ZION 2.0

Joe Norman is a complex systems and data scientist with a PhD in Complex Systems and Brain Sciences. Joe studies systemic risks in large-scale systems, pattern formations in biological and social systems, policy design, and evolution. He is the founder of Applied Complexity, LLC, and also spends time building out a homestead with his wife in New Hampshire.Check out Joe’s website.Follow Joe on Twitter.Follow me on Twitter.Support the show.

Today my guest is Conor White-Sullivan.Conor is the CEO/Founder of Roam Research, a “tool for networked thought.” It’s essentially a note-taking app for highly-functioning creative types who want the Best. Conor is a Bay Area tech innovator who is seriously considering converting to Mormonism and describes taking LSD for the first time as one of the most transformative moments of his life. This conversation is about that. Check out Roam Research: https://roamresearch.com/Follow Conor on Twitter: https://twitter.com/ConawFollow me on Twitter: https://twitter.com/collinofzionSupport the show! https://patreon.com/collinofzion

Today my guest is Curtis Yarvin. According to Wikipedia: “Curtis Guy Yarvin (born 1973), also known by the pen name Mencius Moldbug, is an American far-right blogger.[4][5] Yarvin and his ideas are often associated with the alt-right, despite his and the efforts of other Dark Enlightenment thinkers to distance themselves from it.[6][7] From 2007 to 2014 he authored a blog called "Unqualified Reservations" which argued that American democracy is a failed experiment,[8] and that it should be replaced by monarchy or corporate governance.[9] He is known, along with fellow neo-reactionary Nick Land, for developing the anti-egalitarian and anti-democratic ideas behind the Dark Enlightenment.”I decided to speak with Curtis to suss out his darkness for myself. We discuss the fragility of online communities, the woke infiltration of the arts, his fun Communist grandparents, and Based Biden. Support Yarvin’s online grift here.Support the show!Follow me on Twitter and subscribe on YouTube.

Today my guest is Cadell Last.Cadell is an anthropologist, philosopher and therapist focused on biocultural evolution, mind-matter relation and future speculations. He earned his PhD in interdisciplinary and complexity studies at the Evolution, Cognition and Complexity group at the Vrije Universiteit Brussel. He is also the author of over a dozen academic publications and two books: Global Brain Singularity and Sex, Masculinity, God. You can find more about his work at cadelllast.com.Support the show!Follow me on Twitter and subscribe on YouTube.

Today I am joined by Michael Martin.Michael is a philosopher, poet, musician, songwriter, editor, and biodynamic farmer. He spent sixteen years as a Waldorf teacher and Master Teacher, and taught at the university and college level for over seventeen years. He began biodynamic farming in 1990 and currently raises dairy goats, bees, and other animals while managing a market garden with his wife and some of his nine children. His poetry and scholarship have appeared in many journals and he is the editor of Jesus the Imagination: A Journal of Spiritual Revolution.Michael and I discuss sophiology, its roots in Christianity, biodynamic farming, and how to approach the dangers of Transhuamnist ideology. Check out Michael’s work here. Support the show!Follow me on Twitter and subscribe on YouTube.

Alright, I’m coming back to the podcast after a few months of hiatus. Thank you for your patience. :)Today my guest is author, podcaster, and philosopher James Ellis.James studied fine art at Norwich University of the Arts, after finishing his degree he completed an M.A. in continental philosophy at Staffordshire University. He blogs at Meta-Nomad and is the host of Hermitix Podcast. We discuss occultism, Gurdjieff, darkness, collapse, and more.Purchase his new book A Methodology of Possession: On the Philosophy of Nick Land

We’re doing something a little different here folks.A few months ago, I started interviewing people for this podcast from Twitter. Not just any Twitter user. I wanted people who were posting anonymously because these are by far the post interesting people I have come across lately. I will be releasing these episodes onto the RSS feed from YouTube.This episode is with Twitter use @powerbottomdad1. He came to the new Movement Barn in Ann Arbor for an int person interview. Stay tuned about the barn… very exciting things happening.xoxoCollin

