Podcast appearances and mentions of jonathan rowson

We vote in our self interest, right? So how come people living on islands disappearing because of climate change - and they know it - keep voting for Donald Trump? The answer to that goes to the heart of our climate politics. But it also tells us something very important about how different people think about climate change and what should be done about it, even when they can see it literally killing the place they love. This episode is a fascinating chat with anthropologist Dr Karl Dudman. He talks all about his time spent with the unique communities of Down East, North Carolina - a fiercely proud,  strongly Republican, and very maritime patch of the US Coast. Karl explains with empathy how Down Easterners talk about the sea level rises, hurricanes and changing fishing patterns that feels like the last straw in a community whose centuries-old identity is falling apart.  Let me know your thoughts on the show - hello@yourbrainonclimate.com. Please rate, review and subscribe, and share the show on socials. Please consider chucking this humble indie podcaster a few quid at www.patreon.com/yourbrainonclimate. Owl noises = references: 04:33 - Karl's brilliant blog on the Conversation.07:53 - Yale's climate opinion maps. 09:33 - Google Maps link to Down East, as if you can't find it yourself. 23:48 - Miranda Fricker's epistemic injustice. 33:34 - Danna Young's appearance on YBOC.34:18 - more on affective & negative polarisation40:19 - the original paper on solastalgia by Glenn Albrecht et al.40:55 - Arlie Russell Hochschild's majestic Strangers In Their Own Land41:23 - OK I can't find a great link for the aesthetics of embodiment. A bloke explained it to me. 42:40 - Revisionist History episode on country vs rock music.  44:04 - some stuff about methodological symmetry in here.51:25 - my chat on YBOC with Jonathan Rowson. 52:17 - the not uncontroversial original essay by David Goodhart on somewheres vs anywhere. The show is hosted and produced by me, Dave Powell. You can follow the show on instagram @yourbrainonclimate, and I occasionally put up a Substack. YBOC theme music and iterations thereof, by me.  Show logo by Arthur Stovell at https://mondial-studio.com/. 

​ @perspectiva5321  The Flip, the Formation, and the Fun: A response to the Metacrisis by Jonathan Rowson, in Montreal. https://youtu.be/jmpaFelcCnU?si=N_pWGI5O4G71E0Et Understanding John Vervaeke's Advent of the Sacred with Jonathan Pageau https://youtu.be/CsGkQ2HexJE?si=eqF4CK76deIix2XW  @JordanBPeterson  Navigating Belief, Skepticism, and the Afterlife | Alex O'Connor ‪@CosmicSkeptic‬ | EP 451 https://youtu.be/T0KgLWQn5Ts?si=gmxW5mR3BhxH5IGT    Paul Vander Klay clips channel https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCX0jIcadtoxELSwehCh5QTg Bridges of Meaning Discord https://discord.gg/KEPbZT28 https://www.meetup.com/sacramento-estuary/ My Substack https://paulvanderklay.substack.com/ Estuary Hub Link https://www.estuaryhub.com/ If you want to schedule a one-on-one conversation check here. https://calendly.com/paulvanderklay/one2one There is a video version of this podcast on YouTube at http://www.youtube.com/paulvanderklay To listen to this on ITunes https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/paul-vanderklays-podcast/id1394314333  If you need the RSS feed for your podcast player https://paulvanderklay.podbean.com/feed/  All Amazon links here are part of the Amazon Affiliate Program. Amazon pays me a small commission at no additional cost to you if you buy through one of the product links here. This is is one (free to you) way to support my videos.  https://paypal.me/paulvanderklay Blockchain backup on Lbry https://odysee.com/@paulvanderklay https://www.patreon.com/paulvanderklay Paul's Church Content at Living Stones Channel https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCh7bdktIALZ9Nq41oVCvW-A To support Paul's work by supporting his church give here. https://tithe.ly/give?c=2160640 https://www.livingstonescrc.com/give

When it gets hot, we all get a bit stroppy: think 'shouting at people on the internet' stroppy. But that's only the tip of the (melting) iceberg. Too much heat can trigger or make worse a range of mental health conditions. And what does climate change bring? More heat.  So what are the mental health implications of rising global temperatures?  Joining Dave this episode is Dr Alessandro Massazza (X / LinkedIn) - Policy Advisor for United for Global Mental Health. Ale tells Dave all about what the science has to say about the very many ways getting too hot can fry your state of mind - and why it's time to give mental health a proper seat at the climate table. Owl noises: 06:38 - Whole Body Hyperthermia as a treatment for depression - a metareview.  07:57 - I meant the wet bulb, and we didn't explain what it is. 08:38 - Schizophrenia as a key factor in heat deaths.  11:00 - more on temperature vs asylum judges. 13:31 - the links between poverty, depression and anxiety. 16:51 - a review of ambient temperature (including humidity) and mental health17:46 - the Lancet Countdown set of indicators on climate & health. 18:53 - you must read Why We Sleep by Matthew Walker. it will radicalise you 20:00 - more on the relationship between sleep loss and heat. 22:26 - Looky at what trees do to cool streets down. 35:04 - We've come across hyperobjects before, like in my chat with Jonathan Rowson. 36:22 - How health framing boosts support for climate policies. 42:35 - South Australian heat warning system & mental heath. I also mentioned at the end the study I'd read about a piece in the Times that conservative voters have larger fear centres (the amygdala). That's here. Your Brain on Climate is a podcast about human psychology vs the climate crisis. Contact the show:  @brainclimate on Twitter, or hello@yourbrainonclimate.com. Support the show on Patreon: www.patreon.com/yourbrainonclimate. The show is hosted and produced by me, Dave Powell, who you can find  @powellds on Twitter.  Original music by me too. Show logo by Arthur Stovell at www.designbymondial.com.  

Hello, dear wild friends! I'm taking a short break, but I wanted to share some of my previous interviews with guests who delve into themes of collapse, the meta-crisis, and the decline of the systems we've always known to grow—like GDP, technology, population, and prosperity.Many of you have joined my book serialization project on Substack, where we're navigating the collapse awareness journey together. These interviews provide valuable context for our journey. You can join us here if you're not already part of the project. I release one chapter of my book at a time, and we discuss its contents in the comments, tackling this big, beautiful, hard thing as a community, step by step. In the meantime, enjoy this wild conversation with Jonathon Rowson.--Jonathan Rowson (chess Grandmaster, metamodernist philosopher) is one of Britain's biggest minds and I have invited him onto Wild to talk, well, what's been dubbed the “meta-crisis” – the fundamental “meaning” crisis at the heart of “all the things” going on in the world today.Jonathan is a theoretical psychologist with degrees from Oxford and Harvard and a Ph.D on what it means to become wiser. He has worked on “complex collective action” problem solving, was Director of the Social Brain Centre at the Royal Society of Arts and has run events with David Attenborough and Jordan Peterson (not on the same stage!). Jonathan now runs Perspectiva, a research institute that seeks to understand the relationship between systems, souls, and society. This is a big chat, but I think you'll find this new and wild idea a helpful navigational tool for, well, “all the things”.SHOW NOTESAs I flag, my UK friends can preorder This One Wild and Precious Life here.Follow the Perspectiva community and their various events here.Jonathan is also on Substack and Twitter.His latest book The Moves that Matter: A Chess Grandmaster on the Game of Life is out now.--If you need to know a bit more about me… head to my "about" pageFor more such conversations subscribe to my Substack newsletter, it's where I interact the most!Get your copy of my book, This One Wild and Precious LifeLet's connect on Instagram and WeAre8 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Craig Murphy and Jonathan Rowson join us for a dialogue on global politics and the metacrisis, using as a springboard for this conversation the essay ‘Prefixing the World: Why the polycrisis is a permacrisis, which is actually a metacrisis, which is not really a crisis at all', published by Jonathan on his Substack blog in late 2023. Craig recently participated in a panel on Crisis in Global Governance at the International Studies Association annual meeting where he engaged with Jonathan's work in his remarks, seeing certain affinities between Jonathan's claim that all global problems of the moment are connected to a single source, a single metacrisis and Craig's own insights into the importance of grappling with the possible interconnections across global problems if problem solvers are going to develop the kind of complex solidarity that is likely to be essential to any adequate response to the daunting challenges of our times. We were honoured to be able to bring these two distinguished scholars and authors together for a far-reaching and deeply meaningful conversation. Craig Murphy is Betty Freyhof Johnson '44 Professor Emeritus of Political Science at Wellesley College and is a leading light in the fields of international relations and political science, known particularly for his pioneering research on global governance. Jonathan Rowson is Co-founder and Chief Executive of Perspectiva, which is a collective of scholars, artists and activists who produce and publish outputs concerned with understanding the relationship between systems, souls and society in theory and practice. He was previously Director of the Social Brain Centre at the RSA where he authored a range of influential research reports on behaviour change, climate change and spirituality, and curated and chaired a range of related events. Craig's official website profile can be found here: https://www1.wellesley.edu/politicalscience/faculty/murphy Jonathan's profile can be found on the Perspectiva website: https://systems-souls-society.com/origin/people/ He tweets @Jonathan_Rowson His essays can also be read at Substack: https://substack.com/@jonathanrowson We discussed: Ursula Le Guin, ‘The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas', 1973: https://shsdavisapes.pbworks.com/f/Omelas.pdf Geoff Mann, ‘It Was Not Supposed to End This Way', August 2019: https://www.bostonreview.net/articles/geoff-mann-it-was-not-supposed-end-way/ See our podcast conversation Geoff Mann here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WFmOtlbJPts Craig Murphy, ‘Leadership, Global Governance, and Peace', November 2018: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JZ_nXvzcOEE Craig Murphy, ‘Engineering Rules', 2024: https://www.press.jhu.edu/books/title/11653/engineering-rules#:~:text=of%20the%20internet.-,In%20Engineering%20Rules%2C%20JoAnne%20Yates%20and%20Craig%20N.,on%20all%20of%20our%20lives. Kim Stanley Robinson, The Ministry of the Future: https://www.orbitbooks.net/orbit-excerpts/the-ministry-for-the-future/ Jonathan Rowson, ‘Prefixing the World,' September 2023: https://perspecteeva.substack.com/p/prefixing-the-world Jonathan Rowson, ‘Tasting the Pickle: ten flavours of meta-crisis and the appetite for a new civilisation', February 2021: https://systems-souls-society.com/tasting-the-pickle-ten-flavours-of-meta-crisis-and-the-appetite-for-a-new-civilisation/ Adam Tooze, ‘Welcome to the world of the polycrisis', Financial Times, 28 October 2022: https://www.ft.com/content/498398e7-11b1-494b-9cd3-6d669dc3de33

(Conversation recorded on April 24th, 2024)   Show Summary:  Engaging with the human predicament requires new ways of understanding the world - novel perspectives that are rooted in a more holistic and interdependent mindset than those dominant in the industrialized society of the past few centuries.  Today's conversation with philosopher and social scientist Jonathan Rowson dives into the emerging ways of being that could serve us as we move toward a post-growth world, including what he has found particularly helpful in his decades of work studying the metacrisis.  In a world of (often siloed) hyper-specific experts, how would valuing the role of the “expert generalist” both change the face of academia and help us understand the world from a more holistic systems perspective? How does metamodernism merge the best of modernism and postmodernism to create a more comprehensive and constructive view of reality? How do we find and embrace our calling in the context of the metacrisis in order to take purposeful action forward?  About Jonathan Rowson: Jonathan Rowson is the Co-Founder and Chief Executive of Perspectiva, a publishing house and praxis collective based primarily in London. Perspectiva describes itself as an urgent one-hundred-year project to improve the relationship between systems, souls, and society in theory and practice. Jonathan is a philosopher and social scientist by academic training and has degrees from Oxford, Harvard and Bristol Universities. He has written extensively on the idea of metacrisis as our multifaceted delusion, and he is increasingly focused on experiments in community and spiritual praxis to help shift socio-economic immunity to change. He is an Open Society Fellow and a Fellow at The Centre for the Understanding of Sustainable Prosperity at the University of Surrey. In his prior role as Director of the Social Brain Centre at the Royal Society of Arts he authored influential research reports including A New Agenda on Climate Change, Money Talks, and Spiritualise. He is also a Chess Grandmaster and three-time British Champion (2004–6) and views the game as a continuing source of insight and inspiration. His book, The Moves that Matter – A Grandmaster on the Game of Life was published by Bloomsbury in 2019.   For Show Notes and More    Watch this video episode on Youtube  

Bonnitta Roy is an author and a teacher. Her work focuses on breaking away from limiting patterns of thought. She is the founder of Alderlore Insight Centre, a non-profit educational organisation focusing on secondary education and insight training for post-formal thinkers. She is Professor in Residence for the MA in Consciousness Studies and Transpersonal Psychology at the Graduate Institute, and an Associate Editor of Integral Review. Bonnitta is among a brilliant cast of metamodern thinkers. In this regard, her work considers how the sense of crisis many of us feel has as much to do with how we perceive the world as with what goes on within it. We are living through a period of disruptive change and Bonnitta sees these times as an invitation to grapple with the limitations of our inherited toolbox of linear and causal ways of thinking. In this episode we reflect on the limitations of human consciousness and discuss the potential for good that stems from reimagining the way we think. Bonnitta's work can be found here: https://bonnittaroy.substack.com/ https://www.kosmosjournal.org/contributor/bonnitta-roy/ https://tllp.org/people/bonnitta-roy/ https://systems-souls-society.com/origin/people/ Keep up with Bonnitta on Twitter: https://twitter.com/bonnittaroy We discussed: “Complex Potential States: A theory of Change that can account for beauty and generate life” in The Side View, November 2021 https://thesideview.co/journal/complex-potential-states/ “Time, Change and Causality: Notes toward metamorphosis of mind” in Dispatches from a Time Between Worlds: Crisis and emergence in metamoderntiy (Pespectiva, 2021) (ed. Jonathan Rowson & Layman Pascal)

Jim talks with Jonathan Rowson of Perspectiva about a new social practice they're creating, the antidebate. They discuss the nature of debate, the spectacle of endemic polarization, why debate may be irredeemable, multiple ways of knowing, the Oxford Union debates, the debate apocalypse of 2020, the 1858 Lincoln-Douglas debate, the elitist aspect of debates, longtermism, the dialectic fallacy, presencing confusion, anti-debate as a practice, developing the form & facilitation skills, anti-debate trials to date, the current state of the art, setting a positive tone, choosing the question, the question bomb process, tableauing, why answering the question isn't necessary, swarming, epistemic seduction, drawing on Quaker Speaking, recruiting the enigmatics, prefiguring the culture you want to live in, scalability, disaffection with the ambient internet, and much more. Episode Transcript JRS Currents 041: Jonathan Rowson on Our Metacrisis Pickle JRS EP127 - Jonathan Rowson on The Moves That Matter JRS Currents 068: Jonathan Rowson on the Chess Drama JRS EP154 - Iain McGilchrist on The Matter With Things JRS EP155 - Iain McGilchrist Part 2: The Matter With Things "What Our Politics Needs Now: Anti-Debates," with Peter Limberg & Conor Barnes "The Anti-Debate: Experiments in the Art of Sensemaking for a World Gone Slightly Mad" - a film by Katie Teague "Is War Natural? (and other questions)" - YouTube Jonathan Rowson is co-founder and director of the research institute Perspectiva based in London. He is also the former director of the Social Brain Centre at the Royal Society of Arts and is a chess grandmaster and three-time British Chess Champion. His books include The Seven Deadly Chess Sins, Chess for Zebras, Spiritualize: Cultivating Spiritual Sensibility to Address 21st Century Challenges, and, The Moves That Matter: A Chess Grandmaster on the Game of Life.

WE need to take action on climate change. WE need a revolution. WE need to unite and tackle the problem. Etc.  But who is this "we"?  Politicians and campaigners love to invoke it. It has powerful rhetorical force. But does this confusing "we" give us any sense of what each of us can actually do? Is it a linguistic problem or something more profound about how our brains think about collective agency? And how the heck do "we" actually go from not doing enough, to doing so? Joining Dave to talk about all things "we" and collective agency is Jonathan Rowson. He's CEO and founder of Perspectiva, a charity working on the relationship between system, souls and society. He is also an author and a  chess grandmaster (who once thrashed Dave at chess while being interviewed). Owl noises:--  15:01 -  Jonathan's Substack piece that prompted this interview. -- 18:46 - The United Nations High Seas treaty. -- 22:05 - More from Jonathan on the metacrisis. -- 27:08 - Hyperobjects. -- 29:07 - Off topic it may be, but here's the Jeavons paradox. -- 29:43 - A chat between Jonathan and John Vervaeke about the agent in the arena. -- 37:42 - I chatted to Rupert Read about the Climate Majority Project a few episodes back. Your Brain on Climate is a podcast about human psychology vs the climate crisis: what we think, why we think it, and how it all adds up to a planet-sized emergency.  Contact the show:  @brainclimate on Twitter, or hello@yourbrainonclimate.com. Support the show on Patreon: www.patreon.com/yourbrainonclimate. The show is hosted and produced by me, Dave Powell, who you can find @powellds on Twitter.  Original music by me too. Show logo by Arthur Stovell at www.designbymondial.com.   

„Schach ist ein Kampf gegen den Fehler“, sagte der erste offizielle Schach-Vizeweltmeister Johannes Zukertort. In dieser Solofolge erfährst du 16 fatale Fehler, die dir in deiner Schachpartie oder beim Beschäftigen mit Schach passieren können. Dabei greife ich auch auf die Fehler aus dem bekannten Buch „Seven Deadly Chess Sins“ (Die sieben Todsünden des Schachspielers) von Jonathan Rowson zurück. Zudem gebe ich einen kleinen Vorgeschmack auf mein Buch „Der Schach-Booster“, das im Februar 2024 erscheint und bereits auf amazon oder thalia.de vorbestellbar ist. Neben Klassikern wie dem vergessenen Blunder Check oder der Regel „LPDO“ (Loose pieces drop off“) finden sich auch andere Tipps wie z.B. das Vermeiden von emotionalen Zügen oder das Überschätzen der Bedeutung des Materials. Viel Spaß beim Zuhören! Folge direkt herunterladen ________

Schach ist ein Kampf gegen den Fehler, sagte der erste offizielle Schach-Vizeweltmeister Johannes Zukertort. In dieser Solofolge erfährst du 16 fatale Fehler, die dir in deiner Schachpartie oder beim Beschäftigen mit Schach passieren können. Dabei greife ich auch auf die Fehler aus dem bekannten Buch Seven Deadly Chess Sins (Die sieben Todsünden des Schachspielers) von Jonathan Rowson zurück. Zudem gebe ich einen kleinen Vorgeschmack auf mein Buch Der Schach-Booster, das im Februar 2024 erscheint und bereits auf amazon oder thalia.de vorbestellbar ist. Neben Klassikern wie dem vergessenen Blunder Check oder der Regel LPDO (Loose pieces drop off) finden sich auch andere Tipps wie ...Du möchtest deinen Podcast auch kostenlos hosten und damit Geld verdienen? Dann schaue auf www.kostenlos-hosten.de und informiere dich. Dort erhältst du alle Informationen zu unseren kostenlosen Podcast-Hosting-Angeboten. kostenlos-hosten.de ist ein Produkt der Podcastbude.Gern unterstützen wir dich bei deiner Podcast-Produktion.

Schach ist ein Kampf gegen den Fehler, sagte der erste offizielle Schach-Vizeweltmeister Johannes Zukertort. In dieser Solofolge erfährst du 16 fatale Fehler, die dir in deiner Schachpartie oder beim Beschäftigen mit Schach passieren können. Dabei greife ich auch auf die Fehler aus dem bekannten Buch Seven Deadly Chess Sins (Die sieben Todsünden des Schachspielers) von Jonathan Rowson zurück. Zudem gebe ich einen kleinen Vorgeschmack auf mein Buch Der Schach-Booster, das im Februar 2024 erscheint und bereits auf amazon oder thalia.de vorbestellbar ist. Neben Klassikern wie dem vergessenen Blunder Check oder der Regel LPDO (Loose pieces drop off) finden sich auch andere Tipps wie ...Du möchtest deinen Podcast auch kostenlos hosten und damit Geld verdienen? Dann schaue auf www.kostenlos-hosten.de und informiere dich. Dort erhältst du alle Informationen zu unseren kostenlosen Podcast-Hosting-Angeboten. kostenlos-hosten.de ist ein Produkt der Podcastbude.Gern unterstützen wir dich bei deiner Podcast-Produktion.

Jonathan Rowson (chess Grandmaster, metamodernist philosopher) is one of Britain's biggest minds and I have invited him onto Wild to talk, well, what's been dubbed the “meta-crisis” – the fundamental “meaning” crisis at the heart of “all the things” going on in the world today.Jonathan is a theoretical psychologist with degrees from Oxford and Harvard and a Ph.D on what it means to become wiser. He has worked on “complex collective action” problem solving, was Director of the Social Brain Centre at the Royal Society of Arts and has run events with David Attenborough and Jordan Peterson (not on the same stage!). Jonathan now runs Perspectiva, a research institute that seeks to understand the relationship between systems, souls, and society.This is a big chat, but I think you'll find this new and wild idea a helpful navigational tool for, well, “all the things”.As I flag, my UK friends can preorder This One Wild and Precious Life here.Follow the Perspectiva community and their various events here.Jonathan is also on Substack and Twitter.His latest book The Moves that Matter: A Chess Grandmaster on the Game of Life is out now.I mention a bunch of previous wild episodes that you might like to listen to:Sensemaking with David Fuller, Indigenous Knowledge Systems with Tyson Yankaporta and the Dr. Jill Bolte Taylor episode.If you need to know a bit more about me… head to my "about" pageFor more such conversations subscribe to my Substack newsletter, it's where I interact the most!Get your copy of my book, This One Wild and Precious LifeLet's connect on Instagram Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Perpetual Chess is back with another bonus pod discussing the ongoing Magnus Carlsen/Hans Niemann controversy. The major news of the week was that GM Magnus Carlsen issued a statement on Monday confirming that he suspects GM Hans Niemann of cheating. To discuss the story, I am honored to be joined by 2 Grandmaster guests who offer significant domain expertise beyond the chess world. First up is GM Jonathan Rowson, a renowned author and philosopher and the 3 time Chess Champion of the UK. My conversation with Jonathan is centered around the human element of this story, and how we can hope to avoid biases in our interpretation of the information at hand. Following GM Rowson, I am joined by Dr. David Smerdon. GM Smerdon is a 7 time Chess Olympian for his native Australia, and an award winning chess author. David has worked with both Dr. Kenneth Regan and also the Chess.com cheat detection team. David's primary field is development economics, but he has a statistical background and devotes significant time to chess-related research. As we discuss, in addition to chess cheating, David has published a paper related to gender issues in chess. I found it helpful to hear the grounded perspective of 2 of the chess world's most insightful thinkers. As always, timestamps of topics discussed can be found below.  0:00- Intro and review of recent events: Sub to Perpetual Chess Linkfest 5:00- Perpetual Chess is brought to you in part by Chessable.com. You can check out all of their latest offerings here:  https://www.chessable.com/courses/all/new/ 6:00- GM Jonathan Rowson joins (recorded September 28) 6:00- 3 key questions to ask ourselves 19:00- Should we draw a distinction between cheating in online and OTB chess?  29:00- Are we likely to get a resolution to this case?   32:00- What are sensible anti-cheating measures?  35:00- Jonathan reflects on his recent return to OTB competitive chess  39:00- What behavioral biases should we be alert for as we evaluate the information presented?  48:00- What opinions has Jonathan heard from his GM peers?  Mentioned:  Carlsen-Niemann 2022 Mishra-Niemann 2022 53:00- Thanks to Jonathan for joining the show! Here are links to keep up with him.  Twitter  The Moves that Matter His website His Chessable Courses  You can hear our prior interview here. (Episode 150)  56:00- Perpetual Chess is brought to you in part by Aimchess.com. Aimchess' algorithm reviews your games and gives you actionable advice on how to improve your game. Check it out for free, and if you choose to subscribe you can use the code Perpetual30 to save 30%. Or use this link for the same discount: https://aimchess.com/try?ref=benjohnson12 57:00- GM David Smerdon joins (recorded September 27) 58:00- What does David's research suggest about why people cheat at chess?  1:08:00- David has seen Chess.com's list of banned players, obviously he can't reveal names, but is there anything he can say about it?  1:13:00- David discusses some of GM Fabiano Caruana's comments on the controversy from the C Squared podcast 1:20:00- David discusses the Let's Check feature on Chessbase. We are referring to video's such as this one by FM Yosha Iglesias, which makes a good-faith attempt to analyze Han's games with data.  Mentioned: IM Ken Regan interview with James Altucher  1:30:00- Does David have a personal opinion about whether Hans cheated OTB?  1:33:00- Could one be termed "guilty" of cheating OTB based on data alone?  1:40:00- David discusses his fun and useful statistical tool, the Fighting Chess Index (FCI).  1:45:00- David discusses his research on gender and chess.  Mentioned: BBC News: Chess Commentator Sacked for Sexist Remark 1:57:00- Thanks to David for sharing his insights! Here are some of the ways to keep up with him: Twitter: https://twitter.com/dsmerdon David's Chess Blog:  https://www.davidsmerdon.com/ Award Winning Book The Complete Chess Swindler  You can hear our prior interview here. (Episode 30) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jim talks with Grandmaster chess player and philosopher Jonathan Rowson about the recent drama between Magnus Carlsen and Hans Niemann in the Champions Chess Tour. They discuss Rowson's chess background, the bare facts of the kerfuffle, Niemann's persona & career trajectory, present evidence for whether Niemann cheated & the reasonable odds that he won fairly, … Continue reading Currents 068: Jonathan Rowson on the Chess Drama → The post Currents 068: Jonathan Rowson on the Chess Drama appeared first on The Jim Rutt Show.

Jonathan Rowson of Perspectiva joins Brendan for a conversation about the nature of spirituality in the contemporary public square, the boundaries of the social imaginary, the thirst for spiritual conversation and community in a secular world, religion and epistemic justification, the religious impulse of submission vs. the modern ego, what taking the meta view on a multi-perspectival religious landscape might mean, the divine contribution of the individual/individuating will, and much else. 0:00 Introduction 2:04 Exploring (the Absence of) Spirituality in Public Space Today 9:47 Defining Spirituality 14:22 The Elephant in the Room 20:24 A More Justified Worldview? Modernity vs. Traditional Religion 31:26 Truth and Value in the Public Domain 36:02 Transrational Submission or Individuation? 44:50 Both Both/And and Either/Or: Religion, Committment, and Multi-Perspectival Awareness 53:32 Mystery, Reality, Plurality, and Transcendence 57:35 Pluralism, Committment, and the Creative Will of the Metamodern Self 1:08:43 Metamodernity as Spirituality 1:14:38 Closing Remarks

Transhumanism makes grand claims about the future of humankind, from genetic engineering and artificial wombs to immortality and uploading humanity to the cloud. Lead by pseudo-scientific thinkers like Ray Kurzeil, Transhumanism has become a popular ideology among Silicon Valley tech leaders including Elon Musk and Peter Thiel. In recent years it has also become the focus of conspiracy theorists from Anti-Vaxxers to Qanon, who claim the ultimate goal of the "global elite" is to turn humans into post-humans. The truth is that Transhumanism is a fantasy born in the pages of science fiction. While authors like Bruce Sterling and William Gibson warned against the terrors of Transhumanism, today's Transhumanists see it as an inevitability, and have transformed the fantasy of Transhumanism into an anti-human religion. 00:00:00 The Torment Nexus 00:01:34 Welcome to the Science Fiction podcast 00:04:06 Beyond our ape brained meat-sacks - a profile of Elise Bohan 00:08:23 We are in a time between worlds & Transhuman conspiracy theories 00:13:14 Understanding Transhumanism as narrative, storytelling and modern mythos 00:19:15 ONE - Transhumanism is Utopian 00:24:06 TWO - Transhumanism assumes fundamental change 00:26:00 THREE - Transhumanism is a pseudo-science 00:29:34 FOUR - Transhumanism is a religious vision of transcendence 00:34:38 FIVE - Transhumanism is authoritarian 00:39:12 SIX - Transhumism wants to liberate us from our human bodies 00:44:38 SEVEN - Transhumanism is science fiction 00:48:04 EIGHT - Transhumanism believes technology is the force of progress 00:51:40 NINE - Transhumanism devalues the human 00:55:58 TEN - "We're building God you know." 01:06:53 ELEVEN - Transhumanism is a power structure 01:13:01 TWELVE - Transhumanism is dystopian 01:16:20 THIRTEEN - Transhumanism is anti-humanism Beyond Our Ape Brained Meat Sacks - https://www.theguardian.com/books/2022/jun/04/beyond-our-ape-brained-meat-sacks-can-transhumanism-save-our-species Jonathan Rowson on Zak Stein and our time between worlds - https://twitter.com/Jonathan_Rowson/status/1532318004071084034 Follow the the Science Fiction podcast and become a member https://damiengwalter.com/podcast/ Advanced Scifi & Fantasy Writing https://damiengwalter.com/advanced-scifi-and-fantasy/ The Rhetoric of Story https://damiengwalter.com/the-rhetoric-of-story/ Join the discussion on the Science Fiction community https://www.facebook.com/groups/324897304599197

This entry is part 7 of 7 in the series Narrativium As I continue my own experiments with fiction, I have been thinking lazily about metamodernism. By... https://www.ribbonfarm.com/2022/06/02/storytelling-mediocre-metamodernism/ HomeStudioFor New ReadersNow ReadingAboutBooksribbonfarmE. Unibas Pluramthis interesting essay by Jonathan RowsonthreadthulhuKamil GaleevSarah Tabermediocrityon TwitterAnnual RoundupsBook NotesCaptain's LogClockmakingDomestic CozyElderblog SutraFictionInto the PluriverseLexiconMansionism

This entry is part 7 of 7 in the series Narrativium As I continue my own experiments with fiction, I have been thinking lazily about metamodernism. By... https://www.ribbonfarm.com/2022/06/02/storytelling-mediocre-metamodernism/ HomeStudioFor New ReadersNow ReadingAboutBooksribbonfarmE. Unibas Pluramthis interesting essay by Jonathan RowsonthreadthulhuKamil GaleevSarah Tabera tweet I saw recentlymediocrityon TwitterAnnual RoundupsBook NotesCaptain's LogClockmakingDomestic CozyElderblog SutraFictionInto the PluriverseLexiconMansionism

On this very special Doomer Optimism interlude, we drop in on our intrepid hosts, Ashley Colby and Jason Snyder, as they mix it up with Michael Garfield and the folks at Future Fossils. It was such a tremendous conversation that we figured we should crosslist on both podcasts. So, enjoy, and be sure to subscribe to Future Fossils! Here are the show notes from Future Fossils: Be forewarned: This latest episode is some extremely heady stuff. But thankfully, it's also full of heart and soul... Back in February, Jonathan Rowson posted two clips from his latest in-progress writing to Twitter, where it succeeded in baiting a bunch of the folks with whom I regularly interact as members of the so-called "Liminal Web" into reflecting on the value of partitioning a global boil of loosely-associated "sensemakers," "meta-theorists," and "systems poets" into well-meaning but ultimately dubious cultural taxonomies. I had plenty to say about this from my awkwardly consistent stance of being both enthusiastic and skeptical about apparently everything. But so did numerous other brilliant and inspiring people, including Bonnitta Roy, Stephanie Lepp, Ashley Colby, and Jason Snyder – all of whom I've wanted on the show for a while (with the exception of Stephanie, with whom I had a great chat back on episode 154). So I took it upon myself to press for an on-the-record group discussion about the virtue and folly of putting labels on sociocultural processes and networks that are defined by their liminality: Is this ultimately a good thing, or does it just kill the magic in a foolish servility to economic pressures and the desire to be recognized as A Movement? When we finally met at the end of March for our call, the conversation turned to issues with more urgency and gravitas — namely: Is it even helpful to spend all of our time talking about crises and metacrises when there is so much work to be done? What transpired was easily one of the more profound and inspired conversations I've ever had the good fortune to host on this show, although it was also more beset with insane and infuriating technical problems that getting it ready for release took over thirty hours of excruciating editing. I am so immensely glad I am finally done and can get on with my damn life! But also that I get to share this with you and hear what the rest of our scene(s) have to contribute to this discourse. (Some of the people I'd especially love to hear from include folks we mentioned in this episode and/or were part of the original Twitter discussion, including John Vervaeke, Jeremy Johnson, Daniel Schmachtenberger, Kyle Kowalski, Jim Rutt, John Ash, and Joe Lightfoot, as well as people implied or indicted by Jonathan's prompts, including Nora Bateson and everyone involved with DAOs, GameB, cosmo-localism, meta-modernism, and The Dark Renaissance. So, like, half the people I talk and listen to...)

This episode is a book review/discussion of the acclaimed text The Seven Deadly Chess Sins (Amazon) by Jonathan Rowson. This is a follow up to Episode 16 which discussed Chess for Tigers (Amazon) by Simon Webb. I believe these two outstanding books are probably the only resources you need for chess psychology at the amateur and club level. Chess for Tigers is an excellent primer, while The Seven Deadly Chess Sins is more advanced. The seven chess sins include the following:Thinking (erroneously)BlinkingWantingMaterialismEgoismPerfectionismLoosenessAll links above are affiliate links, which earn us a commission on qualifying purchases. This helps support the podcast at no additional cost to you.Our links:WebsiteTwitterFacebookE-mail: info@thechessangle.com

Don't waste another minute here. Go read the full show notes on Patreon!Be forewarned: This latest episode is some extremely heady stuff. But thankfully, it's also full of heart and soul...Back in February, Jonathan Rowson posted two clips (here and here) from his latest in-progress writing tlimito Twitter, where it succeeded in baiting a bunch of the folks with whom I regularly interact as members of the so-called "Liminal Web" into reflecting on the value of partitioning a global boil of loosely-associated "sensemakers," "meta-theorists," and "systems poets" into well-meaning but ultimately dubious cultural taxonomies.I had plenty to say about this (here, here, and here) from my awkwardly consistent stance of being both enthusiastic and skeptical about apparently everything. But so did numerous other brilliant and inspiring people, including Bonnitta Roy, Stephanie Lepp, Ashley Colby, and Jason Snyder – all of whom I've wanted on the show for a while (with the exception of Stephanie, with whom I had a great chat back on episode 154). So I took it upon myself to press for an on-the-record group discussion about the virtue and folly of putting labels on sociocultural processes and networks that are defined by their liminality: Is this ultimately a good thing, or does it just kill the magic in a foolish servility to economic pressures and the desire to be recognized as A Movement?When we finally met at the end of March for our call, the conversation turned to issues with more urgency and gravitas — namely: Is it even helpful to spend all of our time talking about crises and metacrises when there is so much work to be done?What transpired was easily one of the more profound and inspired conversations I've ever had the good fortune to host on this show, although it was also more beset with insane and infuriating technical problems that getting it ready for release took over thirty hours of excruciating editing. I am so immensely glad I am finally done and can get on with my damn life! But also that I get to share this with you and hear what the rest of our scene(s) have to contribute to this discourse. Get bonus content on PatreonSupport this show http://supporter.acast.com/futurefossils. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

John Vervaeke is a cognitive scientist - a good friend of RW - and the creator of the cult hit - awakening from the meaning crisis series. A couple of weeks ago he travelled to the UK for a series of talks - and we took the opportunity to film this excellent dialogue with the philosopher and chess grandmaster Jonathan Rowson, the co-founder of Perspectiva. They cover a lot of ground, including John's passion for transformative speech - or dialogos, questions like the existence of God, and much more. We had our own brilliant event with John - which is listed as a member film - and you can see by signing up for our Substack newsletter: https://rebelwisdom.substack.com/p/an-evening-with-john-vervaeke-live-9cd?s=w  John's YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/johnvervaeke?app=desktop  Jonathan's project, Perspectiva: https://systems-souls-society.com/ 

Ep. 18 (Part 2 of 2) | Jonathan Rowson, brilliant, driven, articulate, shines a bright light of understanding on the metacrisis we face today, what feeds it, and what could help us find our way through. What is metamodernity and what does it have to offer? Is the ecological crisis fundamentally an educational crisis? Can we grow into our problem rather than thinking of ourselves as “failing beings” as the climate collapses around us? From the metaperspective to the deeply personal, Rowson shares his wisdom, including life lessons he gleaned from being a chess Grandmaster, before becoming a philosopher, research fellow, nonprofit director, and author. Recorded on November 17, 2021. “Let's be careful what we're talking about because we're creating a world…” Topics & Time Stamps - Part 2What is metamodernity and what does it have to offer us? (01:04) The “cultural between”: serious about the meaning of life (04:48) The political “after”: an antidote to hyper modernity, returning to basic human sensibilities and a time-rich relationship with life (06:22) The mystic beyond: a return to metaphysics (08:28) What does “a time between worlds” mean? (09:32) We've got to perceive the context clearly in order to orient ourselves: our interiors, our capacity for growth, bio precarity, technology innovation, and more (12:50) On the nuances of confusion (14:27)  Can we grow into our climate collapse problem rather than thinking of ourselves as “failing beings”? (17:07) The importance of Bildung = transformative, civic, and aesthetic education (18:17) Is the ecological crisis fundamentally an educational crisis? (20:18) What chess taught Jonathan about life: jewels of wisdom from The Moves That Matter (23:42) Concentration = freedom (25:31) Making peace with our struggles: we're always going to be a work in progress (30:38) Successful underachievement and living with regret (35:42) Living in an algorithm-driven culture (40:52) Longing for a clearer sense of relationship with the divine, the cosmopoetics of life (43:59) Our unbidden tears are the best of us (46:03) Resources & References - Part 2Hanzi Freinacht, https://amzn.to/3MMckR0 (The Listening Society: A Metamodern Guide to Politics (Vol 1))* Hanzi Freinacht, https://amzn.to/3KLyK2Z (Nordic Ideology: A Metamodern Guide to Politics (Vol 2))* Jonathan Rowson, https://systems-souls-society.com/metamodernism-and-the-perception-of-context-the-cultural-between-the-political-after-and-the-mystic-beyond/ (Metamodernism and the Perception of Context: The Cultural Between, the Political After and the Mystic Beyond) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Foster_Wallace (David Foster Wallace), http://www.davidfosterwallacebooks.com/about.html (David Foster Wallace-Books) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cobra_Kai (Cobra Khai,) martial arts comedy-drama https://www.netflix.com/title/80057281 (Stranger Things), movie https://www.youtube.com/user/johnvervaeke?app=desktop (John Vervaeke), award-winning lecturer on subjects like Awakening from the Meaning Crisis https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J%C3%BCrgen_Habermas (Jürgen Habermas), German philosopher Jonathan Rowson, essay, https://systems-souls-society.com/metamodernism-and-the-perception-of-context-the-cultural-between-the-political-after-and-the-mystic-beyond/ (Metamodernism and the Perception of Context: The Cultural Between, the Political After and the Mystic Beyond) Confucius' https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rectification_of_names (Rectification of Names) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Metzinger (Thomas Metzinger), German philosopher https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bildung (Bildung), linking philosophy and education for both personal and cultural maturation Jonathan Rowson, https://www.cusp.ac.uk/themes/m/essay-m1-9/ (“Bildung in the 21st Century: Why Sustainable Prosperity Depends on Reimagining Education”) Zachary Stein, https://amzn.to/363WDnH (Education in a Time Between Worlds: Essays on the Future

"Denke, nicht, fühle", rät der diplomierte Mentaltrainer IM Harald Schneider-Zinner. 20 Jahre lang ist er schon als Schachtrainer unterwegs. Dabei interessiert er sich besonders für das Mentaltraining. In Sachen mentale Stärke steckt im Schach noch jede Menge Optimierungspotenzial. Das eingangs erwähnte Zitat entstammt dem Buch "The Seven Deadly Chess Sins" von Jonathan Rowson. Harald Schneider-Zinner zeigt auf, was es mit diesem Satz auf sich hat und behandelt noch weitere Todsünden im Schach, wie z.B. Perfektionismus. Dies ist der Beginn einer geplanten Reihe von Kurz-Podcasts zum Thema Mentale Stärke im Schach. P.S.: Seminar Mentale Stärke - 7 Lektionen zum Erfolg, vom 24.-26.06.2022 in Salzburg. Anmeldung hier: http://chess-results.com/Download/Kalender/2022_06_26_Mentale%20St%C3%A4rke_Wochenendseminar.pdf

"Denke, nicht, fühle", rät der diplomierte Mentaltrainer IM Harald Schneider-Zinner. 20 Jahre lang ist er schon als Schachtrainer unterwegs. Dabei interessiert er sich besonders für das Mentaltraining. In Sachen mentale Stärke steckt im Schach noch jede Menge Optimierungspotenzial. Das eingangs erwähnte Zitat entstammt dem Buch "The Seven Deadly Chess Sins" von Jonathan Rowson. Harald Schneider-Zinner zeigt auf, was es mit diesem Satz auf sich hat und behandelt noch weitere Todsünden im Schach, wie z.B. Perfektionismus. Dies ist der Beginn einer geplanten Reihe von Kurz-Podcasts zum Thema Mentale Stärke im Schach. P.S.: Seminar Mentale Stärke - 7 Lektionen zum Erfolg, vom 24.-26.06.2022 in Salzburg. Anmeldung hier: http://chess-results.com/Download/Kalender/2022_06_26_Mentale%20St%C3%A4rke_Wochenendseminar.pdf

"Denke, nicht, fühle", rät der diplomierte Mentaltrainer IM Harald Schneider-Zinner. 20 Jahre lang ist er schon als Schachtrainer unterwegs. Dabei interessiert er sich besonders für das Mentaltraining. In Sachen mentale Stärke steckt im Schach noch jede Menge Optimierungspotenzial. Das eingangs erwähnte Zitat entstammt dem Buch "The Seven Deadly Chess Sins" von Jonathan Rowson. Harald Schneider-Zinner zeigt auf, was es mit diesem Satz auf sich hat und behandelt noch weitere Todsünden im Schach, wie z.B. Perfektionismus. Dies ist der Beginn einer geplanten Reihe von Kurz-Podcasts zum Thema Mentale Stärke im Schach. P.S.: Seminar Mentale Stärke - 7 Lektionen zum Erfolg, vom 24.-26.06.2022 in Salzburg. Anmeldung hier: http://chess-results.com/Download/Kalender/2022_06_26_Mentale%20St%C3%A4rke_Wochenendseminar.pdf

"Denke, nicht, fühle", rät der diplomierte Mentaltrainer IM Harald Schneider-Zinner. 20 Jahre lang ist er schon als Schachtrainer unterwegs. Dabei interessiert er sich besonders für das Mentaltraining. In Sachen mentale Stärke steckt im Schach noch jede Menge Optimierungspotenzial. Das eingangs erwähnte Zitat entstammt dem Buch "The Seven Deadly Chess Sins" von Jonathan Rowson. Harald Schneider-Zinner zeigt auf, was es mit diesem Satz auf sich hat und behandelt noch weitere Todsünden im Schach, wie z.B. Perfektionismus. Dies ist der Beginn einer geplanten Reihe von Kurz-Podcasts zum Thema Mentale Stärke im Schach. P.S.: Seminar Mentale Stärke - 7 Lektionen zum Erfolg, vom 24.-26.06.2022 in Salzburg. Anmeldung hier: http://chess-results.com/Download/Kalender/2022_06_26_Mentale%20St%C3%A4rke_Wochenendseminar.pdf

"Denke, nicht, fühle", rät der diplomierte Mentaltrainer IM Harald Schneider-Zinner. 20 Jahre lang ist er schon als Schachtrainer unterwegs. Dabei interessiert er sich besonders für das Mentaltraining. In Sachen mentale Stärke steckt im Schach noch jede Menge Optimierungspotenzial. Das eingangs erwähnte Zitat entstammt dem Buch "The Seven Deadly Chess Sins" von Jonathan Rowson. Harald Schneider-Zinner zeigt auf, was es mit diesem Satz auf sich hat und behandelt noch weitere Todsünden im Schach, wie z.B. Perfektionismus. Dies ist der Beginn einer geplanten Reihe von Kurz-Podcasts zum Thema Mentale Stärke im Schach. P.S.: Seminar Mentale Stärke - 7 Lektionen zum Erfolg, vom 24.-26.06.2022 in Salzburg. Anmeldung hier: http://chess-results.com/Download/Kalender/2022_06_26_Mentale%20St%C3%A4rke_Wochenendseminar.pdf Affiliate Partner: ♟️SPARE 10% BEIM KAUF VON

Ep. 17 (Part 1 of 2) | Jonathan Rowson, brilliant, driven, articulate, shines a bright light of understanding on the metacrisis we face today, what feeds it, and what could help us find our way through. What is metamodernity and what does it have to offer? Is the ecological crisis fundamentally an educational crisis? Can we grow into our problem rather than thinking of ourselves as “failing beings” as the climate collapses around us? From the metaperspective to the deeply personal, Rowson shares his wisdom, including life lessons he gleaned from being a chess Grandmaster, before becoming a philosopher, research fellow, nonprofit director, and author. Recorded on November 17, 2021. “Let's be careful what we're talking about because we're creating a world…” Topics & Time Stamps – Part 1What are Jonathan's daily practices (while also being very much “in the world” these days)? (05:37) Being a cartological hedonist: intellectual mapmaking (10:27) What does Christianity have to offer that we should be paying attention to? (11:58) Becoming “construct aware” in the political spectrum and elsewhere: cultural progress depends on it (14:29) The UK Brexit quagmire: what are we talking about when we say democracy? (18:32) Why developmental psychology may not be the best lens to look at our culture and politics (20:15) What is the most strategic contribution you can make? (29:45) Progressive imperialism: assuming everyone is or could be on the same page—but conflict and opposition will always be a feature of the world (32:04) Who is included in the word “we,” getting people to face up to the fallen nature of the world, and the Manichaean worldview (34:51) The contemplative perspective and our fundamental state of delusion (36:30) Underlying delusion in the progressive community that there is a fundamental “right” way or that we will come to a common agreement on issues like climate (38:28) The imperative to mobilize to face the epistemic crisis as well as the environmental crisis (40:23) How do we work together in a context where we may disagree and dislike each other: making friends with conflict (42:05) The metacrisis, confusion, and the bottomless mystery: a time between worlds (45:08) Carlos Castenada's 4 traps for the person of knowledge: fear, power, clarity, old age (47:57) Confusion is not necessarily a bad thing (48:35) Resources & References – Part 1Jonathan Rowson, https://amzn.to/3szuCgo (The Moves That Matter: A Chess Grandmaster on the Game of Life)* https://systems-souls-society.com/ (Perspectiva), https://systems-souls-society.com/ (systems-soul-society.com), interdisciplinary nonprofit organization based in London, developing responses to our epistemic metacrisis; Jonathan is co-founder and director Jonathan Rowson, essay https://systems-souls-society.com/tasting-the-pickle-ten-flavours-of-meta-crisis-and-the-appetite-for-a-new-civilisation/ (Tasting the Pickle: Ten Flavours of Meta-Crisis and the Appetite for a New Civilisation) Jonathan Rowson, https://www.thersa.org/globalassets/pdfs/reports/spiritualise-report.pdf (Spiritualise: Revitalising Spirituality to Address 21st Century Challenges) Jonathan Rowson, anthology https://amzn.to/3vz9vwK (Metamodernity: Dispatches from a Time Between Worlds: Crisis and Emergence in Metamodernity)* Jonathan Rowson, essay, https://systems-souls-society.com/metamodernism-and-the-perception-of-context-the-cultural-between-the-political-after-and-the-mystic-beyond/ (Metamodernism and the Perception of Context: The Cultural Between, the Political After and the Mystic Beyond) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vedanta (Vedantic philosophy) Confucius' https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rectification_of_names (Rectification of Names) Robert Kegan, https://amzn.to/3sI1K5v (The Evolving Self) (first chapter “The Unrecognized Genius of Jean Piaget”)* Alistair McIntosh, https://amzn.to/3ts6Xhb (Hell and High Water:...

"The long-awaited emergence of 'Teal' as a shape of consciousness, set of life conditions, and accompanying techno-economic structure is upon us, and will increasingly emerge with the rise of The Transformation Age. The Integral Philosophy movement inhabits just one small niche of this broader phenomena that inside Integral Life we simply call 'Emergent Teal'. Populated by a diverse set of people and organizations, starting this year Integral Life has begun opening its platform to a broader set of voices, hosts and activities—look out for many exciting announcements coming your way soon—and also begun to engage with some of these talented people, like the one here, an “open class” format which arose from an interaction among Perspectiva's Jonathan Rowson, The PopUp School's Bonnitta Roy, GameB's Jordan Greenhall and myself on Twitter. I was excited to join this conversation because our host, the brilliant Bonnitta Roy, intentionally focused on the personal and concrete among the three guests—all of us fathers—on what it means to be a father, raise children, and take on the responsibility of intergenerational transmission in this time between eras, and whether it holds lessons for being a leader today." —Robb Smith

This and all episodes at: https://aiandyou.net/ .   Jonathan Rowson is a chess grandmaster who was three times British champion, writing books including "The Moves That Matter: A Chess Grandmaster on the Game of Life." He is now a "philosophical activist" working on "an urgent one hundred year project to improve the relationships between systems, souls, and society" at Perspectiva.   Last week we talked about the impact of computers on the game of chess and the people who play it. This week we make the connection with Jonathan's career as a philosopher and how he intends Perspectiva to make a difference. He'll tell us about their antidebates: "Most of us don't only disagree with each other, we disagree with ourselves. That's a very important premise for the antidebate. The main battle is within your own reckoning with a difficult question." All this plus our usual look at today's AI headlines. Transcript and URLs referenced at HumanCusp Blog.        

This and all episodes at: https://aiandyou.net/ .   Jonathan Rowson is a chess grandmaster who was three times British champion, writing books including "The Moves That Matter: A Chess Grandmaster on the Game of Life." He is now a "philosophical activist" working on "an urgent one hundred year project to improve the relationships between systems, souls, and society" via the Perspectiva project.  Lots to talk about! We start out with the impact of computers on the game of chess and the people who play it: What does their encounter with AI have to teach the rest of us? All this plus our usual look at today's AI headlines. Transcript and URLs referenced at HumanCusp Blog.        

This Episode: Twitter: https://twitter.com/Jonathan_Rowson Web: https://www.jonathanrowson.me/ Perspectiva Press: https://systems-souls-society.com/insight/perspectiva-press/ The Moves That Matter: https://www.amazon.com/Moves-That-Matter-Chess-Grandmaster/dp/1635573327 Aeon: https://aeon.co/essays/playing-chess-is-an-essential-life-lesson-in-concentration Metamodernism and the Perception of Context: https://systems-souls-society.com/metamodernism-and-the-perception-of-context-the-cultural-between-the-political-after-and-the-mystic-beyond/ Support The Side View: Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thesideview PayPal: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/thesi... Follow Us: Twitter: https://twitter.com/TheSideViewCo Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheSideViewCo/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/TheSideViewCo SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/thesideviewco

Timotheus Vermeulen talks with Brendan Graham Dempsey about the development of "metamodernism," a paradigm for understanding art and culture after postmodernism. After discussing the original impetus for and formation of the idea, he reflects on the continued relevance of the paradigm today, more than a decade after he and colleague Robin van den Akker first proposed it in their seminal 2010 article, "Notes on Metamodernism." More recent applications and deployments of the term "metamodernism" outside cultural studies proper (e.g., by Hanzi Freinacht, Lene Rachel Andersen, Tomas Björkman, Jonathan Rowson and Layman Pascal) are also considered. The conversation concludes with a look to the future of metamodernism, and a consideration of how it is playing out in the realm of contemporary spirituality. 00:00 Introduction 01:56 Beginnings: Coining "Metamodernism" for a New Cultural Sensibility 09:25 Is Metamodernism the "Dominant Structure of Feeling"? An Uneven Distribution 17:57 Roots: The Meta-Crisis, Internet 2.0, and a New Generation 27:23 Manifestations: Pragmatic Idealism on Left and Right: Informed Naivete and Relativist Absolutism 38:41 On Recent Developments: Cultural Metamodernism vs. Political/Developmental Metamodernism 56:19 Currents and Horizons: Depthiness and Metamodern Spirituality: 'Truth,' 'Transcendence,' and the Search for Meaning after Postmodernism 1:09:52 Political Metamodernism as Metamodern Cultural Production 1:15:36 Where Are We Going? Metamodernism as a Time Between Worlds

Jonathan Rowson & Jim continue their conversation by exploring Jonathan's recent essay, Tasting the Pickle: Ten flavours of meta-crisis and the appetite for a new civilization. They cover contextualizing our entangled meta-crisis, finding better language, limits of intellect & usefulness of felt experience in sensemaking (tasting the pickle), dividing vs distinguishing, mapping the pickle, saving humanity & spreading life, … Continue reading Currents 041: Jonathan Rowson on Our Metacrisis Pickle → The post Currents 041: Jonathan Rowson on Our Metacrisis Pickle appeared first on The Jim Rutt Show.

After watching David Fuller's chat with Jonathan Rowson many questions came up in my mind particularly Jordan Peterson's impact on the meaning crisis. David was kind enough to oblige. watch YouTube version here: https://youtu.be/FHGOCaHMVi8 @Rebel Wisdom 's discussion with Jonathan https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tr_PzpqQzeE&t=4300s Rebel Wisdom's discussion with Paul Vander Klay https://youtu.be/Vq5uMvtHQW8

  My guest on this week's adult improver edition of Perpetual Chess is Braden Laughlin. Braden is a 22 year old Canadian chess enthusiast who has seen robust gains in the first few years of his chess development. Braden went from 0 to 1750 (Canadian rating) in his first 16 months of chess!  In the subsequent 2.5 years he has continued to get stronger, and now has an online blitz rating peak of over 2100!  Not bad for four years work! How did he do it? As you will hear, Braden has an approach that is wholly different from any other adult improver that has appeared on Perpetual Chess. Braden has taken full advantage of all of the great free chess content on YouTube, and is also a big proponent of playing tons of games, and trying to derive a lesson from each game. For many more tips, as well as some background about Braden as a video editor and recently hired Chessable employee please check out our interview. As always, lots more details, timestamps and relevant links can be found below.    0:00- How to Chess Podcast info from your host Ben:  Coming soon to its own feed, How to Chess feeds for Spotify, Apple Podcsts, YouTube, etc. and will be linked here once available.  Meanwhile the first few episodes will also be made available on this very Perpetual Chess feed for you to check out.  For any how to chess related questions you'd like answered please email howtochess at chessable.com    6:00- Braden joins the show and digs into his chess background and his early steps in chess improvement.  Mentioned: Chess Network's YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCCDOQrpqLqKVcTCKzqarxLg Also mentioned: IM John Bartholomew- Climbing the Rating Ladder Playlist https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U2huVf1l4UE&list=PLl9uuRYQ-6MCBnhtCk_bTZsD8GxeWP6BV Also mentioned: GM Yasser Seirawan, The St. Louis Chess Club's YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCM-ONC2bCHytG2mYtKDmIeA Also mentioned: Jonathan Rowson's Chess for Zebras   18:00- Braden discusses how chess served as an escape for him when he faced some physical and mental health challenges:    21:00- Perpetual Chess is brought to you in part by Aimchess.com. Check it out for free, and then if you subscribe use the promo code Perpetual30   22:00- How did Braden balance actual chess playing with the study he did and chess videos that he consumed?    27:00- What tips does Braden have for learning positional chess concepts?  Mentioned: ChessNetwork, IM John Bartholomew, Simple Chess by GM Michael Stean, Simple Chess Podcast, Book Recap #13, Episode 213 with IM Greg Shahade      33:00- How much time did  Braden spend working on tactics?  GM Roman Dzindzichashvili    38:00- Perpetual Chess is brought to you in part by Chessable.com. You can check out their latest offerings here: New Chess Courses Online - For All Levels in all - Chessable.com 39:00- Has Braden's study approach changed as he has reached higher levels?    45:30- Braden answers a question from the Patreon mailbag relating to how the OTB tournament situation will compare in Spain to North America. (Braden is moving to Spain soon)    48:00- Patreon question: “Did Braden use any Chessable resources to help his chess improvement?” Mentioned: 100 Endgames You Must Know, Braden's video about the longest possible chess game is here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D5DXJxR3Uig Mentioned: IM Eric Rosen, IM Kostya Kavutskiy    56:00- Braden discusses how he got into creating Youtube videos.  Mentioned: Good Blood Youtube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC55OV4HSSKJEthG4ulsKkyw Zelda video- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GyUcwsjyd8Q   1:02:00- Thanks so much to Braden for sharing the details of his unique climb up the rating ranks! Subscribe to his YouTube channel here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D5DXJxR3Uig Follow him on Twitter here: https://twitter.com/Braden_Laughlin See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

I was recently on  @Rebel Wisdom  talking about the conversation between David Fuller and Jonathan Rowson reflecting on  @Jordan B Peterson  's first wave. Many asked what would the second wave bring?  While I was editing the audio for today's Q/A I caught this bit of Peterson and Heather Heying on  @Triggernometry   where I thought Jordan gave a very clear and concise version of his argument. This is encouraging to me that we might see more focus and follow through in the second wave. Here is the video. https://youtu.be/qKL8slQzX2w  Discord link. Good for just a few days. Check with more recent videos for a fresh link. https://discord.gg/6WsCpzWk Paul Vander Klay clips channel https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCX0jIcadtoxELSwehCh5QTg My Substack https://paulvanderklay.substack.com/ If you want to schedule a one-on-one conversation check here. https://paulvanderklay.me/2019/08/06/converzations-with-pvk/ There is a video version of this podcast on YouTube at http://www.youtube.com/paulvanderklay To listen to this on ITunes https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/paul-vanderklays-podcast/id1394314333  If you need the RSS feed for your podcast player https://paulvanderklay.podbean.com/feed/  All Amazon links here are part of the Amazon Affiliate Program. Amazon pays me a small commission at no additional cost to you if you buy through one of the product links here. This is is one (free to you) way to support my videos.  https://paypal.me/paulvanderklay To support this channel/podcast with Bitcoin (BTC): 37TSN79RXewX8Js7CDMDRzvgMrFftutbPo  To support this channel/podcast with Bitcoin Cash (BCH) qr3amdmj3n2u83eqefsdft9vatnj9na0dqlzhnx80h  To support this channel/podcast with Ethereum (ETH): 0xd3F649C3403a4789466c246F32430036DADf6c62 Blockchain backup on Lbry https://odysee.com/@paulvanderklay https://www.patreon.com/paulvanderklay Paul's Church Content at Living Stones Channel https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCh7bdktIALZ9Nq41oVCvW-A To support Paul's work by supporting his church give here. https://tithe.ly/give?c=2160640  

As promised to my followup from the  @Rebel Wisdom  commentary I want to listen to  @Andrew Klavan  and his recent chat with  @Jordan B Peterson  .  There is definitely an issue of ideological hazard with Peterson as Jonathan Rowson and David Fuller noticed. Peterson lays out the reasons but his reluctance to live a religious (s) life places him in this hazard.  Klaven and he then go onto the definition of faith. It's hard not to see Peterson as having faith in God but why still the reluctant posture with respect to the church?  Andrew Klavan and Jordan Peterson recent https://youtu.be/p0s7NKwbNSY Older Klavan interview: https://youtu.be/ZF_8jjbFdew Commentary on David Fuller and Jonathan Rowson's talk https://youtu.be/J9_tXN88sJk  Andrew Klavan Great Good Thing https://amzn.to/3w5XbkO  Discord link. Good for just a few days. Check with more recent videos for a fresh link. https://discord.gg/6WsCpzWk Paul Vander Klay clips channel https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCX0jIcadtoxELSwehCh5QTg My Substack https://paulvanderklay.substack.com/ If you want to schedule a one-on-one conversation check here. https://paulvanderklay.me/2019/08/06/converzations-with-pvk/ There is a video version of this podcast on YouTube at http://www.youtube.com/paulvanderklay To listen to this on ITunes https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/paul-vanderklays-podcast/id1394314333  If you need the RSS feed for your podcast player https://paulvanderklay.podbean.com/feed/  All Amazon links here are part of the Amazon Affiliate Program. Amazon pays me a small commission at no additional cost to you if you buy through one of the product links here. This is is one (free to you) way to support my videos.  https://paypal.me/paulvanderklay To support this channel/podcast with Bitcoin (BTC): 37TSN79RXewX8Js7CDMDRzvgMrFftutbPo  To support this channel/podcast with Bitcoin Cash (BCH) qr3amdmj3n2u83eqefsdft9vatnj9na0dqlzhnx80h  To support this channel/podcast with Ethereum (ETH): 0xd3F649C3403a4789466c246F32430036DADf6c62 Blockchain backup on Lbry https://odysee.com/@paulvanderklay https://www.patreon.com/paulvanderklay Paul's Church Content at Living Stones Channel https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCh7bdktIALZ9Nq41oVCvW-A To support Paul's work by supporting his church give here. https://tithe.ly/give?c=2160640

​ @Rebel Wisdom  did a video interview with Jonathan Rowson. Rowson did an interview with Jordan Peterson right after the Cathy Newman interview that really launched  @Jordan B Peterson  to new heights of fame and public notoriety. Here David Fuller and Rowson do some processing of the Jordan Peterson phenomenon now 3 years later. I think there were some key things going on and doing the commentary afforded me some new insight.  Jordan Petersonitis https://youtu.be/tr_PzpqQzeE Jordan Peterson and Jonathan Rowson RSA Interview https://youtu.be/OD-VCRNIp-U Jordan Peterson Cathy Newman Full Interview https://youtu.be/aMcjxSThD54 Jordan Peterson Andrew Klavan https://youtu.be/p0s7NKwbNSY From Ross Douthat, Tara Isabella Burton and Steven Smith on the next American religion. https://youtu.be/WIttJNroGyM around minute 35 Sorkin letter to daughter https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2016/11/aaron-sorkin-donald-trump-president-letter-daughter Discord link. Good for just a few days. Check with more recent videos for a fresh link. https://discord.gg/6WsCpzWk Paul Vander Klay clips channel https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCX0jIcadtoxELSwehCh5QTg My Substack https://paulvanderklay.substack.com/ If you want to schedule a one-on-one conversation check here. https://paulvanderklay.me/2019/08/06/converzations-with-pvk/ There is a video version of this podcast on YouTube at http://www.youtube.com/paulvanderklay To listen to this on ITunes https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/paul-vanderklays-podcast/id1394314333  If you need the RSS feed for your podcast player https://paulvanderklay.podbean.com/feed/  All Amazon links here are part of the Amazon Affiliate Program. Amazon pays me a small commission at no additional cost to you if you buy through one of the product links here. This is is one (free to you) way to support my videos.  https://paypal.me/paulvanderklay To support this channel/podcast with Bitcoin (BTC): 37TSN79RXewX8Js7CDMDRzvgMrFftutbPo  To support this channel/podcast with Bitcoin Cash (BCH) qr3amdmj3n2u83eqefsdft9vatnj9na0dqlzhnx80h  To support this channel/podcast with Ethereum (ETH): 0xd3F649C3403a4789466c246F32430036DADf6c62 Blockchain backup on Lbry https://odysee.com/@paulvanderklay https://www.patreon.com/paulvanderklay Paul's Church Content at Living Stones Channel https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCh7bdktIALZ9Nq41oVCvW-A To support Paul's work by supporting his church give here. https://tithe.ly/give?c=2160640

Jonathan Rowson is a philosopher and chess grandmaster, who did an interview with Jordan Peterson at the Royal Society for the Arts in January 2018.   In the aftermath he received a lot of criticism online from Peterson's fans, and spent six months trying to make sense of his interaction with the 'Peterson Phenomenon'. This took the form of a long essay, trying to wrestle with what he called 'Petersonitis': https://integral-review.org/an-episte...   Now, more than three years on, he talks through the experience with Rebel Wisdom's David Fuller, the creator of multiple films about the Peterson phenomenon. Full interview with Peterson at the RSA is here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OD-VC...   Rebel Wisdom is hosting a Q&A on this film with Jonathan in our Digital Campfire on Thursday 10th June, to join, become a member: https://rebelwisdom.co.uk/plans   Check out Jonathan's project Perspectiva: https://systems-souls-society.com/

Jonathan Rowson & Jim have a wide-ranging talk about his book, The Moves That Matter: A Chess Grandmaster on the Game of Life. They cover chess as a meta metaphor, partial vs full info, randomness, freedom, concentration vs flow states, chess player ratings, mastery, embodied intuition, AI, fundamental dimensions of chess, utilizing time, climate change, wisdom, the … Continue reading EP127 Jonathan Rowson on The Moves That Matter → The post EP127 Jonathan Rowson on The Moves That Matter appeared first on The Jim Rutt Show.

Chess Grandmaster, philosopher, author, and social entrepreneur Jonathan Rowson joins Terry to explore our global, civilizational predicament from new angles — inspired by his recent brilliant essay “Tasting the Pickle: Ten Flavors of Meta-Crisis and the Appetite for a New Civilization.” They go beyond its more recognized features such as COVID, the climate emergency, and our economic and political crises to consider it as a crisis of civilizational purpose, a lack of a meaningful global ‘We’, and its various socio-emotional, epistemic, and spiritual features. Then, Terry and Jonathan explore a more personal and intimate relationship to the meta-crisis. What does it feel like for each of us to live amidst its various energies and aesthetics? How can we learn to “taste” ideas, practices, and possibilities for their beauty and transformative power? What’s it like to interact with different worldviews in more playful and paradoxical ways? And lastly, we discover inspiration in considering the larger cultural project of building viable “we’s” that are meaningful, coherent, and effective in serving the whole. Jonathan Rowson is a philosopher, author, chess Grandmaster, sensemaking entrepreneur and the Director of Perspectiva, a research institute based in London seeking to highlight the important connections between systems, souls, and society amidst our complex crises. Jonathan previously Directed the Social Brain Centre at RSA, the Royal Society of Arts, Manufacture & Commerce. He is an applied philosopher with degrees from Oxford, Harvard and Bristol Universities. Jonathan is the author of multiple books including Spiritualise: Cultivating Spiritual Sensibility to Address 21st Century Challenges (2017) and The Moves that Matter – A Grandmaster on the Game of Life (2019). As mentioned above, Jonathan also very recently published a brilliant essay providing an overview of our civilizational predicament called "Tasting the Pickle: Ten flavors of meta-crisis and the appetite for a new civilization,” which you can find on our episode page on stateofemergence.org. Here are some additional questions explored in the episode: How does our use of language in describing our meta-crisis shape our experience and response? How does Jonathan’s humorous use of “pickle” invite a different experience? As we attempt to understand our predicament, how can we “go meta” with our sensemaking in a way that also grounds us in direct experience and relationship? Which emotional, cognitive, and relational capacities can enable us to navigate the cultural dissonance of our time? How can we build more sophisticated and effective “we’s” at scale, and how might such work begin to impact our systems?  For more information on Jonathan Rowson and Terry Patten, check out the following resources: Jonathan’s recent essay, “Tasting the Pickle: Ten Flavours of Meta Crisis and the Appetite for a New Civilisation” Perspectiva, which Jonathan co-founded in 2016 with Tomas Björkman Jonathan’s book, The Moves that Matter Jonathan’s book, Spiritualise Jonathan’s 2020 essay, “An Open Letter to the Human Rights Movement” Jonathan’s 2019 essay, “Buildung in the 21st Century: Why Sustainable Prosperity Depends on Reimagining Education” Jonathan’s Aeon magazine article on Concentration State of Emergence podcast website Terry Patten’s nonprofit, A New Republic of the Heart Terry Patten’s personal website Join Us for the Next Podcast Q&A EventWe will be exploring this episode with Jonathan Rowson in greater depth during our next live State of Emergence live Q&A on Tuesday, April 13, 2021 at 12 noon Pacific. If you haven’t already joined us, simply register as a Friend of State of Emergence and you’ll receive access to our monthly Q&A sessions with Terry and other listeners. You’ll also help the podcast become financially sustainable. A vibrant community is gathering and we’d love for you to be part of it. Sign up and we’ll see you soon.

Jonathan Rowson is co-founder and Director of Perspectiva. He was previously Director of the Social Brain Centre at the RSA. Jonathan is an applied philosopher with degrees from Oxford, Harvard and Bristol Universities. In a former life he was a chess Grandmaster and British Champion (2004–6) and views the game as a continuing source of insight and inspiration. Towards the end of 2017, Jonathan was awarded an Open Society Foundation (OSF) Fellowship to inquire into the putative crisis in human rights. The essay which resulted – formulated as a letter to the Human Rights Movement – provides a deep and broad reflection into the crisis of human rights as symptomatic of a deeper and broader “meta-crisis:” a crisis in our perception and understanding of the world's challenges. It was brilliant to welcome Jonathan to our first Podclass with students from our MA in Human Rights programme. The conversation gives a flavour of a provocative and insightful essay which provides valuable coordinates for exploring the status of human rights in these perilous times and their enduring relevance to a world defined by global systemic challenges. Jonathan can be found on twitter at: @Jonathan_Rowson The essay ‘Dear Human Rights Movement' is available here. Other recent writings include: Tasting the Pickle: Ten flavours of meta-crisis and the appetite for a new civilisation, February 2021. The Moves That Matter: A Chess Grandmaster on the Game of Life (2019). Bloomsbury Publishing. Bildung in the 21st Century – Why sustainable prosperity depends upon reimagining education, June 2019.

Jonathan is co-founder and Director of Perspectiva. He was previously Director of the Social Brain Centre at the RSA where he authored a range of influential research reports on behaviour change, climate change and spirituality, and curated and chaired a range of related events. Jonathan is an applied philosopher with degrees from Oxford, Harvard and Bristol Universities. In a former life he was a chess Grandmaster and British Champion (2004–6) and views the game as a continuing source of insight and inspiration. His book, The Moves that Matter - A Chess Grandmaster on the Game of Life was published by Bloomsbury in 2019. **This episode was recorded on January 26, 2021**“The Moves that Matter - A Chess Grandmaster on the Game of Life”: https://amzn.to/3l0eRcT​Jonathan Rowson on Twitter: https://twitter.com/Jonathan_Rowson​Perspectiva: https://systems-souls-society.comFor a full list of relevant links and timestamps, click here: http://ericwhte.com/podcast-039-jonathan-rowson-and-a-chess-grandmaster-on-the-game-of-life

Tomas Björkman transcends science, business, philosophy, and social and personal change. Founder of the Ekskäret Foundation and coauthor of The Nordic Secret, Tomas’ story is a guide for anyone thinking about the future of society - a confluence of physics, macroeconomics, and entrepreneurship.Show Notes: Ekskäret Foundation; Oak Island Foundation (05:45) