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The Great Simplification with Nate Hagens
The Ecology of Communication: Moving Beyond Polarization in Service of Life | Reality Roundtable 10

The Great Simplification with Nate Hagens

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 28, 2024 108:38


(Conversation recorded on June 14th, 2024)   Show Summary:  There's a growing understanding of the need for biodiversity across ecosystems for a healthy and resilient biosphere. What if we applied the same principles to the way we communicate and use language to relate to each other and the world? Today Nate is joined by Nora Bateson, Rex Weyler, Vanessa Andreotti, and Daniel Schmachtenberger to talk about the ecology of communication. This important conversation addresses some of the traps and pitfalls of modern relating, including the use of increasingly performative language and the erosion of authentic connection, both of which can leave us feeling isolated from one another. The panelists then offer ideas for how to shift from this axis of polarization into a space of mutual learning together, no matter how disparate each other's views may seem at first glance What if we were to start conversations from a place of commonality, without choosing sides, to create more inquisitive exchanges that lead us to deeper insights about one another amidst a cacophonous world? Why is it crucial to consider the broader context in which conversations unfold - nestled within people, ideas, and cultures - in order to fully grasp the complexity of the relationships that connect us all? How would shifting the way we communicate help us ask the right questions about the species-level challenges we face, and better equip us to hear the answers?   About Nora Bateson: Nora Bateson is an award-winning filmmaker, writer and educator, as well as President of the International Bateson Institute, based in Sweden. Her work asks the question “How can we  improve our perception of the complexity we live within, so we may improve our interaction with the world?” An international lecturer, researcher and writer, Nora wrote, directed and produced the award-winning documentary, An Ecology of Mind, a portrait of her father, Gregory Bateson. Her work brings the fields of biology, cognition, art, anthropology, psychology, and information technology together into a study of the patterns in ecology of living systems. Her book, Small Arcs of Larger Circles, released by Triarchy Press, UK, 2016 is a revolutionary personal approach to the study of systems and complexity.   About Rex Weyler: Rex Weyler is a writer and ecologist. His books include Blood of the Land, a history of indigenous American nations, nominated for a Pulitzer Prize; Greenpeace: The Inside Story, a finalist for the BC Book Award and the Shaughnessy-Cohen Award for Political Writing; and The Jesus Sayings, a deconstruction of first century history, a finalist for the BC Book Award.  In the 1970s, Weyler was a cofounder of Greenpeace International and editor of the Greenpeace Chronicles. He served on campaigns to preserve rivers and forests, and to stop whaling, sealing, and toxic dumping. He currently posts the “Deep Green” column at the Greenpeace International website.   About Vannessa Andreotti: Vanessa de Oliveira Andreotti is the Dean of the Faculty of Education at the University of Victoria. She is a former Canada Research Chair in Race, Inequalities and Global Change and a former David Lam Chair in Critical Multicultural Education. Vanessa has more than 100 published articles in areas related to global and climate education. She has also worked extensively across sectors internationally in projects related to global justice, global citizenship, Indigenous knowledge systems and the climate and nature emergency. Vanessa is the author of Hospicing Modernity: Facing humanity's wrongs and the implications for social activism, one of the founders of the Gesturing Towards Decolonial Futures Arts/Research Collective and one of the designers of the course Facing Human Wrongs: Climate Complexity and Relational Accountability, available at UVic through Continuing Studies.   About Daniel Schmachtenberger: Daniel Schmachtenberger 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 a particular interest in catastrophic and existential risk, with focuses on civilization collapse and institutional decay. His work also includes an analysis of progress narratives, collective action problems, and social organization theories. These themes are all connected through close study of the relevant domains in philosophy and science.   Support Institute for the Study of Energy and Our Future Join our Substack newsletter Join our Discord channel and connect with other listeners   Show Notes and More   Watch this video episode on Youtube  

The Great Simplification with Nate Hagens
Silicon Dreams and Carbon Nightmares: The Wide Boundary Impacts of AI with Daniel Schmachtenberger

The Great Simplification with Nate Hagens

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 17, 2024 107:22


(Conversation recorded on June 27th, 2024)    Show Summary:  Artificial intelligence has been advancing at a break-neck pace. Accompanying this is an almost frenzied optimism that AI will fix our most pressing global problems, particularly when it comes to the hype surrounding climate solutions. In this episode, Daniel Schmachtenberger joins Nate to take a wide-boundary look at the true environmental risks embedded within the current promises of artificial intelligence. He demonstrates that the current trajectory of AI's impact is headed towards ecological destruction, rather than restoration… an important narrative currently missing from the discourse surrounding AI at large.  What are the environmental implications of a tool with unbound computational capabilities aimed towards goals of relentless growth and extraction? How could artificial intelligence play into the themes of power and greed, intensifying inequalities and accelerating the fragmentation of society? What role could AI play under a different set of values and expectations for the future that are in service to the betterment of life?  We encourage you to explore the resources and research from The Consilience Project on artificial intelligence compiled in this document: https://static1.squarespace.com/static/61d5bc2bb737636144dc55d0/t/66958505d89b99287c4ecab3/1721074950447/AI%2C+Climate+and+the+Environment-07-12.pdf   About Daniel Schmactenberger: Daniel Schmachtenberger 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 a particular interest in catastrophic and existential risk, with focuses on civilization collapse and institutional decay. His work also includes an analysis of progress narratives, collective action problems, and social organization theories. These themes are all connected through close study of the relevant domains in philosophy and science.   Show Notes and More   Watch this video episode on Youtube Read the Development in Progress paper  

The Great Simplification with Nate Hagens
Daniel Schmachtenberger: "Moving from Naive to Authentic Progress: A Vision for Betterment”

The Great Simplification with Nate Hagens

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 5, 2024 200:37


(Conversation recorded on May 5th, 2024)   Show Summary:  In this episode, Nate welcomes back Daniel Schmachtenberger to unpack a new paper, which he co-authored, entitled Development in Progress, an analysis on the history of progress and the consequences of ‘advancement'.  Current mainstream narratives sell the story that progress is synonymous with betterment, and that the world becomes better for everyone as GDP and economies continue to grow. Yet, this is an incomplete portrayal that leaves out the dark sides of advancement. What are the implications when only the victors of history write the narratives of progress and define societal values? What are the value systems embedded in our institutions and policies, and how do they reinforce the need for ongoing growth at the expense of the natural world and human well-being? Finally, how do we change these dynamics to form a new, holistic definition of progress that accounts for the connectedness of our planet to the health of our minds, bodies, and communities? The full paper discussed in this episode will be available on The Consilience Project website in the near future.   About Daniel Schmachtenberger: Daniel Schmachtenberger 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 a particular interest in catastrophic and existential risk, with focuses on civilization collapse and institutional decay. His work also includes an analysis of progress narratives, collective action problems, and social organization theories. These themes are all connected through close study of the relevant domains in philosophy and science.   For Show Notes and More visit: thegreatsimplification.com/episode/daniel-schmachtenberger-7   To watch this video episode on Youtube → https://youtu.be/tmusbHBKW84 0:00 - Introduction 0:46 - Guest Introduction: Daniel Schmachtenberger 2:24 - Personal Catch-Up and Observations 3:55 - Paper on Development and Progress 6:19 - Definition and Importance of Progress 11:03 - Critique of Technological Advancement 14:05 - Historical Context of Progress Narratives 18:53 - Social Structures and Restraint 21:21 - Technological Efficiency and Wisdom 27:41 - Climate Change and Technological Solutions 30:32 - Historical Analysis of Conquerors 35:30 - Multipolar Traps and Progress 45:01 - Asymmetry and Power in Evolution 46:29 - Definitions of Progress 47:15 - Ecological and Economic Risks 52:54 - Case Studies of Externalities 56:14 - Corporate Personhood and Sociopathy 1:02:22 - Influence of Dominant Narratives 1:09:09 - Global Coordination and AI 1:11:51 - Self-Terminating Path of Winning 1:13:45 - Addressing Systemic Ecological Issues 1:20:17 - Human Wisdom and Restraint 1:23:27 - Jevons Paradox and Energy Efficiency 1:30:07 - Historical Analysis of Warfare 1:35:30 - Cancer and Industrial Toxins 1:39:03 - Influence of Dark Triad Traits 1:45:01 - Environmental Impact of Corporations 1:52:54 - Long-Term Ecological Solutions 2:00:27 - Role of Education in Progress 2:07:02 - Ethical Considerations in Technology 2:13:45 - Philosophical Foundations of Progress 2:20:17 - Addressing Social Inequality 2:23:27 - Integrating Traditional Knowledge 2:30:07 - Future Prospects and Challenges 2:35:30 - Personal Reflections and Closing Thoughts

The Great Simplification with Nate Hagens
Zak Stein: "Values, Education, AI and the Metacrisis”

The Great Simplification with Nate Hagens

Play Episode Listen Later May 8, 2024 113:07


On this episode, Nate is joined by philosopher and educator Zak Stein to discuss the current state of education and development for children during a time of converging crises and societal transformation. As the pace of life continues to accelerate - including world-shaking technological developments - our schools struggle to keep pace with changes in cultural expectations. What qualities are we encouraging in a system centered on competition and with no emphasis on creating agency or community participation? How is unfettered technology and artificial intelligence influencing youth - and what should parents, adults, and teachers be doing in response? What could the future of education look like if guided by true teacherly authority with the aim to create well-rounded, stable young humans with a sense of belonging and purpose in their communities?  About Zak Stein:  Dr. Zak Stein is a philosopher of education, as well as a Co-founder of the Center for World Philosophy and Religion. He is also the Co-founder of Civilization Research Institute, the Consilience Project, and Lectica, Inc. He is the author of dozens of published papers and two books, including Education in a Time Between Worlds.  PDF Transcript Show Notes 00:00 - Zak Stein works + Info, Civilization Research Institute, Education in a Time Between Worlds, Center for World Philosophy and Religion, First Principles and First Values  03:24 - No Child Left Behind 03:56 - Joseph Tainter + TGS episode 03:53 - Iatrogenic  05:30 - Daniel Schmachtenberger (TGS Episodes), Ken Wilbur, Marc Gafney 16:01 - Effects of screens and social media on teen mental health 16:54 - Marshall McLuhan 17:20 - The importance of adult boundary and limit setting for children 18:17 - How social media affects the brain 19:06 - The rise of ADHD in the 90s and effects on education - a timeline 19:58 - Hypercompetitive primary education systems 20:20 - High level of stress and cheating in primary education 22:28 - Scandinavian school systems 26:27 - Cold war effects on the education system 26:35 - Sputnik 27:25 - Tech elites don't give their kids tech 28:35 - Elite overproduction, Peter Turchin 34:10 - Your Unique Self  37:28 - Iain McGilchrist + TGS Episode 38:02 - Moral Relativism 43:27 - Foundations of advertising  47:07 - Negatives of standardized testing 47:22 - Donald T. Cambell - Campbell's law 48:57 - Nature vs Nurture Debate 49:20 - Cooperation and competition 52:10 - Effects of a competitive school environment 55:02 - The effects of an above-and-beyond teacher 55:42 - Legitimate teacherly authority 59:55 - Importance of the environment in the first 5 years of life 1:02:20 - John Dewey 1:10:31 - The best way to learn is to teach 1:11:40 - David Graeber, Bullshit Jobs 1:15:25 - How standardized testing increased high education access 1:16:08 - Civilian Conservation Corp, Lawrence A. Cremin 1:17:02 - New Deal 1:22:07 - Risks around artificial intelligence 1:24:58 - Rise of relationships with AI 1:28:41 - First Chatbot ELIZA 1:30:01 - Electricity use of AI 1:37:30 - The Future of Human Nature 1:41:19 - Peak Oil 1:42:29 - Mental Health Crisis 1:46:35 - Correlation of COVID with IQ loss Watch this video episode on YouTube

