory.
Previous Emerge episode with Ronan
We chat about:
- The limits of philosophical conversation and the need for practical movement building
- The challenge of moving from collective awareness to collective action
- The possibility of inspiring an ethos of sacrifice as a portal to action
- Extinction Rebellions upcoming actions beginning October 7th, which are positioned t...2019-10-031h 10Emerge: Making Sense of What's NextGuy Sengstock - Circling Towards Meaningfulness & Collective IntelligenceIn this episode I'm speaking with Guy Sengstock. Guy is the creator/discoverer of Circling, a relational meditation practice that is quickly spreading across the world.
In this conversation, we cover such topics as:
- Guy’s take on what Circling is
- How Circling has revealed itself over the years to Guy
- What it means to obey what we discover in our practice(s)
- How we know to get interested in something
- The mystery at the heart of the practice of Circling
...2019-09-231h 20Emerge: Making Sense of What's NextZak Stein - Metapsychology, Soul, and Collapse (Pt. 2)In this episode, I'm speaking with writer, educator and futurist Zak Stein. We discuss 'Metapsychology', Zak's attempt to answer the question 'what is the human?' brought up in our previous conversation about a vision for metamodern education. This is part two of a two part conversation.
It's recommended that you listen to my previous conversation with Zak on Education and the Meta-Crisis before you listen to this episode.
Apologies for the sound quality on this episode, it's a little rough around the edges. 😕
We talk about:
- What is soul?
...2019-09-1755 minEmerge: Making Sense of What's NextZak Stein - Metapsychology, Soul, and Collapse (Pt. 1)In this episode I'm speaking once again with writer, educator and futurist Zak Stein. We discuss 'Metapsychology', Zak's attempt to answer the question 'what is the human?' brought up in our previous conversation about a vision for metamodern education. This is part one of a two part conversation.
It's recommended that you listen to my previous conversation with Zak on Education and the Meta-Crisis before you listen to this episode.
Apologies for the sound quality on this episode, it's a little rough around the edges. 😕
We talk about:
- What is...2019-09-101h 04Emerge: Making Sense of What's NextFuture Thinkers - Cultivating Human SovereigntyToday on Emerge I’m speaking with Euvie Ivanova and Mike Gilliland, hosts of the Future Thinkers podcast. In this conversation we explore the concept of Sovereignty, how we are practicing it in our lives, and why it’s such a significant tool in service of the evolution of consciousness.
Topics include:
-What is sovereignty
-What is sense-making, and why it is broken for so many people right now
- How to diagnose corrupted sense-making, and what to do about it
- Questions to ask yourself to i...2019-09-021h 01Emerge: Making Sense of What's NextMette Böll - Cultivating Generative Social FieldsThis week I'm speaking with Mette Böll (Boell). Mette is a biologist by training, specializing in the evolution of complex social systems, mammalian play behavior and philosophy of nature. Mette has a Ph.D. in organizational ethology from the Center for Semiotics, Aarhus University, and holds additional degrees in contemplative leadership and the philosophy and history of science. She uses her training in these diverse areas to research how moods and feelings are transmitted in social relations and how the resulting relational fields in turn shape the larger systems human beings are parts of, with a particular focus o...2019-08-261h 06Emerge: Making Sense of What's NextChristopher Life - OneNation: An Omni-Win US Political PartyThis week I'm speaking with Christopher Life. Christopher Life is the founder of OneNation, a new American political party dedicated to installing an all-win paradigm and rebirthing our democratic systems.
Christopher and I talk about systems change as the next great social issue, the two party system as a hegemonic duopoly, OneNation as a generative alternative to the current system, omni-win vs win-lose, how the omni-win vision is the center of the shift needed to remake all the systems of society, win-lose thinking as a psycho-technology that is no longer adaptive, how empire uses polarization to maintain...2019-08-121h 33Emerge: Making Sense of What's NextDaniel Schmachtenberger - Utopia or Bust: Designing a Non Self-Terminating CivilizationThis week I'm speaking with Daniel Schmachtenberger.
Daniel is a founding member of The Consilience Project, aimed at improving public sensemaking and dialogue.
The throughline of his interests has to do with ways of improving the health and development of individuals and society, with a virtuous relationship between the two as a goal.
Towards these ends, he’s had particular interest in the topics of catastrophic and existential risk, civilization and institutional decay and collapse as well as progress, collective action problems, social organization theories, and the relevant domains in philosophy and science.2019-08-051h 26Emerge: Making Sense of What's NextState of the DAO Panel DiscussionThis week I am joined by Danilo Vaz, Stratis Karad, Jocelyn, and Felipe Duarte to explore all things Decentralized Autonomous Organizations (DAOs).
We talk about what DAOs are and why they are significant, where the space is at (and what it’s evolving into), how DAOs might allow for teal/horizontal/distributed organizations to scale, what are some of the most exciting DAOs currently active, the need for wacky proposals, and more.
Participants
Danilo Vaz (@emergir_co) - Fascinated by everything Complexity related, from fungi mycelium, to cultural evolution, to dis...2019-07-291h 34Emerge: Making Sense of What's NextJoe Edelman - Designing Systems for Human FlourishingJoe Edelman is a philosopher, social scientist, designer, and founder of Human Systems, a global community for those redesigning institutions and social spaces so as to better support meaningful lives and human values.
In this conversation we discuss why designing systems in alignment with human values is the way forward for social transformation, the difference between advancing values and practicing values, the anti-rivalrous nature of values, how to name your values with the same specificity that you name your goals, why the breakdown of systems is a wonderful opportunity for redesign, the relationship between meaningfulness and values, a...2019-07-221h 10
Buddhist GeeksThe Dharma of Collapse, with Daniel Thorson"Climate change", as a term, no longer captures the real danger that climate scientists say that we as a species, along with our fellow creatures, face today. Already the impacts of climate change have turned into a genuine ecological crisis. A growing group of people are asking out loud, if the recent string of dire government-backed climate reports are too conservative to accurately describe the real dangers ahead of us. What if, in fact, we are on the fast track toward both an ecological & civilizational collapse, and it's already too late? What would it mean to practice dharma in "...2019-07-221h 24Emerge: Making Sense of What's NextTom Murray - Wisdom SkillsIn this conversation Tom Murray and I explore Tom’s model of ‘Wisdom Skills’. In this model Wisdom Skills are made up of both the movement of complexification and development (ascending), and the movement of simplicity and subtraction (descending).
We explore the relationship between simplicity and complexity in the development of wisdom, sort out some confusions about the relationship between spirituality and human development, why spiritual teachers ‘do bad things’, why development without deconstruction is problematic, why spirituality is more ‘down and in’ rather than ‘up and out’, how deconstruction releases complexity and opens possibility, why development is dangerous withou...2019-07-161h 31Emerge: Making Sense of What's NextBayo Akomolafe - The Insurgency of the InvisibleToday I'm speaking with Bayo Akomolafe. Bayo is a an academic, poet and philosopher who dedicates his life to mediating between the spiritual and the scientific. He is the Executive Director and Chief Curator for The Emergence Network, and the author of ‘These Wilds Beyond our Fences: Letters to my Daughter on Humanity’s Search for Home‘.
We talk about what emergence is and why it is such a relevant idea for our time, the scandal at the heart of modernity, why it's a good idea to be uncertain about the possibility of systems collapse, why the urgenc...2019-07-081h 16Emerge: Making Sense of What's NextBonnitta Roy - Six Ways to Go MetaToday on the show I'm speaking with Bonnitta Roy about her presentation 'Six Ways to Go Meta'.
We cover such topics as what it mean to ‘go meta’, why the anthropocene is driving humans to discover new ways of ‘going meta’, how deconstructing our experience through meditation creates a clean palette to experiment with new ways of going meta, how previous guests like Adam Robbert, Jordan Greenhall, Nora Bateson, and Rob Burbea fit into Bonnitta’s meta-meta-model, and why it’s vital that we create new educational forms that help create and discover new human minds.
Six Ways to...2019-07-011h 32Emerge: Making Sense of What's NextZak Stein - The Meta-Crisis is a Human Development Crisis: Education in a Time Between WorldsToday's conversation is with Zak Stein. Zak is a writer, educator and futurist working to bring a greater sense of sanity and justice to education. This recording was made in person at Zak's house in Northern Vermont.
We chat about why the meta-crisis is fundamentally an educational crisis, a metamodern vision for the future of education, the difference between education and schooling, how to build an education system that can prepare humans for an unknowable and rapidly changing future, the postmodern erosion of ‘teacherly authority’, the relationship between education, passion, curiosity, and eros, and the possibility of educ...2019-06-241h 15Emerge: Making Sense of What's NextIntermission with Both/And - Podcasting as a Spiritual PracticeAn inside baseball podcast about podcasting with Jason Snyder and Jared Janes of the Both/And podcast.
We chat about what we are seeing in the emerging [metamodern/metasystematic/metarational] subculture, skillful disagreement, and how podcasting can be a practice of personal growth and transformation.
Jared and Jason's Favorite Episodes so far:
Both/And #6 with Euvie Ivanova - http://bothand.libsyn.com/6-thriving-in-modernity-with-euvie-ivanova
Both/And #11 with David Collins - http://bothand.libsyn.com/11-simply-awake-with-david-collins2019-06-131h 15Emerge: Making Sense of What's NextDr. Douglas Tataryn - Emotions in Meditation and Human DevelopmentThis week I'm speaking with Dr. Douglas Tataryn. Doug has created an elegant and effective system for emotional healing and understanding. This work makes insights from years of study and practice as a clinical psychologist accessible to the everyone. In this conversation we will explore a simple technique for emotional clearing that you can begin practicing immediately, and look at how emotions play a role in meditation, human development, and cultural transformation.
Doug and I discuss how emotions obstruct concentration in meditation practice, the 9 core feelings, the difference between feelings and emotions, how crying is...2019-05-201h 28Emerge: Making Sense of What's NextCatherine McGee - Soulmaking in CollapseMy guest today is Catherine McGee. Catherine has been teaching Insight Meditation retreats internationally since 1999, and since 2014 has been collaborating with Rob Burbea in shaping and teaching the Soulmaking Dharma. In this conversation we explore how the Soulmaking Dharma can open up our relationship to the topic of collapse and possible human extinction.
We talk about Catherine's experience participating in the Extinction Rebellion through the lens of the Soulmaking Dharma, the weaving together of justice and soul and beauty in a time of crisis, the eros-psyche-logos dynamic, the difference between suffering (dukkha) in the classical Buddhist context...2019-05-131h 29Emerge: Making Sense of What's NextJeremy Johnson - Jean Gebser & Mutating Consciousness in the AnthropoceneTodays guest is Jeremy Johnson. Jeremy is the author of the new book 'Seeing Through the World: Jean Gebser and Integral Consciousness'. Jeremy is also the host of the wonderful Mutations podcast, and the editor of the anthology Mutations: Art, Consciousness, and the Anthropocene.
Together we explore Gebser’s idea of ‘origin’, the move from the non-perspectival to perspectival to aperspectival consciousness (aka integral), the way creative innovations emerge out of presence, Gebser’s relationship with metamodernism, the difficulty of trying to articulate anything beyond the mental structure of consciousness, how to experience the past and the f...2019-05-061h 10Emerge: Making Sense of What's NextJohn Vervaeke - The Meaning CrisisToday's guest is John Vervaeke, PhD. John is an award-winning lecturer at the University of Toronto in the departments of psychology, cognitive science and Buddhist psychology. John joins Emerge to discuss the meaning crisis, it's consequences, and how we might design ecologies of practice to chart a path to new vistas of meaningfulness.
We cover: what is the meaning crisis, how does the meaning crisis intersect with the ecological and political crisis, how our consciousness prioritizes what is most meaningful out of the totality of perception and how much flexibility we have in adjusting and transforming what we find meaningful...2019-04-291h 25Emerge: Making Sense of What's NextSkinner Layne - Embracing Collapse: Transforming Tragedy into MeaningfulnessMy guest today is Skinner Layne. Skinner is the founder of Exosphere, a learning & problem-solving community and startup laboratory.
We talk about how collapse is woven into the DNA of our system, how those who grew up in the modern west are equivalent to trust fund babies, why marxism dies from cancer, fascism dies from heart attack and consumerism dies from diabetes, how Apple is the perfection of fascist production and marxist aesthetics, why preserving the status quo is unacceptable, how collapse is more like falling down a hill than falling off a cliff...and why it...2019-04-221h 39Emerge: Making Sense of What's NextMaking Sense of Jem Bendell and Vinay Gupta with Bonnitta RoyA short making sense episode with frequent guest of the show Bonnitta Roy. We have a chat about the recent episodes with Jem Bendell and Vinay Gupta, and how what new paths forward may lie in the wake of the collapse narrative.2019-04-1838 minEmerge: Making Sense of What's NextMaking Sense of Jem Bendell and Vinay Gupta with Peter ParkA short making sense episode with friend and fellow monastic Peter Park. We have a chat about the recent episodes with Jem Bendell and Vinay Gupta, and how the idea of collapse is playing out in our own lives.2019-04-1528 minEmerge: Making Sense of What's NextVinay Gupta - Waking Up in the Monster Factory (pt. 2)This episode's guest is Vinay Gupta (@leashless). Vinay is the founder of Mattereum, the creator of the hexayurt, and part of the team that launched the Ethereum project. Vinay is also a deep spiritual practitioner, and in this two part episode we explore the intersection of awakening, social collapse, and the possibility of human extinction.
We talk about Vinay’s esoteric spiritual path and subsequent awakening to the planetary crisis, why we ought to abandon all causes except the avoidance of total human extinction, why our situation is not just a repackaged mythical eschatology, why the victors of global capitalism are...2019-04-081h 10Emerge: Making Sense of What's NextVinay Gupta - Waking Up in the Monster Factory (pt. 1)This episode's guest is Vinay Gupta (@leashless). Vinay is the founder of Mattereum, the creator of the hexayurt, and part of the team that launched the Ethereum project. Vinay is also a deep spiritual practitioner, and in this two part episode we explore the intersection of awakening, social collapse, and the possibility of human extinction. We talk about Vinay’s esoteric spiritual path and subsequent awakening to the planetary crisis, why we ought to abandon all causes except the avoidance of total human extinction, why our situation is not just a repackaged mythical eschatology, why the victors of global capitalism are...2019-04-0155 minEmerge: Making Sense of What's NextDr. Jem Bendell - The Meaning and Joy of Inevitable Social CollapseToday I'm speaking with Dr. Jem Bendell. Jem exploded onto the internet with the release of his 'Deep Adaptation' paper, which has been downloaded hundreds of thousands of times. The paper makes a very persuasive argument for what Dr. Bendell calls 'Inevitable near term social collapse' due to climate change. In this conversation we talk about non-linear self-reinforcing negative feedback loops in climate systems, Dr. Bendell’s experience of grief in coming to terms with the reality of collapse, Extinction Rebellion as an expression of fierce love, the meaningfulness and joy on the other side of collapse acceptance, collapse as an...2019-03-251h 12Emerge: Making Sense of What's NextCheck-in & UpdateNo guest today, instead a short check-in and update about Emerge and the life of Daniel. 2019-03-1806 minEmerge: Making Sense of What's NextDavid Fuller - Rebel Wisdom, The Intellectual Dark Web & The Future of Media Today's guest is David Fuller, founder of Rebel Wisdom.
We talk about Jordan Peterson, the inspiration (and synchronicities) behind the founding of Rebel Wisdom, David’s most recent thinking on what the teleology of the Intellectual Dark Web, the emerging worldview coming into being through distributed heterodox conversations, the significance of the James Damore Google Memo, the evolution of media towards non-ideological generative conversation, and how embodied practice support intersubjective sense-making.
Rebel Wisdom YouTube Channel2019-03-121h 11Emerge: Making Sense of What's NextMiki Kasthan - The Inseparability of Psychological and Social TransformationIn this episode I’m speaking with Miki Kashtan. Through her work with Nonviolent Communication, movement building, and organization design, Miki speaks into the intersection of social and psychological transformation with a rare blend of pragmatic heartfulness.
We talk about how economic and cultural systems inform our psychology, why none of us can know what ‘human nature’ is, the necessity of communities of practice for those who seek to transform their consciousness, how to practice full spectrum nonviolence, the unsettling power of moral authority, and the central significance of connecting with and expressing our biolog...2019-03-041h 24
Genuinely UsefulReflecting Reflections with EMERGE podcast's Daniel ThorsonDaniel’s podcast EMERGE is an inquiry into the emerging paradigms shaping the next phase of the human experiment. We have a great conversation about conversations and the nature of recording them for public release, soulcrafting, metamodernism, adapting to the idea of climate change, and what it’s like deciding to move to a monastery. Subscribe for new podcast episode Email Notifications HERE ---> If you enjoy this podcast, tap on over to Apple Podcasts and kindly leave me a rating, write a review, and subscribe! Thank you so much! See...2019-03-031h 13Emerge: Making Sense of What's NextPaul Krafel - The World Healing Game of Upward SpiralsMy conversation today is with naturalist and author Paul Krafel.
We talk about why you shouldn't go with the flow, how to discover opportunities for generative service in all domains of life, how to use multiple perspectives to see in '3D', the game of creating upward spirals, and how to observe the natural world in a way that discovers patterns & fit. Enjoy!
Paul's book Roaming Upwards2019-02-251h 12Emerge: Making Sense of What's NextNick Jankel - Post-Identity Tribalism in Culture War 2.0Nick Seneca Jankel is an author, professional speaker, leadership futurist, and philosopher. His recent book, Spiritual Atheism, reconciles spiritual and contemplative experience with science into a robust ‘human operating system’. I reached out to Nick after reading his recent article on medium called "Hacking Identity Politics To Save Our Species”, which we unpack in this conversation.
We cover topics like the relationship between spiritual practice and social change, how to 'hack' identity politics, the responsibility of ‘integralists’ to intervene in cultural flashpoints, and the need for post-tribal tribes to create collaborative fellowship.2019-02-181h 15Emerge: Making Sense of What's NextJeremy Lent - Maps of Meaning for a World in CrisisIn this episode I'm speaking with Jeremy Lent. Jeremy is the author of 'The Patterning Instinct: A Cultural History of Humanity's Search for Meaning' and the found of the Liology Institute, which has the aim of fostering a worldview that will enable humanity to thrive sustainably on this planet.
Jeremy and I chat about how our world is the product of the success of certain cognitive patterns, how we can change reality by changing our metaphors, what it means to become conscious of the meaning we make out of the world, and how we can adapt our...2019-02-041h 23Emerge: Making Sense of What's NextRobert MacNaughton - Learnings from the Life and Death of the Integral CenterIn this conversation I’m speaking with Robert McNuaghten. Robert was the founder and executive director of the Integral Center in Boulder Colorado from it’s birth in 2013 until it’s recent closure at the end of 2018.
We chat about the shadow side of idealism, leadership and patriarchy, the essence of conservatism, the history of the Integral movement in Boulder, intersubjective reductionism, Robert’s concerns about the spread of authentic relating throughout the world, and how understanding Attachment Theory helps bring balance to relational practices. 2019-01-281h 09Emerge: Making Sense of What's NextJames Surwillo - Metamodern Leadership and Millennial HeroicsJames Surwillo joins me in conversation this week to talk about his book 'Metamodern Leadership: A History of the Seven Values That Will Change the World'.
We discuss the unique role of the millennial generation, evolving cultural value sets, the possibility of millennials being a ‘hero’ generation, Torbert’s seven stage model of leadership development, the need to master the game before you change the game (h/t Jordan Peterson), and conventional and post-conventional leadership.
https://hbr.org/2005/04/seven-transformations-of-leadership
https://medium.com/the-abs-tract-organization/on-metamodern-leadership-87bcf9ada5f92019-01-211h 11Emerge: Making Sense of What's NextMiles Bukiet - Monasteries of the FutureMiles Bukiet joins Emerge this week to talk about his paper ‘Monasteries of the Future’.
We talk about the role of monasteries in the emerging future, the cultural significance of monasteries as an institution that demonstrates alternative ways of being human, the radical difference deep practice can make to our experience of being alive, and the 'crisis of standards' affecting the contemplative field.
Read Monasteries of the Future
The Monastic Academy
A Day at the Monastic Academy (With Pictures)
(Meta)Modern Monasticism with Peter Park2019-01-1457 minEmerge: Making Sense of What's NextRia Baeck - Emergent Collective Practice and Applied PresenceIn this episode of Emerge I'm speaking with Ria Baeck. Ria is a visionary practitioner in the domain of group process, facilitation, and collaboration, having spent many decades discovering how to manifest collective potential in order to meet the complex challenges of our era.
Ria and I talk about why you cannot go straight for the answer, the re-localization of sense-making, moving beyond mental consciousness, the limitlessness of Applied Presence, the nature of collective intelligence, the sacred responsibility of contributing our piece to the whole, reclaiming and integrating our animal nature, and conceptual shadow.
Ria's...2018-12-241h 18Emerge: Making Sense of What's NextJoachim Stroh - Collective Sensemaking and Presence in Digital SpacesOn this episode of Emerge I'm speaking with Joachim Stroh. Joachim is the co-founder of Change Agents Worldwide and the creator of the Social Ledger -- a meta-protocol for creating cooperative digital spaces.
We touch on topics such as collective sensemaking in digital spaces, how time spent on the internet can form memories (or not), achieving flow states in digital connection, Joachim's 'Social Ledger' as a meta-protocol for measuring social capital and participation, and new architectures of participation that resist authoritarianism.
Joachim's Article on the Social Ledger
https://medium.com/school-of-the-possible/social-ledger-lab-b558b19dc6632018-12-171h 10Emerge: Making Sense of What's NextJared Janes - Stream Entry, Philosophy and the Terror of Getting What You WantIn this episode I'm speaking with Jared Janes (@jaredjanes). Jared is the host of the Impactful Podcast, as well as a friend and off-air interlocuter. We share many interests in common, from meditation and philosophy to diet and productivity hacking.
In this conversation, we chat about different models of stream entry, the lubricative nature of awakening, how the philosophical investigation of free will opens up the space for liberation, awakening through World of Warcraft, and the need to follow one's curiosity, even as it takes us outside of our comfortable affiliations.
Impactful: Tribes
https://www.jaredjanes.com/posts/2018/9/16/tribes2018-12-131h 07Emerge: Making Sense of What's NextGail Bradbrook - Extinction RebellionOn this episode, I’m speaking with Gail Bradbrook. Gail is a founder of Extinction Rebellion, one of the most exciting political movements on the planet right now (IMO).
Extinction Rebellion is a group that believes that time has run out to address the ecological crisis and that it is the right and duty of every citizen to rebel in order to compel the government to tell the truth and decarbonize the economy in as short a period as possible. The movement is growing exponentially in Europe, and has already shut down the city of London through direct action and ci...2018-12-111h 00Emerge: Making Sense of What's NextPeter Park - (Meta)Modern Monasticism and Existential RiskIn this episode of Emerge I'm speaking with Peter Park. Peter is a teacher and Assistant Director at the Monastic Academy in Lowell, Vermont.
Peter and I talk about what a 'modern monastery is', the choice between comfort and truth, the role of monastic style training in a time of existential risk, and Peter's experience combining contemplative practice and authentic relating in the context of a monastic community.
www.peterxpark.com
www.monasticacademy.com
Deep Adaptation & Systems Collapse Paper
https://mahb.stanford.edu/library-item/deep-adaptation-map-navigating-climate-tragedy/2018-12-031h 15Emerge: Making Sense of What's NextPeter Limberg - Memetic Tribes, Culture War 2.0, and the Perils of Grey PillingIn this episode, I'm speaking with Peter Limberg. Peter is the creator of the Intellectual Explorers Club in Toronto, CA as well as co-author of 'Memetic Tribes and Culture War 2.0', a recent medium article that has been very popular in my odd corner of the internet. In this conversation we chat about memeplexes, grey pills, radical agnosticism, Robert Anton Wilson, how to speak with confidence in the midst of uncertainty, authentic relating, anti-debates, and pragmatic tribal affiliations for post-tribal peoples. Enjoy the show! Memetic Tribes and Culture War 2.0 (article) https://medium.com/intellectual-explorers-club/memetic-tribes-and-culture-war-2-0-14705c43f6bb...2018-11-261h 01Emerge: Making Sense of What's NextNora Bateson - Awakening Interdependence and Evolving Systems with Warm DataNora Bateson is a Filmmaker, writer, educator, lecturer and President of the International Bateson Institute.
In this conversation we discuss how systems learn and evolve, the importance of moving between contexts, how our dreams of incremental change have failed, and the how system change will likely emerge from the liminal space between institutions.2018-11-191h 13Emerge: Making Sense of What's NextJohn Michael Greer - The Kek Wars: How Chaos Magic Influenced the 2016 US Presidential ElectionIn this episode John Michael Greer and I discuss his 'Kek Wars' article series on how the Chans used magick to influence the 2016 elections.
We talk about political campaigns as magical performance, 4chan as the collective unconscious of the internet, the lefts failure to recognize a politics of existential crises, the myth of progress, and the antidote to cosmic indifference. 🐙
The Kek Wars Part 1:
https://www.ecosophia.net/the-kek-wars-part-one-aristocracy-and-its-discontents/
Primer on Chaos Magick:
https://ultraculture.org/blog/2015/11/13/psychonaut-field-manual/2018-11-121h 15Emerge: Making Sense of What's NextZak Stein - A Metaphysics of Love for a Time Between WorldsOn this episode of Emerge I’m speaking with Zak Stein. Zak is a writer, educator, and futurist working to bring a greater sense of sanity and justice to education (and beyond).
Zak joins me on the show to speak about his recent paper in the Integral Review titled Love in a Time Between Worlds: On the Metamodern “Return” to a Metaphysics of Eros. In addition to the paper, we talk about the antropocene and it’s relationship to the metamodern historical moment, why metaphysical questions are impossible to escape, and why those who bring coherence to these inquires will be stepp...2018-10-291h 22Emerge: Making Sense of What's NextAdam Robbert - Breaking the Binary of Theory & PracticeIn this conversation Adam Roberts (@knowledgeecology) and I explore the idea of philosophical inquiry as perceptual transformation.
We talk about the relationship between conceptuality and perception, the contemplative practice that Descartes used to produce his philosophy, how to sort through the spiritual marketplace, and the meta-freedom that exploring our assumptions can open for us.
If you enjoy this conversation I recommend you check out The Side View, Adam’s new project based on the ideas he shares in this episode. It just got started and it’s already home to a number of great articles and provocative podcast episodes.
As alwa...2018-10-251h 13Emerge: Making Sense of What's NextTerry Patten - Integral Theory & Metamodernism, Irony & Sincerity, and Why Voting MattersIn this conversation, I’m speaking with Terry Patten. Terry is a leading voice in the integral movement as an author, speaker, and teacher focusing on the marriage of personal and political transformation.
We talk about the relationship between Integral Theory and Metamodernism, the use and misuse of irony & sincerity, and why we should vote, even if it’s statistically meaningless.
Terry is a true evolutionary activist and it’s a real pleasure to have him on the show. And if you appreciate where Terry is coming from I highly encourage you to check out his most recent book, ‘A New Repu...2018-10-221h 21Emerge: Making Sense of What's NextRichard Bartlett - Occupy Wall Street as Bootstrapping Collective IntelligenceIn this conversation, I speak with Richard Dennis Bartlett. Richard is an author, organizational consultant, and founder of Loomio and The Hum, as well as a member of Enspiral network. He and I share an identity as former participants in Occupy Wall Street, me in NYC and Richard in New Zealand.
Together we reflect on whether Occupy Wall Street could be seen as a ‘bootstrapped’ collective intelligence, the rise of the vTaiwan movement and digital governance, and the need to leverage both social and digital technology together to create robust expressions of benevolent collective intelligence.
The Hum
https://www.thehum.org...2018-10-181h 10Emerge: Making Sense of What's NextIndra Adnan - Catalyzing a Networked Politics with The Alternative UKOn this episode of Emerge I’m speaking with Indra Adnan. Indra is the ‘co-initiator’ of the Alternative UK, a new political platform aiming to transform politics in the United Kingdom.
We talk about the Alternative’s approach to political change, her development of a transformative movement building event that Indra calls a ‘Collaboratory’, and the new networked story of collective evolution that the Alternative is helping to catalyze. Enjoy!
The Alternative UK
https://www.thealternative.org.uk/
The Alternative UK + Holochain
https://atlasofthefuture.org/fixing-the-system-dream-of-an-open-world/2018-10-151h 11Emerge: Making Sense of What's NextJake Vartanian - Native: A Crypto Platform for Prosperous CommunitiesOn this episode of Emerge I’m speaking with Jake Vartanian. Jake is the founder of Native, a platform for communities to create their own economic architecture using cryptocurrency.
This is a project, like DAOStack, Holochain, or Colony, that is exploring the transition into an anti-rivalrous future that Jordan Greenhal and I spoke about in the last episode of Emerge. I recommend listening to that conversation first, as it will help you understand the significance of what Native is offering.
And, unlike many other projects in this space Native is now live, and you can play with it yourself at ht...2018-10-1154 minEmerge: Making Sense of What's NextJordan Greenhall - Anti-Rivalry, QAnon, and SOCIs (Oh my!)In this conversation, Jordan Greenhall and I talk about Rivalrous and Anti-Rivalrous dynamics, the rise of self-organizing collective intelligences (SOCIs), and how QAnon might be an early example of the future of collective sense-making.
"We are currently undergoing a major transition from a world dominated by the forces of scarcity to a world dominated by the forces of abundance. This is a once in a thousand-year level (or larger) transition and must be understood in that context."
The Rivalrous and Anti-Rivalrous (Video)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cEEV6gJIb7g
Making Sense of QAnon (Article)
https://medium.com/deep-code...2018-10-081h 22Emerge: Making Sense of What's NextJoe Brewer - State of the CollapseIn this episode, I speak with Joe Brewer about the on-going collapse of our planetary system, the emotional and psychological difficulties of reckoning with this reality, and how we can each become stewards for what comes next.2018-10-0439 minEmerge: Making Sense of What's NextMaking Sense of HolochainEthan and Daniel attempt to make sense of the Holochain episode with Ferananda Ibarra.2018-07-1614 minEmerge: Making Sense of What's NextMaking Sense of Hanzi (pt. 1)Ethan and Daniel have a conversation about part one of the episode with Hanzi Freinacht.2018-06-2618 minEmerge: Making Sense of What's NextMaking Sense of the Bonnitta Roy EpisodeEthan and Daniel make sense of the Bonnitta Roy episode, which you can find here:
https://anchor.fm/emerge/episodes/Where-Jordan-Peterson--Sam-Harris--and-Ezra-Klein-Go-Wrong-e1hh9i/a-a3m7uh2018-05-3014 minEmerge: Making Sense of What's NextMaking Sense of the Darren Silver EpisodeEthan and Daniel talk about the most recent episode of Emerge with Darren Silver.2018-05-1814 minEmerge: Making Sense of What's NextMaking Sense of the Jordan Greenhall EpisodeEthan and Daniel have a sense-making conversation about the Jordan Greenhall episode of Emerge.2018-04-1815 minEmerge: Making Sense of What's NextExperiments in Sense-Making #1: Beyond ExpertiseEthan and Daniel attempt to make sense of some of the topics discussed on recent episodes of Emerge.
This episode will make most sense if you listen first to the recent episode with Melissa Michaels and have at least some familiarity with Jordan Greenhall's model of Sovereignty.
Melissa Michaels Interview on Emerge
https://anchor.fm/emerge/episodes/Melissa-Michaels---Embodying-Grace--Embodying-Service-e17gsc
Jordan Greenhall on Sovereignty
http://highexistence.com/jordan-greenhall-humanity-global-collapse-survive/2018-04-0424 min