Today my guest is the exceptional Gili Oren.With almost 30 years of international business experience, Gili is helping the next generation of leaders gain access to capital, get to the heart of what blocks them from thriving and transcend obstacles, create strategies that actualize bold vision, and create value in a way that actualizes their dreams of impact. He holds an undergraduate degree in social sciences from Tel Aviv University and an international MBA from The Netherlands business School and is certificated in numerous coaching and transformational leadership programs .Outside of funding and nurturing visionary entrepreneurs, Gili creates value by organizing spaces or events for epic communities to gather, and lead brotherhood journeys through his passion project, Remenber.His specialties include: Angel Investments, new venture creation, Strategic Planning and Development, Business and life coaching, Transformational Workshops Facilitation.Links:Find Gili on LinkedInCheck out Zion Movement CollectiveFollow me on Twitter

Today my guest is Paul Chek.Paul is a world-renowned expert in the fields of corrective and high-performance exercise kinesiology, stress management and holistic wellness. For over thirty years, Paul’s unique, integrated approach to treatment and education has changed the lives of many of his clients, his students and their clients. By treating the body as a whole system and finding the root cause of a problem, Paul has been successful where traditional approaches have consistently failed. Paul is the founder of the CHEK (Corrective Holistic Exercise Kinesiology) Institute, based in California, USA and the P~P~S Success Mastery Coaching Program. He is a prolific author of books, articles and blog posts and the host of the popular podcast Living 4D with Paul Chek.This interview comes at the perfect time as many of you who follow me on Twitter have noticed me harping on about movement and embodiment. I was grateful for this opportunity to connect with Paul around many questions I’ve been having around how to approach movement in different contexts.Check out Paul’s website.Listen to his podcast.Follow me on Twitter.Enjoy the show? Become a patron.

Today my guest is hardcore crypto tantric engineer Vinay Gupta.I first heard Vinay on a podcast a few years ago speaking about enlightenment and saving the world with Bucky Fuller style innovation and inspiration. His approach seemed radically applied and pragmatic - with intense spiritual practice comes real moral responsibility. This is antithetical to a lot of the philosophically inept and castrated New Age thought we see today in the Spiritual Marketplace. What does it mean to take this work seriously?This is (fortunately) a sprawling conversation. We start by discussing the prophetic nature of certain special science fiction authors, emotional processing in spiritual practice, empathy disorders, save-the-world psychology, uncanny valleys in tech, and how to make sense of our current moment as a bunch of confused monkeys.I hope you get as much from this conversation as I did.Links:Books mentioned: Christ was an Ad Man & Shockwave RiderFollow Vinay on TwitterFollw me on TwitterCheck out other podcasts and livestreams on my YouTube channelEnjoy the show? Become a patron.

Today my guest is Jamie Wheal.Jamie is the Executive Director of The Flow Genome Project and leading expert in the neurophysiology of human performance. His work combines a background in expeditionary education, wilderness medicine, and surf rescue, with over a decade of advising high-growth companies on strategy, execution, and leadership. Jamie's coaching ranges from Fortune 500 companies like Cisco, Google, and Nike, to the U.S. Naval War College, and Red Bull. You'll find him speaking on the intersection of science and human potential to diverse, high-performance communities like Young President's Organization, Summit Series, TED, and MaiTai Global. At the Flow Genome Project, he leads a team of the world’s top scientists, athletes, and artists dedicated to mapping the genome of the peak-performance state known as Flow.We discuss what is most top of mind for Jamie right now: how to build a future that has a chance of success. We talk about the philosophical mistakes we make when constructing our worldviews, Bourgeois Spirituality, Psychedelic Narcissism, and why he is bullish on Mountain Towns.

Today my guest is Erik Davis.Erik is an author, podcaster, award-winning journalist, and popular speaker based in San Francisco. I reached out to Erik after reading his latest book “High Weirdness” - an exploration of the emergence of a new psychedelic spirituality in the work of Philip K. Dick, Terence McKenna, and Robert Anton Wilson.While we don’t talk about the book much directly, we cover some exciting territory: Mormonism & cultural lineage, relating to “cults” in a playful, theatrical manner, designing new psychedelic religions, and how to best navigate the Weird.This is one of my favorite conversations so far. Enjoy!Links:Follow me on TwitterCheck out Erik’s websiteGo check out other podcasts on my YouTube channelEnjoy the show? Consider becoming a patron.

Today my guest is Matthew Pirkowski.Matthew writes very smart things on Twitter and Medium generally under the heading of Complexity. He weaves a background in psychology, math, and complexity science together for Very Original Thinking.Follow him on TwitterGo check out other podcasts on my YouTube channelEnjoy the show? Consider becoming a patron.

When society fractures, who winds up on The Fringe? Also: what’s happening on The Fringe?Today I am joined by Rachel Haywire- creator of Trigger Warning. They are:“a gang of ideological deviants who realize that most other deviants and intellectuals have now lost their ability to see outside the box of political correctness."Rachel is asking good questions and I’m here for it.Follow Rachel on Twitter. Enjoy the show? Leave a 5 star review!Love the show? Become a patron.

Today my guest is Daniel Schmachtenberger.Daniel is a Co-Founder at the Neurohacker Collective and director of Research and Development, where he is focused on developing processes and technologies for advancing medicine and human optimization. He is particularly focused on personalized medicine, adequate approaches to complex illness, and deepening our knowledge of how the human regulatory systems function, how they break down, and how they can be supported to function with greater resilience.Daniel also runs a blog called Civilization Emerging where he focuses on exploring topics relevant to being human well, individually and collectively. Specifically, thoughts on the future of civilization, the sensitivity and potential of our current situation, and how we might navigate the path ahead.Daniel and I discuss a number of topics, namely the role aesthetics play in his work, current questions he has around public education, secret societies, and how to build and maintain a personal sovereignty stack.Buckle up. This one’s a long time coming.ALSO: If you’re a musician and want your music featured on this show, please email me: collin@zionpod.meAre you enjoying this podcast?Please subscribe and leave a review on Apple Podcasts.Go check out the YouTube page and subscribe for updates.Please consider becoming a Patron.

Amidst all of the big changes and uncertainty we're experiencing in the world today, we can come to all kinds of conclusions about what it all means and how we fit into the picture. One common story we hear from well-intentioned activists fighting against wealth inequality and climate change: the accumulation of wealth is evil. The rich are destroying the planet. The 1% meme has even held some ground since the days of Occupy Wall Street, taken up as a rallying cry by Democratic Socialists. I wonder if there's another story.Speaking for myself, I have all kinds of twisted narratives around money. I need to be making enough to feel worthy and attract a mate. If I'm not providing, I have no value. Wealth accumulation is for the greedy and I'm not so I'll do my best to avoid it, etc. Today (for my first livestream!) my guest is Jordan Hall. Jordan has made the rounds on various podcasts and YouTube channels discussing a wide range of things, namely the idea of cultivating sovereignty as a necessary step in the path to becoming a more effective agent in the world.Before he started studying complexity at The Santa Fe Institute and writing posts on Medium about our failing institutions, Jordan was a highly successful tech entrepreneur. Jordan's wealth gave him the freedom to enter rooms and ask questions that would have been unthinkable had he been working a traditional 9-5. What is money? How do we rid ourselves of unhelpful, debilitating stories our wealth? Is it possible to ethically create wealth in the current climate? Join us for what is sure to be a mind-bending, heart-opening conversation.Part 2 is audio from the YouTube livestream.Are you enjoying this podcast?Please subscribe and leave a review on Apple Podcasts.Go check out the YouTube page and subscribe for updates.Please consider becoming a Patron.

Amidst all of the big changes and uncertainty we're experiencing in the world today, we can come to all kinds of conclusions about what it all means and how we fit into the picture. One common story we hear from well-intentioned activists fighting against wealth inequality and climate change: the accumulation of wealth is evil. The rich are destroying the planet. The 1% meme has even held some ground since the days of Occupy Wall Street, taken up as a rallying cry by Democratic Socialists. I wonder if there's another story.Speaking for myself, I have all kinds of twisted narratives around money. I need to be making enough to feel worthy and attract a mate. If I'm not providing, I have no value. Wealth accumulation is for the greedy and I'm not so I'll do my best to avoid it, etc. Today (for my first livestream!) my guest is Jordan Hall. Jordan has made the rounds on various podcasts and YouTube channels discussing a wide range of things, namely the idea of cultivating sovereignty as a necessary step in the path to becoming a more effective agent in the world.Before he started studying complexity at The Santa Fe Institute and writing posts on Medium about our failing institutions, Jordan was a highly successful tech entrepreneur. Jordan's wealth gave him the freedom to enter rooms and ask questions that would have been unthinkable had he been working a traditional 9-5. What is money? How do we rid ourselves of unhelpful, debilitating stories our wealth? Is it possible to ethically create wealth in the current climate? Join us for what is sure to be a mind-bending, heart-opening conversation.Part 1 is a call Jordan and I had before the livestream. The aim was to find more specificity in the theme and zero in on what we wanted to talk about.Are you enjoying this podcast?Please subscribe and leave a review on Apple Podcasts.Go check out the YouTube page and subscribe for updates.Please consider becoming a Patron.

Today my guest is Venkatesh Rao.Venkat is a writer and independent management consultant focusing mainly on the “challenges at the intersection of technology, strategy, and organizational development, at midsized or large companies.”You can find Venkat’s writing on Ribbonfarm, Breaking Smart, and The Art of the Gig.We cover a wide range of topics in this conversation from The Genius and Shadow of Gen Z, the relative importance of embodiment in the digital age, and Venkat’s diagnosis for the most likely Apocalyptic Scenario.Please Enjoy and Share!

Today my guest is Stephen Jenkinson.Stephen is a teacher, author, storyteller, spiritual activist, farmer and founder of the Orphan Wisdom School, a teaching house and learning house for the skills of deep living and making human culture. It is rooted in knowing history, being claimed by ancestry, working for a time ​yet to come.​Stephen worked for many years in the “death trade”, helping people come to terms with their illnesses in a culture that has no real relationship with the death and dying process. He is a trained Harvard theologian and writes urgently and eloquently about how to create culture that relates to the cycles of life and death (Die Wise). His latest book, Come of Age, grapples with the paradox of elderhood in North America: “we are awash in the aged and yet somehow lacking in wisdom; we relegate senior citizens to the corner of the house while simultaneously heralding them as sage elders simply by virtue of their age.”Stephen is currently on the Nights of Grief and Mystery Tour.Find out if he’s in your town. If so, do yourself a favor.

Today my guest is the profound and salty Jim Rutt.Jim is a polymath of the highest order: former CEO of Network Solutions, former Chairman of the Santa Fe Institute, one of the leading thinkers behind the highly scalable blockchain architecture BigChainDB, and host of the Jim Rutt Show.Jim is deeply committed to asking better and more precise questions about the future of humanity. He has written on liquid democracy, “The Fifth Attractor”, and helped start the “Game B” meme along with former ZION 2.0 guest Jordan Hall.Sit back and enjoy this wide ranging conversation with an exceptional human mind firing on every cylinder.

Ladies and gentlemen, Alexander Bard.Bard is a Swedish cyberphilosopher, music producer, television star, and highly sought-after international speaker. He has written five books together with media theorist Jan Söderqvist. The first three titles – The Netocrats, The Global Empire and The Body Machines – have also been released together as The Futurica Trilogy and translated to over 20 languages. A fourth book Syntheism – Creating God in The Internet Age was released in 2014 and in the autumn of 2018 the fifth book Digital Libido – Sex, Power and Violence in The Network Society was published. Throughout their oeuvre, Bard & Söderqvist construct a brand new metaphysical system for the digital age, covering everything from the inner existential truths of the new physics to the radical utopian potential of participatory culture.We discuss decentralization, the future of the internet, and how narcissism is no longer an adaptive strategy. Buckle up, this guy has that salty Swedish wisdom.Show Notes:I am starting to slowly roll out a YouTube channel (just audio for this one).Follow Bard on Twitter.Check out his conversations with Andrew Sweeney.

Today my guest is Anna Gat.Anna is an interdisciplinary writer and thinker and entrepreneur and is working on a number of exciting tech / community related projects. Anna wrote an essay called “As We May Adult” that provides some grounding for this discussion. Check out the links below for more info!Follow Anna on TwitterFollow the Inter-Intellect

This week I sit down with a wise woman who also happens to be my mother.Dr. Keesha Ewers started her career as a nurse practitioner, hospice caregiver, and mother to 4 children. She is a deep systems thinker with a wide range of knowledge including Peruvian Shamanism, Ayurvedic Medicine, hypnotherapy, and Nondual Saiva Tantra. She has a PhD in Functional Sexology and has dedicated her life to creating better systems for the flourishing of vibrant, awakened humans.We discuss the current breakdown in institutional trust, mortido vs. libido, interpreting mystical experience, and how to reclaim sovereignty through the healing process. My apologies for the audio issues…it’s still a fantastic conversation! XOXO, CShow Notes: Check out her website.Follow her on Facebook. Watch her TedX talk.