The MindHealth360 Show
51: Daniel Schmachtenberger - Mental health in global crisis: why our poor mental health is a collective problem and why we need to attend to our planet, society and each other in order to heal

The MindHealth360 Show

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 4, 2023 135:10


Addressing the survival of our civilization, this is one the most pressing interviews ever featured on the MindHealth360 Show. Daniel Schmachtenberger is one of the most brilliant systems thinkers and social philosophers of our time. Combining astounding intellect and depth of knowledge with profound concern and wisdom, he is tackling the many issues that threaten humanity. Founder of the Civilisation Research Institution (a think tank focused on preventing global catastrophic risks) and founding member of The Consilience Project (which publishes cutting edge research on catastrophic risk), he advises governments and institutions on the risks we face as a species and planet (such as AI, exponential tech, biological warfare, species extinction, climate change, biodiversity loss, dead zones in oceans, and the global health crisis, and is a much sought-after speaker whose interviews regularly reach hundreds of thousands of people worldwide.  In this vital and deeply thought-provoking interview, Daniel focuses on the epidemic of poor mental health. He explains why our world system is inherently unhealthy, why poor mental health (anxiety, depression, addiction, ADHD, body dysmorphia, suicidality) is linked to our collective (rather than individual) trauma, and why our health is inextricably linked to the political, economic, sociological structures in which we live, which disregard the true meaning of life and our fundamental wellbeing. An expert in Integrative Medicine through his own struggles with chronic illness, Daniel has helped open several Functional Medicine clinics, and is head of R&D at Neurohacker Collective, which develops high performance nutraceuticals.  With 1 in 5 people on a mental health drug and with suicide rates in the US increasing by 36% between 2000 and 2021, Daniel rightly views the status of our metal health as a catastrophic risk and very real crisis. He looks at our global health from a complex and holistic systems-perspective, and argues that we urgently need to attend to our planet, society and each other in order to heal – and even save –  ourselves before it's too late. Discover why the world crises we face are impacting our mental health, why a profound shift into modernity (and away from an evolutionary lifestyle based in nature, good nutrition and community) is killing us, and why it ultimately takes a collective, holistic and fundamental redesign of civilization to restore our individual well-being. It is my longest interview yet, but well worth listening to it in its entirety in its life-affirming, thought provoking, sobering and vital pearls of wisdom from one of the great thinkers of our time.

The Great Simplification with Nate Hagens
Daniel Schmachtenberger: "Artificial Intelligence and The Superorganism"

The Great Simplification with Nate Hagens

Play Episode Listen Later May 17, 2023 192:47


On this episode, Daniel Schmachtenberger returns to discuss a surprisingly overlooked risk to our global systems and planetary stability: artificial intelligence. Through a systems perspective, Daniel and Nate piece together the biophysical history that has led humans to this point, heading towards (and beyond) numerous planetary boundaries and facing geopolitical risks all with existential consequences. How does artificial intelligence, not only add to these risks, but accelerate the entire dynamic of the metacrisis? What is the role of intelligence vs wisdom on our current global pathway, and can we change course? Does artificial intelligence have a role to play in creating a more stable system or will it be the tipping point that drives our current one out of control?  About Daniel Schmachtenberger: Daniel Schmachtenberger 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. For Show Notes and More visit: https://www.thegreatsimplification.com/episode/71-daniel-schmachtenberger  To watch this video episode on Youtube: https://youtu.be/_P8PLHvZygo

Future Learning Design Podcast
The Philosopher & the Neuroscientist - A Conversation with Zak Stein and Mary Helen Immordino-Yang

Future Learning Design Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later May 14, 2023 56:00


Dr. Mary Helen Immordino-Yang⁠ studies the psychological and neurobiological bases of social emotion, self-awareness and culture and their implications for learning, development and schools. She is a Professor of Education at the ⁠USC Rossier School of Education⁠, a Professor of Psychology at the Brain and Creativity Institute, a member of the Neuroscience Graduate Program Faculty at the University of Southern California, and Director of the USC ⁠Center for Affective Neuroscience, Development, Learning and Education (CANDLE)⁠. Mary Helen was elected 2016-2018 president of the International ⁠Mind, Brain and Education Society⁠ by the society's membership. She is serving as a distinguished scientist on the Aspen Institute's National Commission on Social, Emotional and Academic Development and the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine's Committee on the Science and Practice of Learning. Mary Helen is also associate Editor for the award-winning journal Mind, Brain and Education and for the new journal AERA Open, and sits on the editorial boards of the Journal of Experimental Psychology. In her research work, Mary Helen leads cross-cultural, longitudinal studies investigating adolescent brain and social-emotional development, academic success and relations to school and life achievement in urban contexts as well as the neural and psychosocial correlates of mindsets in low-SES adolescents from different cultural groups. She also serves as scientific adviser to several Los Angeles schools/districts. Mary Helen's 2015 book, ⁠Emotions, learning and the brain: Exploring the educational implications of affective neuroscience⁠, is available from W.W. Norton publishers (author proceeds are donated to education-related causes).  In May 2020, Mary Helen wrote a must-read article in ASCD with ⁠Doug Knecht⁠ (⁠Bank Street College of Education⁠) entitled ⁠Building Meaning Builds Teens' Brains⁠, if you're interested to find out more about the significant implications of Mary Helen's work this is a great place to start! Social Links LinkedIn: ⁠@maryhelenimmordino-yang⁠ Twitter: ⁠@CandleUSC Dr. Zachary Stein is a philosopher of education, psychologist, futurist, and author. He is a founding member of The Consilience Project, with Daniel Schmachtenberger, which is dedicated to improving public sensemaking and building a movement to radically upgrade digital media landscapes. Zak is also co-founder of Lectica, Inc. (with Theo Dawson, a non-profit dedicated to the research-based, justice-oriented reform of large-scale standardized testing in K-12, higher-education, and business), as well as the Civilizational Research Institute, and the Center for World Philosophy and Religion. Zak is the author of Social Justice and Educational Measurement (2016) and Education in a Time Between Worlds: Essays on the Future of Schools, Technology, and Society (2019).

Doomer Optimism
DO 140 - Gregory Landua and Daniel Schmachtenberger

Doomer Optimism

Play Episode Listen Later May 11, 2023 105:11


Today Jason is joined on the podcast by Daniel Schmachtenberger, a social philosopher whose central focus is civilization design and who is also a founding member of The Consilience Project, and Gregory Landua, the founder of Regen Network. What is “high nature,” and what is its relation to high-tech? Can both co-exist? Gregory, Daniel and Jason discuss how to apply tools of coordination and technology in a way that regenerates the planet rather than depletes it, the urgency to create local resilience, and the importance of improved coordination around carbon credits. Follow Daniel's work at civilizationemerging.com

Singularity University Radio
FBL92: Zak Stein - Transforming Education to Prevent Catastrophe

Singularity University Radio

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 27, 2023 39:46


This week our guest is writer, educator, and futurist, Zak Stein, who is well known for co-founding the Consilience Project with Daniel Schmachtenberger, as well as his recent publication, Education in a Time Between Worlds: Essays on the Future of Schools, Technology, and Society. In this episode, Zak takes us on a well-articulated tour of the philosophical and sociocultural conditions that are causing us to fail at our central task of educating the next generation. Along the way we discuss how technology is playing a role in this struggle for sensemaking, from social media to the future of AI tutors. Much of this, Zak explains, is due to the current issues in the information ecology, issues that he explains could have catastrophic consequences if not rectified. Find out more about Zak at zakstein.org and his work with the Consilience Project at consilienceproject.org ** Apply for registration to our exclusive South By Southwest event on March 14th @ www.su.org/basecamp-sxsw Apply for an Executive Program Scholarship at su.org/executive-program/ep-scholarship Learn more about Singularity: su.org Host: Steven Parton - LinkedIn / Twitter Music by: Amine el Filali

The Great Simplification with Nate Hagens
Daniel Schmachtenberger: "Bend Not Break Part 5: Criteria and Categories for Response" | The Great Simplification #50

The Great Simplification with Nate Hagens

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 19, 2022 140:44


Show Summary: On this 5th and final installment of the Bend Not Break series with Daniel Schmachtenberger, we unpack the framework and mindset needed to begin thinking about responses. This conversation touches on what it means to work on personal development in the light of a polycrisis, and how it is truly a never ending but necessary challenge. Finally, Daniel and Nate break down a 3x3 grid on time frame and category of responses.  Whilst this is the end of this series, there is, of course, much left to be unpacked. If there are any specific topics you want covered in a follow up Daniel/Nate conversation, we encourage you to leave your questions in the comments of the Youtube video, which can be found here -> https://youtu.be/Kep8Fi_rUUI    About Daniel Schmachtenberger: Daniel Schmachtenberger 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. For Show Notes and More visit: https://www.thegreatsimplification.com/episode/50-daniel-schmachtenberger To watch this video episode on Youtube → https://youtu.be/Kep8Fi_rUUI 

Meaningful Learning
Who gets to decide the stories we tell about ourselves? (ft. Zachary Stein, Ph.D)

Meaningful Learning

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 27, 2022 54:08


In this episode, I speak with Zachary Stein. Zak has published two books: Social Justice and Educational Measurement, which traces the history of standardized testing and its ethical implications, and Education in a Time Between Worlds, which grapples with the relations between schooling and technology more broadly. Zak is a co-founder of The Consilience Project, which is dedicated to improving public sensemaking and building a movement to radically upgrade digital media landscapes. He is a scholar at the Ronin Institute, where he researches the relations between education, human development, and the evolution of civilizations, and Zak serves as Co-President and Academic Director of the activist think-tank at the Center for Integral Wisdom, where he writes and teaches at the edges of integral meta-theory. We discuss:

Enduring Interest
Greg Thomas on Albert Murray's South to a Very Old Place

Enduring Interest

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 17, 2022 75:29


Our subject for this episode is Albert Murray's South to a Very Old Place. Part memoir, part travelogue, part dialogue with a range of interlocutors, this book is remarkable for both its variety and depth. Murray travels from Harlem to New Haven and then down south to Tuskegee and Mobile and beyond. Murray chats with the likes of Robert Penn Warren and Walker Percy and meditates on the themes of home, history, place, and myth. Our guest and I discuss Murray's life and the peculiar nature of this wonderful book. We explore Murray's critique of social science and his respect for folk wisdom. Our guest is Greg Thomas. Greg is CEO of the Jazz Leadership Project, a private company that uses the principles and practices of jazz music to enhance leadership success and team excellence. Along with his wife and partner Jewel, the Jazz Leadership Project works with notable firms such as JPMorgan Chase, Verizon, TD Bank, and Google. Their leadership blog, TuneIntoLeadership.com, features both of their writings.  Greg has been a professional journalist for over 25 years. He is currently a Senior Fellow of the Institute for Cultural Evolution. As an educator, Greg recently taught a course on Cultural Intelligence, and co-facilitated a six-month class, which ended this past March, titled, “Stepping Up: Wrestling with America's Past, Reimagining Its Future, Healing Together.” As a social entrepreneur, Greg co-produced a two-day broadcast, "Combating Racism and Antisemitism Together: Shaping an Omni-American Future" in October 2021. In September 2022, he co-facilitated a one-day conference, "Resolving the Race-ism Dilemma." He also serves on the advisory boards of The Consilience Project, and FAIR, the Foundation Against Intolerance and Racism. 

The Great Simplification with Nate Hagens
Daniel Schmachtenberger: “Bend not Break #4: Modeling the Drivers of the Metacrisis”

The Great Simplification with Nate Hagens

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 26, 2022 126:28


In this fourth installment of conversations with Daniel Schmachtenberger, we dive deeper into the nuances of humans using energy, materials and technology. Human's ability to develop and use tools is one of our greatest strengths - yet has also led to increasing destruction of the natural world. How does technology intensify the binding effects of a world order based on growth? Is there any way out - or could global solutions just make the problem worse? About Daniel Schmachtenberger: Daniel Schmachtenberger 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.

Collective Insights
HomeGrown Humans - Daniel Schmachtenberger - Existential Risk

Collective Insights

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 11, 2022 165:47


Daniel Schmachtenberger, founding member of The Consilience Project and Director of R&D, Co-founder, at Neurohacker Collective, is here with us today to shed light on the need for collective intelligence with which to navigate towards beneficial outcomes.

The Jim Rutt Show
Currents 071: Liam Madden on Rebirthing Democracy

The Jim Rutt Show

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 10, 2022 71:14


Jim talks with Liam Madden, a congressional candidate in Vermont who strongly resonates with the GameB ethos. They discuss Liam's decision to run as a Republican, Vermont's primary laws, personal responsibility & community as reciprocal values, stewarding complex & godlike technologies, the Consilience Project, the sacredness of life, the meaning crisis, Ted Kaczynski's critiques, ending war mentality, multipolar traps, fixing the machinery of democracy, liquid democracy, ranked-choice voting, proportional representation, election finance reform, qualified democracy, the possibility of a constitutional convention, an alternative to universal basic income, monetary reform, ending the growth imperative, creating a Public Service Corps, risks of exponential technology, how the campaign is going so far, what Liam would need to win, Jim's endorsement, and much more. Episode Transcript Rebirth Democracy (Liam's website) @LiamAwakening on Twitter Game-B.org The Consilience Project Sacred Economics: Money, Gift, and Society in the Age of Transition, by Charles Eisenstein Nate Hagens (website) Daniel Schmachtenberger (website) JRS EP32 - Jason Brennan on Irrational Democracy & Academia Liam Madden is a Marine Corps veteran who became the leader of America's largest antiwar organization of Iraq and Afghanistan veterans, and winner of the Institute for Policy Studies Human Rights Award. As an entrepreneur Liam won M.I.T.'s Solve award for organizations innovating solutions to climate change. His work has been covered by 60 Minutes, the NY Times, & most other major media. Liam is an independent who won a Congressional primary election on a platform centered around reforms to the two-party system.

The Connected Caroline Show
How social entrepreneur Drew Weaver is using TikTok to help black-owned businesses to get funding.

The Connected Caroline Show

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 20, 2022 33:37


Background Andrew (Drew) Weaver had over 20 years of experience in the Entertainment Industry as a Broadcast Engineer before venturing out on his own in 2011 to start his first business. By 2016, Drew decided to shift from being a traditional entrepreneur whose major ideology is profit is king and people are a means to an end, to being a Social Entrepreneur whose central ideology is people are king and profit is a means to an end. Shortly thereafter, he began shutting down his business. Later that year, Drew decided his next business had to focus on social impact and SHOPINV, an app focused on ending poverty was born. Funding this venture via Venture Capitalists who marketed themselves as Social Impact investors proved to be impossible for a Black man in America. Drew was told, to his face, by a VC Owner that his investors would not invest in a Black man trying to end poverty. So, Drew went back to the drawing board and decided to strategically postpone SHOPINV. It was after George Floyd was murdered and the people took to the streets to protest for days on end that Drew decided to build his third business BLVCK$FUND (pronounced Black Dollar Fund), which would never require funds from VC's. All his revolutionary system would need to succeed is informed Black people and allies who thoroughly understand and applaud the goal of bridging the wealth gap after 400-plus years. His ingenious plan incorporates group economics to invest in Black people and their communities. Andrew's BLVCK$FUND strategy would take less than 10% of the Black population to participate and could yield roughly $650M per year to be solely invested in Black people and their communities throughout the 50 States.

Rebel Wisdom
In Search of the Third Attractor, Daniel Schmachtenberger (part 2)

Rebel Wisdom

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 23, 2022 105:40


Where are we headed as a species? What is the landscape of risks and challenges that we need to confront over the next decades, and are there a small number of key factors that we need to solve to avoid catastrophe? These are the questions Daniel Schmachtenberger is laying out in a new two part series on Rebel Wisdom, called 'In Search of the Third Attractor'. As he describes it, the power of ever increasing technological capacity (exponential tech) means that both destructive and creative capacities are increasing exponentially. Two of the most likely outcomes (attractors) are either some kind of chaotic breakdown, or the development of powerful control systems in response, oppressive authoritarian control. Given this, what does a third option, a 'third attractor' look like? Daniel will be speaking at the Rebel Wisdom festival, 'the Last Campfire' in London on November 5th. To check it out and buy tickets, go to: https://www.tickettailor.com/events/r...  To find out more about the topics Daniel is discussing, check out his work on civilisation, at Civilization Emerging: https://civilizationemerging.com/ And for more on his work around the Sensemaking crisis, check out the Consilience Project: https://consilienceproject.org/   TIMECODES: UNDERSTANDING THE PROBLEM: 00:00:00 BENEVOLENT DICTATORSHIP DOESN'T WORK: 00:06:21 HYPER AGENTS: 00:15:06 GREAT GAME OF POWER: 00:26:55 EGREGORES: 00:34:38 TECHNOLOGY & ETHICS: 00:42:50 TECHNOLOGY CHANGES SOCIETY: 00:49:45 INFRASTRUCTURE, SOCIAL STRUCTURE, SUPERSTRUCTURE: 00:59:49 WISDOM OF GODS: 01:13:14 EDUCATION: 01:30:40 CLOSING THOUGHTS: 01:42:08

Rebel Wisdom
In Search of the Third Attractor, Daniel Schmachtenberger (part 1)

Rebel Wisdom

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 18, 2022 165:26


Where are we headed as a species? What is the landscape of risks and challenges that we need to confront over the next decades, and are there a small number of key factors that we need to solve to avoid catastrophe? These are the questions Daniel Schmachtenberger is laying out in a new two part series on Rebel Wisdom, called 'In Search of the Third Attractor'. As he describes it, the power of ever increasing technological capacity (exponential tech) means that both destructive and creative capacities are increasing exponentially. Two of the most likely outcomes (attractors) are either some kind of chaotic breakdown, or the development of powerful control systems in response, oppressive authoritarian control. Given this, what does a third option, a 'third attractor' look like? Daniel will be speaking at the Rebel Wisdom festival, 'the Last Campfire' in London on November 5th. To check it out and buy tickets, go to: https://www.tickettailor.com/events/rebelwisdom/718672  To find out more about the topics Daniel is discussing, check out his work on civilisation, at Civilization Emerging: https://civilizationemerging.com/  And for more on his work around the Sensemaking crisis, check out the Consilience Project: https://consilienceproject.org/  Timecodes: INTRODUCTION: 00:00:00 SENSEMAKING: 00:02:10 THE TWO ATTRACTORS: 00:06:09 EXISTENTIAL HOPE?: 00:09:01 INTERCONNECTEDNESS: 00:14:33 FAILURES OF ACTIVISM: 00:18:33 CATASTROPHIC RISK: 00:25:08 THE POST WW2 SYSTEM: 00:38:40 EXPONENTIAL DESTRUCTIVE TECHNOLOGY: 00:45:02 NEAR-TERM RISKS: 00:50:48 THE ENERGY TRAP: 00:58:10 PERVERSE INCENTIVES: 01:03:54 PRIVATE GAINS, EXTERNAL LOSSES: 01:09:38 BIOTECH RISKS: 01:14:13 ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE: 01:19:29 MULTIPOLAR TRAPS: 01:29:03 CORPORATIONS VERSUS INDIVIDUALS: 01:46:54 NEW GOVERNANCE SYSTEMS: 01:53:27 NETWORK DYNAMICS: 01:58:41 SOLVING MULTI-POLAR TRAPS?: 02:06:51 CENTRALISING POWER: 02:17:47 COLLECTIVE INTELLIGENCE: 02:33:00

Actualization Station
Ep. 48 - The Cure

Actualization Station

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 18, 2022 50:44


In this episode of Actuali podcast, we consider how humanity may orient itself to most constructively face the many myriad challenges of our time. With the help of Nate Hagens and Daniel Schmatchenberger, we explore how unconditional love provides us a way to address the root of the myriad crises humanity and our planet face in these times of social breakdown and compounding existential threats, as well as how unconditionality allows us a way as individuals to embrace our personal life challenges, from depression to anxiety, to hopelessness, addiction, and more. - Join us on Anchor.FM/Actuali for more! (Click for links to watch or listen on Spotify, Apple, Youtube, and everwhere else podcasts are found.) - Enjoy the show? Like and Subscribe to help us reach more people! - The video shared in this episode is from Part 3 of an ongoing dialogue, which can be found here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kTFqnPEyweE - More on Nate Hagens and The Great Simplification: https://www.thegreatsimplification.com/about - More on Daniel Schmatchenberger and The Consilience Project: https://consilienceproject.org/ - Music in this video: 1st Song: 'Relaxing Flute Music | Krishna Flute Music | Uplifting Flute Meditation Music' From Inside Relaxation Music's youtube page: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o1zzxAQY5ZQ ● Music Download Link : https://bit.ly/37vpDSo 2nd Song: 'Feeling Calm' by Bhudda's Flute Interstreet Recordings (on behalf of 2959748 Records DK); Interstreet Publishing, and 1 Music Rights Societies Can be found here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UX9WBLHqfZM All music and content used in this podcast and its related media is solely for educational purposes and informational purposes, per section 107 of the Copyright Act of 1976, which allows for "fair use" for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, education and research. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/actuali/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/actuali/support

The Great Simplification with Nate Hagens
Daniel Schmachtenberger: “Bend not Break #3: Sensemaking, Uncertainty, and Purpose”

The Great Simplification with Nate Hagens

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 10, 2022 78:19


On this episode we meet with founding member of The Consilience Project, Daniel Schmachtenberger. In Part 3 of their series, Schmachtenberger and Hagens explore metanarratives. Why are they threatening to various sections of society? Further, Schmachtenberger helps us understand how we can take in the systemic metacrisis facing humanity in ways that grant us agency, rather than despair. About Daniel Schmachtenberger:  Daniel Schmachtenberger 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.

The Jim Rutt Show
Currents 067: Zak Stein on Ending Nihilistic Design

The Jim Rutt Show

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 25, 2022 66:35


Jim talks with recurring guest Zak Stein about the Consilience Project's article “Technology is Not Values Neutral: Ending the Reign of Nihilistic Design.” They discuss how technologies actualize & encode values, 2nd- & 3rd-order effects of technologies, the “invisible hand” approach to design, effects of cars on culture, landscapes, & sexuality, the work of historian … Continue reading Currents 067: Zak Stein on Ending Nihilistic Design → The post Currents 067: Zak Stein on Ending Nihilistic Design appeared first on The Jim Rutt Show.

Sweeny Verses
Parallax Talk: Deep Future - Part 1, with Daniel Schmachtenberger & Alexander Bard

Sweeny Verses

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 20, 2022 97:10


Daniel Schmachtenberger & Alexander Bard in dialogue, hosted by Tom Amarque Where are we in this 'time between worlds', and what are the possible and probably outcomes of our current trajectories. We are facing a crisis, while at the same time out institutions do not seem fit or able to solve these problems. At the same time, our myths and narratives don´t work anymore, the postmodern policies of deconstruction have for better or worse - negated our way of reducing complexity. Is the west going to fall, as Oswald Sprengler once put it? Is the chaos going to increase till we find a new way of life? Or is it as it ever was, men struggling to find meaning in a complex world? Can digital provide us with the means to reconstruct the myth and narrative? Daniel Schmachtenberger is a social philosopher and founding member of The Consilience Project, aimed at improving public sensemaking and dialogue. Alexander Bard is a philosopher, author of numerous books (“Digital Libido”) Swedish musician, author, lecturer, artist, songwriter, music producer, TV personality, religious and political activist, and one of the founders of the Syntheist religious movement alongside his co-author Jan Söderqvist. Bard was a member of music band Army of Lovers. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/podcast-c709ee4/message

Heaven Here Now Podcast
Episode 2 - Good Faith/Bad Faith Communication

Heaven Here Now Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 26, 2022 24:36


In this episode, we explore the idea that Heaven Here Now can first and foremost be created or destroyed in how we communicate with one another. Shelby and Jesse look at the differences and distinctions between Good Fatih and Bad Faith Communication based on this article from The Consilience Project https://consilienceproject.org/endgames-of-bad-communication/ and discuss how to begin to have conversations that don't end in division and disconnection.

The Connected Caroline Show
A look into the future of capitalism with Zen Buddhist, social entrepreneur and futurist Mark Eckhardt

The Connected Caroline Show

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 21, 2022 22:40


LINKS:COMMON www.common.isThe Consilience Project: https://consilienceproject.org/FB, IG, INSTA, MEDIUM @commonworksMark Eckhardt Bio - "Together We Can Be FearLess"Forever curious about the intersection of culture, neuroscience, and business, Mark has spent the last two decades applying his insights and research in a wide range of projects and organizations. He has worked with high-level executives, renowned creative professionals, politicians, startups, large corporations, and Presidential Candidates. Former positions include Vice President of Client Affairs for Globefish Media BV, and Principal at UFUSE Visionary Strategy Management. As the CEO of COMMON, a creative accelerator, and community for social enterprises and projects, Mark joined Alex Bogusky, Rob Schuham, and John Bielenberg. At COMMON, he advises a wide range of businesses spanning 25 countries and 30 industries using a blend of leadership development and organizational design methodologies. He is the creator of the Maniacal Business Attack, an immersive strategic process that aligns intent with action in the marketplace, and has been called on to help senior leadership at brands such as Calvin Klein, Taco Bell, Warner Bros. create new approaches to leadership and responsive systems for operating responsibly in complex market conditions. As a principal at UFUSE Visionary Strategy Management, a global consulting firm devoted to unleashing creativity, Mark helped entrepreneurs and high-level creatives produce outstanding results through innovative business strategies, organizational design, and alignment of partnerships. His work at UFUSE leveraged his experience as an independent consultant and founder of LYFE Systems, a development consultancy that worked with professionals in the area of leadership. Through LYFE Systems Mark integrated aspects of eastern philosophy with western methods and science for increasing human performance and effectiveness. From 2002 to 2005, Mark served as part of the founding management team and Vice President of Client Services for Globefish Media BV, where he oversaw the implementation of mobile and digital content management, distribution and billing, and reporting technologies for clients in the entertainment sector in the U.S. and North America. Additional duties included high-level business development with major record labels, recording artists, film studios, and media companies. Prior to Globefish, Mark spent fifteen years as a producer, composer, and performer who oversaw and contributed to projects for Fox Studios, MGM, Disney Animation, PBS, Mitsubishi, Coca Cola, Pepsi, Activision, Life/FX, Kids Save, Boston Market Restaurants, Power Athletic Footwear, and various record labels. He has also worked with numerous recording artists such as Whitney Houston, Bonnie Raitt, and Ben Harper. He is married to Malene, a Dane, and father of two beautiful girls, a classical composer, and lover of tractors. Mark studied Zen Buddhism under the auspices of Bill Yoshin Jordan, Abbot of the Santa Monica Zen Center from 1997 to 2011. He took his first set of Priest vows in 2007 and completed his full ordination in 2008. He currently resides in Denmark.  

Future Learning Design Podcast
On Indigenous Knowledge and Radical Psychotechnologies - A Conversation with Tyson Yunkaporta

Future Learning Design Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 5, 2022 46:11


Tyson Yunkaporta is an author, academic, educator, Indigenous thinker, maker, arts critic, researcher and poet. He is a member of the Apalech Clan in far north Queensland and has ties in the south. His born-country is Melbourne and adoptive and community/cultural ties all over, from Western NSW to Perth. Tyson carves traditional tools and weapons and also works as a senior lecturer in Indigenous Knowledges at Deakin University in Melbourne. Tyson is the author of Sand Talk: How Indigenous Thinking Can Save the World (2021) a remarkable book about everything from echidnas to evolution, cosmology to cooking, sex and science and spirits to Schrödinger's cat. In the book, Tyson looks at global systems from an Indigenous perspective and asks how contemporary life diverges from the pattern of creation. How does this affect us? How can we do things differently? Tyson is also an advisor to the Consilience Project, founded by Daniel Schmachtenberger and Zak Stein. Social Links LinkedIn: @tyson-yunkaporta

Beyond The Fundamentals Audio
The End Game Of Bad Faith Communications | Consilience Project Article Review

Beyond The Fundamentals Audio

Play Episode Listen Later May 27, 2022 91:25


Kevin comments on a Consilience Project Article about the dangers of Bad Faith Communications. The skill to conduct good faith communication is crucial for the growth of Christians and any human. Article Reviewed: https://consilienceproject.org/endgames-of-bad-communication/#textref-8 Please support this channel via PayPal at kevin@beyondthefundamentals.com, or at the PayPal link on the home page of the website at www.beyondthefundamentals.com. Or Venmo @kevin-thompson-418 Purchase the Original PowerPoint slide decks used in our other videos here: https://www.etsy.com/shop/BTFfiles Website: www.beyondthefundamentals.com Email: Kevin@beyondthefundamentals.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/beyondthefundamentals/ Check out our Audio podcasts on iTunes Podcast or Soundcloud: iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/new-orleans-bible-church-audio/id1171994382?mt=2 Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/user-974941226 PLAYLISTS: “BTF Shorts” (Shorter clips) https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLY2G1Gk_v1wM4IP_D6tFMVY3deFfvVctS “Calvinism Defeated” (videos that show why Calvinism is unscriptural) https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLY2G1Gk_v1wMGuK27y7WH4Bpekl_iHHjm “Biblical Interpretation” (7 videos on the inductive method of interpretation) https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLY2G1Gk_v1wO5FgzE_HruB97empC5G3Jy 8 ‘A's of Salvation” (pre-requisite salvation considerations before other inferences can be entertained) https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLY2G1Gk_v1wM-vt2tgSUErll4M4jVim3q “Christian Cognition” (learn about the things that affect data processing other than “the facts”) https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLY2G1Gk_v1wMBj3axmJO-KLsuI_ri4uak “Full Stature Initiative” (follow presentations and group discussions of the Book of Acts) https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLY2G1Gk_v1wP7U41Ml4q9jc0QNFvRXNRO “Acts 13:48” (videos that address this so-called “Calvinist proof text”) https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLY2G1Gk_v1wP5_UHcrwc3CThguj2NsHoK “Calvinist Infiltration” (videos that address Calvinist infiltration into non-Calvinist churches) https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLY2G1Gk_v1wNsgY-ezwLgx_pwyBTZ3WnC About BTF, Values, Principles, Beliefs: http://www.beyondthefundamentals.com/about-us.html BTF Uses the following Equipment and software to produce videos: Camera: Sony Handycam FDR-AX53 Microphone: Sennheiser AVX Digital Wireless Mic System with Countryman H60W6TSR H6 Omnidirectional Wireless Headset; Shure SM7B, Rode NT1 Audio: Focusrite Scarlett 2i4 Video Editing Software: Final Cut Pro X, Video Recording Software: Wirecast by Telestream, Zoom Visual Aids: MS PowerPoint, Logos Bible Software

Accidental Gods
Imagination Activism: exploring radically better futures (and SolarPunk) with Phoebe Tickell

Accidental Gods

Play Episode Listen Later May 25, 2022 46:31


Phoebe Tickell is an imagination activist, renegade scientist, systems thinker and social entrepreneur.  Originally trained as a biologist (she has a first class degree in Biological Natural Sciences from Cambridge University), she now works across multiple societal contexts applying a complexity and systems thinking lens and has worked in organisational design, advised government, the education sector and the food and farming sector. Until 2021 she was working in philanthropy at The National Lottery Community Fund to implement systems-thinking approaches to funding and and leading insight and learning in the £12.5 million Digital Fund.On the way through, she has co-founded a series of organisations dedicated to systems change via innovative approaches, including 225 Academy, which delivered 5-day transformative experiences for young people aged 11-18 globally; Future Farm Lab, which created systemic interventions to the food system and the Our Field Project — an experiment in a group of citizens co-owning and co-governing a field of grain in Hertfordshire.More recently, she is founder of Moral Imaginations and RenaissanceU, a member of Enspiral, part of the Don't Go Back to Normal Project, on the board of Renaissance U, and an advisor to the Consilience Project.  She's a certified Warm Data Lab host and an advisor to the International Bateson Institute.  She recently led 1,000 people in a Collective Imagination journey in Berlin and then 4,000 in Sweden. In all of this, she took time out to talk to Accidental Gods about the nature of the present moment, how we can find the learning tools that will bridge to the future we want to envision, and how we translate those visions of the future into values. In a wide ranging, inspiring, edge-walking conversation, she explored the balance of inner and outer worlds, tangible and intangible and how we might connect them; she talks of falling in love with Solar Punk again (her Twitter handle is @solarpunk_girl, so that feels quite huge), having read that 'Solar Punk without the end of capitalism, is just greenwasher CyberPunk'.  So we explore what cyber punk is, too, and Protopian writing, and how it relates to Thrutopian writing, before we move onto the nature of existing Solar Punk communities and how they frame their underlying values. This was a genuinely sparky conversation: it felt as if we really dug deep into the nuts and bolts of change and how it could happen - come along for the ride!SolarPunk links: SOLARPUNK: Life in the future beyond the rusted chrome of yestermorrowHow We Can Build A Solarpunk Future Right Now (ft. @Andrewism) How We Can Build A Solarpunk Future (ft. @Our Changing Climate)

The Great Simplification with Nate Hagens
Daniel Schmachtenberger: “Bend not Break #2: Maximum Power and Hyper Agents”

The Great Simplification with Nate Hagens

Play Episode Listen Later May 25, 2022 111:49


On this episode we meet with founding member of The Consilience Project, Daniel Schmachtenberger. In the second of a four-part series, Nate and Daniel explore the relationship between energy, information, technology, the Superorganism, and the maximum power principle. How can we maximize returns on agency? Nate and Daniel explain the importance of hyper agents: those humans who have an outsized influence on what's happening in the world. About Daniel Schmachtenberger: Daniel Schmachtenberger 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.

The Psychology Podcast
Daniel Schmachtenberger || Towards a Radical Cultural Enlightenment

The Psychology Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 24, 2022 68:58


In this episode, I talk to social philosopher Daniel Schmachtenberger about exponential technology and its effects on our current world. According to Daniel, organizations that harness the power of modern tech rarely use it for good–like how social media companies boost polarizing content to maximize user engagement–leading to a distrust of science and destabilized democracies. To overcome humanity's current existential threat, Daniel argues we all need to work towards a radical cultural enlightenment. We also touch on the topics of collective intelligence, human development, power, responsibility, and civilization.BioDaniel Schmachtenberger 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.Motivated by the belief that advancing collective intelligence and capacity is foundational to the integrity of any civilization, and necessary to address the unique risks we currently face given the intersection of globalization and exponential technology, he has spoken publicly on many of these topics, hoping to popularize and deepen important conversations and engage more people in working towards their solutions.Website: consilienceproject.org Topics02:52 Techno-optimism vs techno-pessimism 04:28 Definition of exponential technology08:39 Is the world getting better from tech?10:37 The radical asymmetry of power13:58 Decoupling rewards from development25:19 A new social media algorithm 28:56 Tribal politics, certainty, and perspective taking 33:55 Developing better cognitive capacities42:06 Rights and responsibilities in a liquid democracy46:23 The next phase of open societies49:26 The Consilience Project52:23 The need for cultural enlightenment 56:13 Creating an antifragile world58:49 Collective intelligence1:00:39 Establish expertise and credibility in institutions1:05:24 The unique existential threat of the 21st Century 

The Great Simplification with Nate Hagens
Daniel Schmachtenberger: “Bend Not Break Part 1: Energy Blindness”

The Great Simplification with Nate Hagens

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 26, 2022 93:32


On this episode we meet with founding member of The Consilience Project, Daniel Schmachtenberger. In the first of a three-part series, Nate and Daniel outline the macro risks and pathways for civilization to 'bend' and avoid 'breaking' in coming decades. In the Part 1 conversation, Schmachtenberger flips the script to interview Nate about the urgent problems his research and work on energy, money, and growth confront. Nate explains how we can come to understand energy blindness and the overlooked role of oil in consumption, production, and progress since the Industrial Revolution. The dominant narrative of human progress prioritizes capital and labor — but the omission of energy and materials leaves out a key component to understanding how the modern human ecosystem functions. Further, Nate discusses how a growth economy will inevitably lead to increased energy production and consumption, and how new energy technologies like renewables end up creating more energy output, not less. Putting everything together, in outsourcing our decisions and planning to a market dependent on growth, we have not so metaphorically become an energy hungry superorganism. Finally, Daniel and Nate look forward to answering: What are ways for us to prepare for a post-growth economy? How can we stay balanced in the face of existential crises? What type of policy can help shape a future that is yet to arrive, and how can we get ahead?

The Vance Crowe Podcast
Zak Stein; Propaganda and education, psychological war and the CIA

The Vance Crowe Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 17, 2022 75:32


Zak Stein is an expert in psychology and philosophy, and previously a Co-Founder at Lectica Inc. His expertise is in how people learn. He sat down with Vance Crowe to discuss the difference between propaganda and education.During this conversation Zak and Vance talk about how the CIA has a history of focusing its propaganda wars on the US population and how the US government attempted to use psychological warfare during World War II and the Cold War.Zak's website: http://www.zakstein.org/Buy Zak's Book: https://amzn.to/3tcBst4Checkout the Consilience Project: https://consilienceproject.org/#propaganda #sociology #psychology

Aubrey Marcus Podcast
Existential Survival In A Time of Exponential Technology with Daniel Schmachtenberger #343

Aubrey Marcus Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 5, 2022 133:34


Daniel Schmachtenberger is one of the most qualified (and genius level) people to speak on the catastrophic existential risks our species faces. Having seen beyond the veil of politics and big technology, he details the stark reality of the titanic threats that lie in our path. In this podcast, he lays out the fate of our trajectory if we continue without a significant course correction. But woven through the sobering realism of what we are facing is a golden thread of optimism. Though we are walking a razor's edge, we both have absolute faith we will make it. It is not a blind faith, but an active faith, requiring all of our participation to shift the culture and change our fate.   Connect with Daniel Schmachtenberger: Website | https://civilizationemerging.com/ Consilience Project | https://consilienceproject.org/   This episode is sponsored by: INSIDE TRACKER For a limited time, you can get 25% off the entire InsideTracker store by visiting insidetracker.com/amp ENDEL Get 1 month FREE of the app that harnesses the power of sound to improve your focus, sleep, and overall mental health by visiting endel.io/AMP   Onnit Get 10% off Onnit products |  https://www.onnit.com/Aubrey/   Connect with Aubrey: Website | https://www.aubreymarcus.com/ Instagram | https://www.instagram.com/aubreymarcus/ Twitter | https://twitter.com/aubreymarcus Facebook | https://www.facebook.com/AubreyMarcus/ YouTube | https://bit.ly/2DLctpk   Check out  Own The Day Own Your Life by Aubrey Marcus|  https://bit.ly/2t6x4hu   Subscribe to the Aubrey Marcus Newsletter:  https://www.aubreymarcus.com/pages/email   Subscribe to the Aubrey Marcus Podcast: iTunes | https://apple.co/2lMZRCn Spotify | https://spoti.fi/2EaELZO Stitcher | https://bit.ly/2G8ccJt IHeartRadio | https://ihr.fm/3CiV4x3 Google Podcasts | https://bit.ly/3nzCJEh Android | https://bit.ly/2OQeBQg  

SenseSpace
Ep.29 Zak Stein - Apocalypse & Information War

SenseSpace

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 27, 2021 58:49


A timely dialogue with Zak Stein on the apocalypse of the modern world system and the impact of information war on our collective psyche. We tracked a lot of terrain over the hour as I had a lot of questions to ask to Zak. Could COVID could be a catalyst for awakening the unconscious? What is the noosphere and how is it developing through this time? How might transformative dialogue practices play a role in the future? Zak Stein PhD is a Futurist & Educational Philosopher widely recognised for his sensemaking. He is a collaborator & contributor to Perspectiva & the Consilience Project.

Curious Humans with Jonny Miller
Blueprints for Civilisation, Post-traumatic Growth & Re-imagining the Role of the Human with Dr. Zachary Stein

Curious Humans with Jonny Miller

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 24, 2021 102:21


I'm really thrilled to be bringing you this philosophical deep dive with truly I think one of the most radical and thoughtful thinkers of our generation.Dr. Zachary Stein is a co-founder of The Consilience Project—which publishes novel research and explores questions surrounding global risk mitigation and existential threats facing humanity. He is the Academic Director Center for Integral Wisdom and the author of 'Education in a Time Between Worlds' – which I've personally gifted myself to many friends and shifted how I think about the future of schooling.In this conversation, we cover some truly fascinating territory, because of his multi-disciplinary approach Zak has a truly unique perspective on some of the biggest questions of our time.To give you a sense of what to expect in this conversation:

Mutations
26. Zak Stein on The Dawn of Everything, Development, and our Political Imagination

Mutations

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 15, 2021 67:31


Zachary Stein joins Mutations for a discussion on how The Dawn of Everything (Graeber & Wengrow) challenges and invites a re-envisioning of our developmental models, Stein's meta-psychology and how it approaches that challenge, and how renewing our political imagination is more important than ever for our time between worlds.   BIO: Dr. Zachary Stein is a writer, speaker, and transformative educator working to bring a greater sense of justice and sanity to education. Zak was educated at Hampshire College and Harvard University, during which time he co-founded Lectica, a non-profit organization dedicated to redesigning standardized testing infrastructures. He has taught classes at Harvard University and Meridian University, and has been invited to speak at a wide range of venues, from the National Security Agency to off-the-grid spiritual retreat centers. Zak is a co-founder of The Consilience Project, which is dedicated to improving public sensemaking and building a movement to radically upgrade digital media landscapes.  Homepage: http://www.zakstein.org/ Support Mutations podcast: https://www.patreon.com/jeremyjohnsonTwitter: https://twitter.com/jdj_writes --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/mutations/message

UTOKing with Gregg
Ep 38 | UTOKing with Zak Stein #2 | Making Consilient Choices

UTOKing with Gregg

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 6, 2021 93:23


In Episode 38, Gregg welcomes back Dr. Zak Stein (see Episode 8). Well-known in the metamodern space, Zak is educational philosopher and author of many well-known articles and essays, and the book Education in a Time Between Worlds: Essays on the Future of Schools, Technology, and Society. He is also a contributor to the Consilience Project, where among other things he has taken a lead role on a powerful four-part series of essays on propaganda and the current social media environment (see here, here, here, and here). This conversation reviews Zak's analysis of education, propaganda and the concept of undue influence, and syncs it up with UTOK's frame, especially regarding the dynamics of justification, investment, influence and the nature of thought control. ---

At a Distance
Daniel Schmachtenberger on the Dire Need for an Open Society

At a Distance

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 6, 2021 48:32


Social philosopher Daniel Schmachtenberger, a founding member of The Consilience Project, discusses the importance of taking multiple perspectives on a single situation, the challenge of international coordination when trying to solve global problems, and how collective action can mitigate catastrophic and existential risk.

The Joe Rogan Experience
#1736 - Tristan Harris & Daniel Schmachtenberger

The Joe Rogan Experience

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 18, 2021 181:15


Tristan Harris is a former Google design ethicist, co-founder and president of the Center for Humane Technology, and co-host of the Center for Humane Technology's "Your Undivided Attention" podcast with Aza Raskin. Daniel Schmachtenberger is a founding member of The Consilience Project, aimed at improving public sensemaking and dialogue.

Meta-Ideological Politics
MIP#9 - Zak Stein

Meta-Ideological Politics

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 31, 2021 87:53


Zak Stein studied philosophy and religion at Hampshire College, and then educational neuroscience, human development, and the philosophy of education at Harvard University. He's published two books -- Social Justice and Educational Measurement and Education in a Time Between Worlds. He is the co-founder of The Consilience Project, which is dedicated to improving public sensemaking and building a movement to radically upgrade digital media landscapes. In this episode of MIP, Nate, Ryan and Zak discuss Zak's definition of “meta-politics” and its contrast with “meta-ideological politics,” ideology and identity, definitions of ideology, Zak's critique of Hanzi's metamodernism, stepping back vs jumping into politics, cosmo erotic humanism and Ludford's critique of it, scaling effective sense making with cultural diversity, the relationship between nuance, propaganda, and effective public sense making (Fauci and vaccines), teacherly authority and Zak's educational philosophy, love in education, the balance of what vs how to think in schools (i.e CRT), and practical means to transform our education system moving forward.

The Jim Rutt Show
Currents 044: Zak Stein on Propaganda and the Information War

The Jim Rutt Show

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 7, 2021 95:21


Zak Stein & Jim have a wide-ranging talk inspired by two recent Consilience Project essays on the information war & propaganda. They discuss the culture wars as a case of mutually assured destruction, distinguishing education from propaganda, developing widespread resistance to propaganda, epistemic nihilism, key indicators of propaganda, the function of thought-terminating clichés, a typology of propaganda, leaders' … Continue reading Currents 044: Zak Stein on Propaganda and the Information War → The post Currents 044: Zak Stein on Propaganda and the Information War appeared first on The Jim Rutt Show.

Your Undivided Attention
Bonus — The Facebook Files with Tristan Harris, Frank Luntz, and Daniel Schmachtenberger

Your Undivided Attention

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 21, 2021 65:12


On September 13th, the Wall Street Journal released The Facebook Files, an ongoing investigation of the extent to which Facebook's problems are meticulously known inside the company — all the way up to Mark Zuckerberg. Pollster Frank Luntz invited Tristan Harris along with friend and mentor Daniel Schmachtenberger to discuss the implications in a live webinar. In this bonus episode of Your Undivided Attention, Tristan and Daniel amplify the scope of the public conversation about The Facebook Files beyond the platform, and into its business model, our regulatory structure, and human nature itself.

Byzantine Dreams
Daniel Schmachtenberger | A world that doesn't suck

Byzantine Dreams

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 28, 2021 75:19


Daniel Schmachtenberger is a renowned theorist, systems thinker, and polymath. In this episode, he speaks with us about the existential threats facing humanity, our society's ability to make sense of the world, exponential technology, and steps we can take towards a more beautiful civilization.About Daniel Daniel Schmachtenberger 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.Motivated by the belief that advancing collective intelligence and capacity is foundational to the integrity of any civilization, and necessary to address the unique risks we currently face given the intersection of globalization and exponential technology, he has spoken publicly on many of these topics, hoping to popularize and deepen important conversations and engage more people in working towards their solutions. Many of these can be found at http://civilizationemerging.com/media/Links from our show The Consilience Project Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed by Jared Diamond Collapse of Complex Societies by Joseph Tainter Daniels' blog His New Economics Series

Modern Wisdom
#348 - Daniel Schmachtenberger - Building Better Sensemaking

Modern Wisdom

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 22, 2021 129:52


Daniel Schmachtenberger is a founding member of The Consilience Project and works in preventing global catastrophic risk. Having accurate sensemaking is a superpower in the 21st century. As the volume of information we need to sort through increases, the ability to distinguish signal from noise becomes ever more important. Given this, I wanted to ask Daniel exactly how he would advise someone to become an adept sensemaker. Expect to learn the characteristics that a good sensemaking agent should have, why the relationship between sense, meaning and choice making is so crucial, whether Daniel thinks that humanity is too emotional to reach our full potential, at what stage of personal actualisation we should begin to help the world and much more... Sponsors: Get 20% discount & free shipping on your Lawnmower 4.0 at https://www.manscaped.com/ (use code MODERNWISDOM) Get 83% discount & 3 months free from Surfshark VPN at https://surfshark.deals/MODERNWISDOM (use code MODERNWISDOM) Extra Stuff: Check out The Consilience Project - https://consilienceproject.org/  Check out Daniel's Website - https://civilizationemerging.com/ Get my free Ultimate Life Hacks List to 10x your daily productivity → https://chriswillx.com/lifehacks/ To support me on Patreon (thank you): https://www.patreon.com/modernwisdom - Get in touch. Join the discussion with me and other like minded listeners in the episode comments on the MW YouTube Channel or message me... Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/chriswillx Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/chriswillx YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/ModernWisdomPodcast Email: modernwisdompodcast@gmail.com

Global Governance Futures: Imperfect Utopias or Bust
14: Zak Stein - Why All Global Crises Are Crises of Education

Global Governance Futures: Imperfect Utopias or Bust

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 6, 2021 73:51


Dr Zak Stein is a writer, futurist, and transformative educator working to bring a greater sense of justice and sanity to education. He is also a founding member of The Consilience Project, aimed at improving public sensemaking and dialogue. Zak was educated at Hampshire College and received his PhD from Harvard University, where he studied educational neuroscience, human development, and the philosophy of education. While at Harvard, he also co-founded Lectica, a non-profit organization dedicated to redesigning standardized testing infrastructures. His most recent book, Education in a Time Between Worlds, grapples with the dangers posed by a profound learning and capacity deficit in a time of civilization-wide transformation. From climate change to politics, agriculture to economics, Zak argues that the world we have known is rapidly disappearing and it is now an existential imperative that we transform education systems if we are to survive the planetary crises currently underway. Planetary wellbeing ultimately depends upon schools, technology and society being re-envisioned toward empowering the world's youngest citizens to comprehend and respond appropriately to global challenges of unprecedented size and scope. Zak currently serves as the academic director for the Center for Integral Wisdom, and offers human development and learning science consultations to schools, organizations, and educational technology companies. For more information about The Consilience Project at https://consilienceproject.org/ Zak has published two books: Social Justice and Educational Measurement: http://www.zakstein.org/social-justice-and-educational-measurement-book-release-announcement/ Education in a Time Between Worlds: http://www.zakstein.org/education-in-a-time-between-worlds-book-release/ A range of other publications, including his essay ‘If education is not the answer you are asking the wrong question', are available here: http://www.zakstein.org/publications/

Your Undivided Attention
[Unedited] A Problem Well-Stated is Half-Solved

Your Undivided Attention

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 25, 2021 122:49


We've explored many different problems on Your Undivided Attention — addiction, disinformation, polarization, climate change, and more. But what if many of these problems are actually symptoms of the same meta-problem, or meta-crisis? And what if a key leverage point for intervening in this meta-crisis is improving our collective capacity to problem-solve?Our guest Daniel Schmachtenberger guides us through his vision for a new form of global coordination to help us address our global existential challenges. Daniel is a founding member of the Consilience Project, aimed at facilitating new forms of collective intelligence and governance to strengthen open societies. He's also a friend and mentor of Tristan Harris. This insight-packed episode introduces key frames we look forward to using in future episodes. For this reason, we highly encourage you to listen to this unedited version along with the edited version. We also invite you to join Daniel and Tristan at our Podcast Club! It will be on Friday, July 9th from 2-3:30pm PDT / 5-6:30pm EDT. Check here for details.

Your Undivided Attention
A Problem Well-Stated is Half-Solved

Your Undivided Attention

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 25, 2021 37:06


We've explored many different problems on Your Undivided Attention — addiction, disinformation, polarization, climate change, and more. But what if many of these problems are actually symptoms of the same meta-problem, or meta-crisis? And what if a key leverage point for intervening in this meta-crisis is improving our collective capacity to problem-solve?Our guest Daniel Schmachtenberger guides us through his vision for a new form of global coordination to help us address our global existential challenges. Daniel is a founding member of the Consilience Project, aimed at facilitating new forms of collective intelligence and governance to strengthen open societies. He's also a friend and mentor of Tristan Harris. This insight-packed episode introduces key frames we look forward to using in future episodes. For this reason, we highly encourage you to listen to this edited version along with the unedited version.We also invite you to join Daniel and Tristan at our Podcast Club! It will be on Friday, July 9th from 2-3:30pm PDT / 5-6:30pm EDT. Check here for details.

The Jim Rutt Show
Currents 034: Samo Burja on the Consilience Project

The Jim Rutt Show

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 15, 2021 56:13


Samo Burja joins Jim to talk about the Consilience Project: a project that aims to create positive cultural change in unique ways. They cover its founding goals & approaches, big tech's ability to amplify negative externalities, the rise of Trump, memetic noise & virality, how digital cultures change, types of articles, sense-making, meaning-making, choice-making & social norms, … Continue reading Currents 034: Samo Burja on the Consilience Project → The post Currents 034: Samo Burja on the Consilience Project appeared first on The Jim Rutt Show.

Lex Fridman Podcast
#191 – Daniel Schmachtenberger: Steering Civilization Away from Self-Destruction

Lex Fridman Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 14, 2021 261:41


Daniel Schmachtenberger is a philosopher interested understanding the rise and fall of societies and individuals. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors: – Ground News: https://ground.news/lex – NetSuite: http://netsuite.com/lex to get free product tour – Four Sigmatic: https://foursigmatic.com/lex and use code LexPod to get up to 60% off – Magic Spoon: https://magicspoon.com/lex and use code LEX to get $5 off – BetterHelp: https://betterhelp.com/lex to get 10% off EPISODE LINKS: Daniel's Website: https://civilizationemerging.com/ The Consilience Project: https://consilienceproject.org/ PODCAST INFO: Podcast website: https://lexfridman.com/podcast Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/2lwqZIr Spotify: https://spoti.fi/2nEwCF8 RSS: https://lexfridman.com/feed/podcast/ YouTube Full Episodes: https://youtube.com/lexfridman YouTube Clips: https://youtube.com/lexclips SUPPORT & CONNECT:

Rebel Wisdom
A Time Between Worlds, Zak Stein

Rebel Wisdom

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 8, 2021 76:47


Zak is an influential voice among those wrestling with the deep problems with the source code of our culture, and he is particularly focused on the problems of learning and education.   We welcomed Zak to this Digital Campfire event, where we will dive into his concept of a "Time Between Worlds". His piece a year ago, "A War Broke out in Heaven" caused a stir, proposing that "We are being shaped by vast and complex forces into becoming new kinds of people: http://www.zakstein.org/blog/   He is also a co-founder of the Consilience Project with Daniel Schmachtenberger: https://consilienceproject.org/   To join conversations like this, consider becoming a Rebel Wisdom member: https://rebelwisdom.co.uk/plans

Global Governance Futures: Imperfect Utopias or Bust
12: Daniel Schmachtenberger – Existential Risk and Phase Shifting to a New World System

Global Governance Futures: Imperfect Utopias or Bust

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 3, 2021 89:27


Daniel Schmachtenberger is a social philosopher and founding member of The Consilience Project, aimed at improving public sensemaking and dialogue. The through line 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 has a 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. Motivated by the belief that advancing collective intelligence and capacity is foundational to the integrity of any civilization, and necessary to address the unique risks we currently face given the intersection of globalization and exponential technology, he has spoken publicly on many of these topics, hoping to popularize and deepen important conversations and engage more people in working towards their solutions. Many of these can be found at http://civilizationemerging.com/media/ In this conversation, we explore why it is now imperative to figure out a whole new world system given the catastrophic risk landscape that we confront. Daniel argues that in the face of exponential curves proliferating across systems – human, technological and geophysical – we need to develop a novel set of solutions for how we coordinate at scale. The task ahead of us is nothing less than to foster a global social, technological and educational zeitgeist, one which can prevent existential risk in a way commensurate to our deepest values for participatory and empowered governance. For more information about The Consilience Project at https://consilienceproject.org/

Conversations With Coleman
The Power of Gods with Daniel Schmachtenberger [S2 Ep.16]

Conversations With Coleman

Play Episode Listen Later May 27, 2021 94:08


Welcome to another episode of Conversations with Coleman. My guest today is Daniel Schmachtenberger. Daniel is a founding member of The Consilience Project, aimed at improving public sensemaking and dialogue. His writing is focused on ways of improving the health and development of individuals and society, with a focus on catastrophic and existential risk, civilization and institutional decay, collective action problems, social organization theories, and the relevant domains in philosophy and science. Daniel and I spend a lot of time talking about the effect of new technology on our ability to problem solve as a society, the disadvantages of democracy relative to autocracy, how much of our behavior can be attributed to human nature and how much to culture and much more.   #AdHiring is one of those things you don't want to mess up. You can find the right people to help you complete your vision with Indeed.Indeed is the jobsite that makes hiring as easy as 1, 2, 3. Post, screen, and interview - all on Indeed. Get your quality shortlist of candidates whose resumes on Indeed match your job descriptionfaster, only pay for the candidates that meet must-have qualifications, and schedule andcomplete video interviews in your Indeed Dashboard.Get started RIGHT NOW with a free 75$ sponsored job credit to upgrade your job post at indeed.com/CONVERSATIONSThe Offer is valid through JUNE 30th. Terms and conditions apply.#AdExpressVPN hides your IP address and letsyou control where you want sites to think you're located. You can choose from almost 100different countries, giving you access to a diverse range of Netflix librariesyou can enjoy! But it's not just Netflix. ExpressVPN works with any streaming service; Hulu, BBC iPlayer, YouTube andmuch more. If you visit my special link right now EXPRESSVPN .com/Coleman you can get an extra three months of ExpressVPN for free! Support the show, watch what you want, and protect yourself at EXPRESSVPN .com/Coleman

Conversations With Coleman
The Power of Gods [S2 Ep.16]

Conversations With Coleman

Play Episode Listen Later May 27, 2021 97:14


Welcome to another episode of Conversations with Coleman. My guest today is Daniel Schmachtenberger. Daniel is a founding member of The Consilience Project, aimed at improving public sensemaking and dialogue. His writing is focused on ways of improving the health and development of individuals and society, with a focus on catastrophic and existential risk, civilization and institutional decay, collective action problems, social organization theories, and the relevant domains in philosophy and science. Daniel and I spend a lot of time talking about the effect of new technology on our ability to problem solve as a society, the disadvantages of democracy relative to autocracy, how much of our behavior can be attributed to human nature and how much to culture and much more. #Ad Hiring is one of those things you don’t want to mess up. You can find the right people to help you complete your vision with Indeed. Indeed is the jobsite that makes hiring as easy as 1, 2, 3. Post, screen, and interview - all on Indeed. Get your quality shortlist of candidates whose resumes on Indeed match your job description faster, only pay for the candidates that meet must-have qualifications, and schedule and complete video interviews in your Indeed Dashboard. Get started RIGHT NOW with a free 75$ sponsored job credit to upgrade your job post at indeed.com/CONVERSATIONS The Offer is valid through JUNE 30th. Terms and conditions apply. #Ad A therapist can help you identify the habits and patterns that might be holding you back, and how to move forward in the right direction. I recommend Talkspace for therapy. You can sign up online and start therapy the same day as you sign up! You can text, video, or send voice messages to your licensed therapist, so it’s incredibly convenient to have virtual sessions from the comfort of your home. Talkspace is a fraction of the cost of in-person therapy. Instead of waiting for an appointment, you can send unlimited messages to your therapist 24/7 and they’ll engage with you daily, 5 days a week. As a listener of this podcast, you’ll get $100 off of your first month with Talkspace. To match with a licensed therapist today, go to Talkspace.com and use the code COLEMAN to ​get $100 off of your first month.

UTOKing with Gregg
Ep 8 | UTOKing with Zak Stein | Consilience Project and a Moving Coherent Philosophy for the Future

UTOKing with Gregg

Play Episode Listen Later May 13, 2021 102:32


In Episode 8, Gregg welcomes Zak Stein. Zak is a writer, futurist and educational philosopher and a leading sense-maker in the emerging metamodern space. He is author of "Education in a Time Between Worlds: John Rawls, the History of Testing, and the Future of Education" and "Social Justice and Educational Measurement: John Rawls, the History of Testing, and the Future of Education" . In this conversation, he shares with Gregg his journey, his vision of a metapsychology that embraces skill development, ensoulment and transcendence, and his work on the Consilience Project and its vision for a cultural renaissance and new approach to media.   The Consilience Project https://consilienceproject.org/   Books: Education in a Time Between Worlds: https://www.amazon.com/Education-Time-Between-Worlds-Technology/dp/0986282677   Social Justice and Educational Measurement: https://www.amazon.com/Social-Justice-Educational-Measurement-Directions/dp/1138947008 Here is a brief clip about justification systems in a fragmented media landscape: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PzlmHXNpNl0   Here is Zak's homepage http://www.zakstein.org

Aubrey Marcus Podcast
AMP # 308 How To Change Your Thinking with Daniel Schmachtenberger

Aubrey Marcus Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later May 12, 2021 151:59


This is one of the all time great discussions on the Aubrey Marcus Podcast, with one of the deepest thinkers of our time, Daniel Schmachtenberger. In this wide ranging conversation, we talk about the current problems facing humanity--including what led us here, and how to navigate from a more informed perspective. Ultimately our ability to make sense of what is actually happening in a world catered to confirm bias and maximize profit is imperative to solving the problems that are driving us toward catastrophe.   Connect with Daniel Schmachtenberger: Website | https://civilizationemerging.com/ Consilience Project | https://consilienceproject.org/   This episode is sponsored by: LUCY.CO Get %20 off Lucy Nicotine Gum | LUCY.CO and use the promo code AMP at checkout   Native Deodorants Get %20 off  Native Deodorants | NativeDeo.com/Marcus or use the promo code "Marcus" at checkout   Onnit Get 10% off Onnit products |  https://www.onnit.com/Aubrey/   Connect with Aubrey: Website | https://www.aubreymarcus.com/ Instagram | https://www.instagram.com/aubreymarcus/ Twitter | https://twitter.com/aubreymarcus Facebook | https://www.facebook.com/AubreyMarcus/ YouTube | https://bit.ly/2DLctpk   Check out  Own The Day Own Your Life by Aubrey Marcus|  https://bit.ly/2t6x4hu   Subscribe to the Aubrey Marcus Newsletter:  https://www.aubreymarcus.com/pages/email   Subscribe to the Aubrey Marcus Podcast: iTunes | https://apple.co/2lMZRCn Spotify | https://spoti.fi/2EaELZO Stitcher | https://bit.ly/2G8ccJt IHeartRadio | https://ihr.fm/397Msh0 Google Podcasts | https://bit.ly/3nzCJEh Android | https://bit.ly/2OQeBQg

BEING with Patrick Cooke
Ep 34 Kevin Orosz on Masculine Archetypes, Creativity & Becoming Sovereign

BEING with Patrick Cooke

Play Episode Listen Later May 7, 2021 60:13


Kevin Orosz guides us through a beautiful exploration of what it means to lead conscious life full of intention, purpose and creativity in the modern world. Kevin is a High Performance Coach, Workshop & Retreat Facilitator, and Podcast Host. Using his multidisciplinary approach, Kevin guides clients to break through all manner of limiting beliefs, outdated modalities, and constricting paradigms to uncover their unique story and live their soul’s purpose. He focuses on where the mind, body, and soul meet, developing spiritual abilities by mastering the science of life through magical and radical mindset techniques. https://kevinorosz.com/ https://www.instagram.com/kev_oroszlan/ Topics discussed in this episode: Kevin’s Mission/Purpose [1:00 ] Creativity & Purpose [2:30] Scarcity, Imposter Syndrome & Discipline  [6:30] Masculine Archetypes [11:00] Healing & Integrating Toxic Masculinity [17:45] Flow States [23:30] Origin of Creativity [30:45] Becoming Sovereign [36:30] Weaponized News [43:30] Decentralized Collective Intelligence [47:30] Resources mentioned in this episode: BOOK: “King, Warrior, Magician, Lover” by Robert Moore [11:00] Zeitgeist Film Series [51:00] Daniel Schmachtenberger’s Consilience Project

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Daniel Schmachtenberger - Utopia or Bust: Designing a Non Self-Terminating Civilization

Listening Post

Play Episode Listen Later May 6, 2021 86:50


Podcast: Emerge: Making Sense of What's Next (LS 45 · TOP 1% what is this?)Episode: Daniel Schmachtenberger - Utopia or Bust: Designing a Non Self-Terminating CivilizationPub date: 2019-08-05This 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. Motivated by the belief that advancing collective intelligence and capacity is foundational to the integrity of any civilization, and necessary to address the unique risks we currently face given the intersection of globalization and exponential technology, he has spoken publicly on many of these topics, hoping to popularize and deepen important conversations and engage more people in working towards their solutions. Many of these can be found here. We talk about the current state of the phase shift, whether we are past the point of no return for social collapse, Daniel's three generator functions of existential risk, the definition of an adequate social architecture that avoids existential risk, how technology creates asymmetric advantage that debases the planetary life support system, why we need to create technology that leads to ‘metastability', the pollution of the epistemic commons, why we need to define problems in a comprehensive way where the solutions don't create worse problems, the vows Daniel made as a teenager, what progress is being made at solving the generator functions of existential risk, the auto-poetic nature of trauma, and the necessity of a mature relationship between certainty and uncertainty.The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Daniel Thorson, which is the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Listen Notes, Inc.

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War on Sensemaking V, Daniel Schmachtenberger

Listening Post

Play Episode Listen Later May 6, 2021 92:01


Podcast: Rebel Wisdom (LS 52 · TOP 0.5% what is this?)Episode: War on Sensemaking V, Daniel SchmachtenbergerPub date: 2020-09-30The increasing inability to make sense of the world is an existential problem, what might we be able to do to fix it?   The original War on Sensemaking film was a viral hit: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Lqao...   In the time since then Daniel Schmachtenberger has been thinking hard about how deep the problem goes and what is needed to fix it.   This film outlines how essential sensemaking is to a functioning society, and introduces a new project that is designed to fix it, the Consilience Project. See the very end of the film for more on that, and to offer help, go to: https://airtable.com/shrVKehFhMKxEpWU1   Daniel will be doing a live Q&A about this film for Rebel Wisdom members, check out the different membership options here: https://www.rebelwisdom.co.uk/plans   To learn more of the skills we talk about in these films, the next cohort of our online course, Sensemaking 101, begins in a week's time: https://www.rebelwisdom.co.uk/coursesThe podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Rebel Wisdom, which is the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Listen Notes, Inc.

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EP7 Daniel Schmachtenberger and the Evolution of Technology

Listening Post

Play Episode Listen Later May 6, 2021 82:57


Podcast: The Jim Rutt Show (LS 49 · TOP 0.5% what is this?)Episode: EP7 Daniel Schmachtenberger and the Evolution of TechnologyPub date: 2019-08-12Daniel Schmachtenberger 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. Motivated by the belief that advancing collective intelligence and capacity is foundational to the integrity of any civilization, and necessary to address the unique risks we currently face given the intersection of globalization and exponential technology, he has spoken publicly on many of these topics, hoping to popularize and deepen important conversations and engage more people in working towards their solutions. Many of these can be found here. Introduction and the Evolution of Technology 11 minutes We've Exceeded the Limits of Growth 8 minutes Tinkering with Liberal Democracy is Not a Solution 10 minutes Self Interest, Free Riders, Defectors and Tony Soprano 13 minutes Building a Non-Terminating Civilization + The Charismatic Sociopath 18 minutes Anti-Rivalrous Behavior, Maslow's Hierarchy and "Game B" 7 minutes The Open Source Society 15 minutes Transcript of The Jim Rutt Show featuring Daniel SchmachtenbergerThe podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from The Jim Rutt Show, which is the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Listen Notes, Inc.

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Currents 030: Daniel Schmachtenberger on The Consilience Project

Listening Post

Play Episode Listen Later May 6, 2021 86:03


Podcast: The Jim Rutt Show (LS 49 · TOP 0.5% what is this?)Episode: Currents 030: Daniel Schmachtenberger on The Consilience ProjectPub date: 2021-04-22Daniel Schmachtenberger & Jim talk about his newly launched project, The Consilience Project... Daniel Schmachtenberger & Jim talk about his newly launched project, The Consilience Project. They start by covering some background for the project: why start it, primary focuses, cultural renaissance, the role of education & press, eroding knowledge commons, rapidly changing culture & scales, and learning from history. They then talk about the project's approaches & strategies: bottom-up problems-solving processes, understanding externalities, identifying core problems, content strategy, narrative navigation, post-tribalism, epistemic commons, meta news, fighting confirmation bias, modern memetic dynamics, social media moderation, out-group reading, civic virtue, post-modernism, science, 1st 2nd & 3rd person epistemologies, the target audience, being a media role model, community building, and much more. Episode Transcript The Consilience Project JRS: EP80 Daniel Schmachtenberger on Better Sensemaking JRS: EP7 Daniel Schmachtenberger and the Evolution of Technology Past Zak Stein JRS Episodes JRS: EP84 William Perry & Tom Collina on The Nuclear Button Consilience article, "Democracy and the Epistemic Commons" Consilience article, "Challenges to Making Sense of the 21st Century" Consilience article, "Were Pallets of Bricks Planted at Black Lives Matter Protests?" The Civil War: A Narrative by Shelby Foote JRS: EP107 Tristan Harris on Our Social Dilemma First Things Journal 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. Motivated by the belief that advancing collective intelligence and capacity is foundational to the integrity of any civilization, and necessary to address the unique risks we currently face given the intersection of globalization and exponential technology, he has spoken publicly on many of these topics, hoping to popularize and deepen important conversations and engage more people in working towards their solutions. Many of these can be found here.The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from The Jim Rutt Show, which is the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Listen Notes, Inc.

The Jim Rutt Show
Currents 030: Daniel Schmachtenberger on The Consilience Project

The Jim Rutt Show

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 22, 2021 86:03


Daniel Schmachtenberger & Jim talk about his newly launched project, The Consilience Project. They start by covering some background for the project: why start it, primary focuses, cultural renaissance, the role of education & press, eroding knowledge commons, rapidly changing culture & scales, and learning from history. They then talk about the project’s approaches & strategies: bottom-up … Continue reading Currents 030: Daniel Schmachtenberger on The Consilience Project → The post Currents 030: Daniel Schmachtenberger on The Consilience Project appeared first on The Jim Rutt Show.

Philosophica
WHAT IS LIFE? #26 Tim Freke and Daniel Schmachtenberger

Philosophica

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 31, 2020 73:08


Podcast: The Freke Show (LS 33 · TOP 5% what is this?)Episode: WHAT IS LIFE? #26 Tim Freke and Daniel SchmachtenbergerPub date: 2020-10-31Daniel 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. Motivated by the belief that advancing collective intelligence and capacity is foundational to the integrity of any civilization, and necessary to address the unique risks we currently face given the intersection of globalization and exponential technology, he has spoken publicly on many of these topics, hoping to popularize and deepen important conversations and engage more people in working towards their solutions. Many of these can be found at http://civilizationemerging.com/media/   T!M FREKE  ℹ️  Author of 35 books, translated into over 15 languages ℹ️  #50 Most Spiritually Influential Living People 2020, Watkins Magazine  ℹ️

The Boldly Now Show
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Together with social philosopher and founding member of The Consilience Project, Daniel Schmachtenberger, we explore the global reactions to coronavirus that are reshaping the world we live in and the widening gap between the problems faced and the average person's willingness to accept them. Daniel offers his perspectives on how the shift in information ecology is creating a world of misinformation and offers some basic steps to building good sense-making. He discusses how the mass closure of small businesses represents one of the most severe consolidations of wealth possibilities we've ever seen and ways to rethink our current social structures.  Resources See a culmination of Daniel's public work on https://civilizationemerging.com/ (his website) Daniel is the CEO, Co-Founder and Director of Research & Development of the https://neurohacker.com/ (Neurohacker Collective) Daniel mentions the book: The Dictator's Handbook by Alastair Smith & Bruce Bueno de Mesquita https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rStL7niR7gs (Daniel mentions the The YouTube video “The Rules for Rulers”) Daniel's Bio 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.