Today my guest in University of Toronto Psychology professor John Vervaeke.John popped up on my radar after discovering his epic YouTube series: Awakening from the Meaning Crisis.Sit back and enjoy the ride.

This week my guest is Geoff Fitch.Geoff is a senior faculty member, consultant and coach at Pacific Integral, where he helped develop and launch their 18-month development program, as well as led several organizational change efforts. Geoff is certified to work with several change approaches, including Spiral Dynamics, the Leadership Development Framework, Polarity Management, and Holacracy. Geoff is a Field Center Certified Facilitator and Coach.I met Geoff while a participant in Pacific Integral’s Generating Transformative Change (GTC) program. We discuss the cultural role of Jordan Peterson and Ken Wilber, navigating today’s cultural climate, and what it means to hold paradox.Show Notes:Go check out Pacific Integral.Learn more about the GTC program.

Today my guests are Mike Gilliland and Euvie Ivanova from The Future Thinkers podcast.I first discovered their them around five years ago and was blown away by their creativity, insatiable curiosity, and entrepreneurial spirit. They were two young married digital nomads talking about psychedelics, technology, and whatever other cutting edge insights came across their radar.What started off as recorded conversations over the breakfast table, futurethinkers.org has grown into a dynamic online community, a podcast with over 3.5 million downloads, and new online course offerings.We discuss the early years of their podcast, balancing life together as married business partners, digital nomadism, and finding freedom in a world on the edge.Show Notes:Check out their new courses in Personal Evolution.Follow them on Twitter: (@euvieivanova) (@MikeGilliland) (@FutureThinkers_)

Today my guest is Daniel Jeffries.Dan was one of the first grown ups I discovered when I first entered the moon-crazed juvenile world of cryptocurrency. Dan is a popular writer, having published science fiction novels and numerous viral Medium articles including Way of the Spiritual Warrior, Surviving Crypto Winter, and Rick and Morty and the Meaning of Life.I wasn’t interested in talking to Dan about Bitcoin (though I’ve listened to him talk eloquently about crypto on many podcasts). I wanted to hear Dan’s story. What’s his approach to spirituality? What has he learned on his path to becoming a “B-list Crypto Celebrity” (his words) and a digital nomad who travels all over the world writing and giving impromptu speeches at giant conferences about the rise of AI?This conversation did not disappoint. Dan offers humor, wisdom, and a no-bullshit attitude toward designing a meaningful existence. If you aren’t already familiar with him, you’re welcome.Show Notes:Follow Dan (@Dan_Jeffries1) on Twitter.Check out his work on Medium.Go read some Jed McKenna, Dan’s primary spiritual inspiration.

Today my guest is Tiago Forte.Tiago Forte is a writer, speaker, teacher, and researcher obsessed with the future of work. In a previous life, he worked in microfinance, served in the Peace Corps, and consulted for large companies on product development.Tiago believes that the goals of organizations and their employees are fundamentally aligned around human-centered productivity. He draws on his background in design and technology to help knowledge workers improve their performance, discover better ways of doing things, and reframe their relationship to their work.This conversation got bumped to the top of the queue because of its potent psychoactive nature. Enjoy!Show Notes:You can watch Tiago’s talk at Refactor Camp 2019 here.Follow Tiago (@fortelabs) on Twitter.Check out Adrienne Maree Brown’s “Emergent Strategy” and “Pleasure Activism.”Go check out the Praxis blog and look into taking one the online courses offered at Forte Labs.

Today my guest is Tasshin Fogleman.I found Tasshin on Twitter (which continues to prove itself a goldmine for interesting, open-hearted podcast guests). I was following an inquiry around Monastic practice. I trained at Dai Bosatsu Zendo for a summer in 2017 but wanted to find an organization that felt more integrated with the modern world. I stumbled across The Monastic Academy based in Lowell, VT and started discovering exciting voices coming from this rural VT community (see Daniel Thorson’s Emerge podcast).Tasshin is the Assistant Director at The Monastic Academy. I connected with him to discuss his path, how he discovered The Monastic Academy, and what is it they’re doing. How is monastic training relevant to the modern person? Should training be somehow different because it’s 2019 and shit is uniquely crazy? Tasshin and I explore toxic individualism, healthy ego development/practice, and how The Monastic Academy aims to address the current cultural crisis.In 2018, Tasshin took bodhisattva vows with Shinzen Young and Soryu Forall, and received the name Tasshin, 達真. 達 means to “reach,” “arrive at,” “achieve,” or “touch.” 真 means “truth” or “authenticity.” Most people pronounce this with the Americanized pronunciation, which sounds like the English words “toss shin.”Show Notes:Follow Tasshin (@tasshinfogleman) on TwitterSee what The Monastic Academy is up to.Read Miles Bukiet’s paper “Monasteries of the Future”

This week my guest is Jennifer Gresham.Jennifer Gresham has helped hundreds of people around the world find greater fulfillment and financial success as a high performance coach and business strategist. She founded Work for Humanity to help people see the future as an invitation to create a better human experience of work, rather than a dire problem to solve.This simple shift in mindset challenges every single one of us to become part of the solution. Indeed, building a future of work that serves us under these dynamic conditions will require nearly everyone’s contribution.Prior to her coaching, Gresham spent 16 years in the U.S. Air Force as a scientist and an officer. She is the former Assistant Chief Scientist of the Human Performance Wing for the Air Force Research Laboratory, where she helped lead a $100M research portfolio spanning the fields of biology, psychology, and technology.During her military career, she also taught college chemistry, served as a program manager for the Surface & Interfacial Science and Biophysical Mechanisms programs at the Air Force Office of Scientific Research, and led Corporate Communications for the Air Force Research Laboratory.Gresham is a graduate of the U.S. Air Force Academy and received her Ph.D. in biochemistry from the University of Maryland. She was awarded the Air Force Research and Development Scientist of the Year in 2008 and is the author of several publications on human performance augmentation.______________________________This episode is sponsored by The Human Data Commons Foundation. The Human Data Commons Foundation (HDC) is a non-profit based in Vancouver, Canada, inspiring the tech sector and everyday citizens towards an equitable and sustainable future for all.

This week my guest is Ronan Harrington.In 2016, Ronan founded Alter Ego, an organisation working to gather high profile leaders in order to find our way out of this crisis moment in history. Alter Ego gatherings have brought the world’s most pioneering business and political leaders in high profile retreats to decode this process of psychological and cultural change at an organisational and societal level.Ronan now applies this thinking with leaders who are affecting transformational change at the highest levels of international media, business, politics and the arts. His most recent work has included being a lead facilitator for the Reformist Group, a high powered network of international business, political and media leaders who are advising on future reforms to the European Union. He was also a lead contributor to Theama, a multidisciplinary think tank providing insight and inspiration for the world renowned choreographer Akram Khan as he devised his final solo performance Xenos.

Today my guest is exceptional bad ass Bonnitta Roy.Bonnitta Roy is an international award winning author, presenter, and trainer. Her work on open participatory organizations (OPO) is key 'source code' for cultivating organizations that are living, natural, and highly motivating.___________________She will be leading a masterclass called “On Guildcraft” in San Francisco on June 15-16, 2019 at the Aethos Institute. The master class is a call to create a community of practice around organizing in ways that are adequate to address the complex challenges of our moment. We will focus on your practical questions and highlight local org / community designers projects and learnings.Over two days, you will gain: practices, guideposts, practical insight, and new and deeper connections for effective emergent organization design.Click here for more information: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/on-guildcraft-tickets-62077963861

Today I am with Dr Zak Stein to talk about the future of education.Zak studied philosophy and religion at Hampshire College, and then educational neuroscience, human development, and the philosophy of education at Harvard University. While a student at Harvard, he co-founded what would become Lectica, Inc., a non-profit dedicated to the research-based, justice-oriented reform of large-scale standardized testing in K-12, higher-education, and business.He has published two books. Social Justice and Educational Measurement was based on his dissertation and traces the history of standardized testing and its ethical implications. His second book, Education in a Time Between Worlds, expands the philosophical work to include grappling with the relations between schooling and technology more broadly. He also writes for peer-reviewed academic journals across a range of topics including the philosophy of learning, educational technology, and integral theory. His work has appeared in a variety of journals including, American Psychologist, New Ideas in Psychology, Mind, Brain, and Education, Integral Review, and the Journal of Philosophy of Education.___________This episode is sponsored by The Human Data Commons, a non-profit based in Vancouver, Canada, inspiring the tech sector and everyday citizens towards an equitable and sustainable future for all.___________Please consider becoming a patron and visit my Patreon!

This week I am with Joe Brewer, modern Renaissance Man and Systems Thinker/Doer.Joe has dedicated his life to helping humanity navigate global challenges as a complexity researcher, innovation strategist, and transdisciplinary scholar who brings a wealth of expertise to the adoption of sustainable solutions at the cultural scale. He weaves people and knowledge across fields to build capacities for systemic change.He is a co-founder of the Cultural Evolution Society, a global scientific community dedicated to the study of cultural evolution, has been the culture editor for This View of Life at the Evolution Institute since 2014, is the co-founder of Evonomics Magazine dedicated to the evolution of economics, and has worked with a large variety of nonprofits, social-impact businesses, and government agencies to apply insights from the cognitive, behavioral, and evolutionary sciences to large-scale social problems.Joe and I discuss the political system, effective spirituality, and why a focus on cultural evolution is our greatest chance for survival.Show Notes:Read his work on Medium: https://medium.com/@joe_brewerFollow Joe on Twitter.

Today my guest is Moritz Bierling.Moritz is involved in a number of exciting projects: he is the Chief Catalyst at Holo (the distributed P2P hosting platform for Holochain) as well as a Senior Strategist at Exosphere (a revolutionary learning and problem solving community with a new HQ set to launch outside Barcelona, Spain).I reached out to Moritz because of his story, his mind, and his values. I learned so much from this conversation about working through the Dark Times, aligning with purpose, and developing an insatiable curiosity about the world. This is quite an expansive conversation. I hope you get as much as I did from it. XOXOShow Notes:Follow Moritz on Twitter (@bierlingm)Learn more about Holochain.Feed your brain with Nassim Nicholas Taleb’s “Antifragile”

This week, my guest is Peter Limberg. I found Peter on Twitter. Turns out, Twitter is actually a rose garden if you know where to look.Peter (and co-author Conor Barnes) published a piece on Medium last September called “The Memetic Tribes of Culture War 2.0.” They do an excellent job placing us in this moment of history- where the “Left/Right” binary is far too simplistic in understanding the competing cultural forces at play.Conor and Peter help distill the reality maps for these different tribes as they would articulate them. This feels like a giant accomplishment in the task of making sense of our current moment. Or at least helps us proceed with a little more empathy?We talk about the OG Culture War, how it ended, the nature of memetic tribes, and how to approach the daunting task of sitting with Uncertainty. Cheers!If you enjoy this podcast, there are a number of ways to support:-Like, share, and leave a review! This is a great way to win favor with the Algorithm. -Subscribe to my newsletter! You will be kept up-to-date on new episodes and other new developments as ZION 2.0 expands.-Consider donating to my Patreon!Show Notes:Follow Peter and Conor on Twitter - (@peterlimberg) (@Ideopunk)Read “The Memetic Tribes of Culture War 2.0”Check out the Toronto Meetup and podcast : Intellectual Explorer’s Club

This week, I am with Misir Mahmudov- a senior finance student at Columbia University.I reached out to Misir on Twitter because I wanted to have a conversation with someone who had a grasp on the significance of Bitcoin and its potential place in the financial system. Misir studies Bitcoin, Austrian economics, and the history of money.Enjoy as Misir gives us a run down of how things were, how they are, and how they could be.Show Notes:Follow Misir on Twitter (@misir_mahmudov).Read Misir’s Tweetstorm that caught my attention.Read Misir’s Bitcoin articles on Medium.

Show Notes:Ian’s blogIan’s piece on “Emotional Performance”Read about Vinay Gupta (@leashless)

This week, I am with mental health expert, entrepreneur, and life coach Taylor Wilkins. Drawing on a decade of experience in crisis mental health treatment, Taylor is devoted to helping people shed the limiting beliefs and identities to which we attach that are holding us back from the life we want.  Through his company, The Tailored Quill, Taylor provides a proven system that intensively offers life-changing self-awareness confidence to rewrite the stories we tell ourselves in which we trap ourselves and strategies to make more informed decisions to design a fulfilling future. Taylor's system teaches us how to relieve our deepest stress and build lasting self-confidence.  Taylor's business is built on the concept that, though all of life and business are a game, human beings attach the heavy meaning to the game that makes it a competition. As a result, the added pressure for a winner / loser and success / failure create a huge amount of unnecessary stress. The heightened stress feels so big that people fall into the trap of comparing themselves to others, which destroys their self-confidence and secretly convinces them that they are "not good enough" for the life that they want.  A game is supposed to be fun. Let's take the stress away and have some fun. Links: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/taylorwilkins3 Taylor’s Blog: http://www.thetailoredquill.com/blog Instagram: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6dreuHZZtjE Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6dreuHZZtjE

Part 2 of my conversation with Jordan Hall. This time, we’re on to discuss the future of religion. Jordan makes some helpful distinctions between: RELIGION and SPIRITUALITY SCIENCE and TECHNOLOGY ENJOY.

This week, I am with complexity scientist and systems thinker Jordan Hall. I first heard Jordan on a podcast a number of years ago and feel like I’ve been mulling over his ideas in my head ever since. Do yourself a favor and check out his work on Medium.

Today’s episode is with a bad ass neuroscientist who offers a refreshing perspective on the healing power of cannabis! Dr. Michele Ross is the sex, drugs, and rock n’ roll scientist. We talk early childhood stories about drugs, the blindspots of Western medicine, and the profound mystery of psychedelic experiences. Oh, and her role on the reality TV show “Big Brother.” Apparently she’s the first scientist to do reality TV? Get it, Dr. Ross.

This episode is a live recording of the ZION2.0 launch party. I play some silly music, give a brief history of how the podcast came about, and settle in for an expansive conversation with Thomas McConkie. Thomas is a Salt Lake City native with deep wisdom to share. He tells his story on leaving the Mormon church at an early age, moving to China to study Buddhism, and eventually returning to Salt Lake to launch Lower Lights Sangha, a non profit that teaches mindfulness, meditation, and developmental psychology to curious seekers. Thomas offers us a window into what the future of religion could look like- organizations that celebrate the wholeness of all human beings, regardless of where they stand in their own development. While his context deals with Mormonism, this conversation is relevant for anyone who has ever felt exiled from family, culture, society, or religion.

This week I am with the lovely Zach Schlosser. Zach studied religion at Brown, launched an online school, and writes for a variety of publications about the future. We discuss integral theory, the optimal digital future, and our relationship with relationship. He is doing big, exciting things. Follow him.

This week I sit down with Caitlin Kinnunen, star of the new Broadway musical “The Prom.” Caitlin Kinnunen is a talented performer living in New York City with a very cool story. She was home schooled on a small island in Washington state, booked her first Broadway gig when she was 16, and moved to NYC. Caitlin and I reflect on our history together, discuss how to grapple with anxiety and depression, and how her own spirituality has grown and developed. She is just the best. Check her out on Instagram: @caitlin.kinnunen.

This week I sit down with a talented healer and shamanic practitioner. Jonathan is a former actor turned bad ass medicine man. He lives in and runs a practice out of Manhattan. We talk show business, visions in Hawaii, and what it takes to tap into the creative force of nature. Strap in baby, you’re going to like this one. You can learn more about Jonathan and his work at mindbodyspiritnyc.com.

This week I sit down with an advanced spiritual being hailing from Fargo, North Dakota. John Ford-Dunker is an actor, musician, Christian, and a very good friend. He packs a heavy punch. We talk social media, religion, and why we can’t change anyone but ourselves. I hope you have a mirror while you listen to this episode. Get ready for some deep sea soul diving. The new intro music? Courtesy of JFD.

After discovering his beautiful Instagram, I reached out to an old high school friend. We hadn’t spoken in around 6 or 7 years. This is us catching up. Alex Dickinson is a copywriter, competitive runner, yoga teacher, and an all around lovely person. We discuss the advertising industry, why you should travel to Oaxaca, Mexico, relationships with moms, and why you should not put your leg over your head on the dance floor. Enjoy lovelies!

I sit down this week with a seriously bad ass woman. Jane is a psychoanalyst, holistic health practitioner, business owner, and a serious integral thinker. We talk New Orleans Jews, Freud’s couch, and the fact that your SKIN is an EYE. Buckle up babes.

In this, the inaugural episode of ZION2.0, I sit down with one who shareth my name. Colin has amazing ideas. About building new technology to serve real communities, about how Christianity can evolve to fit modern people. He runs the Brooklyn Psychedelic Society which is actually way more legit than a bunch of people buying drugs. The society aims “to cultivate a community-wide conversation about psychedelics that will ultimately shape the inevitable post-prohibition world.”Climb aboard, explorers.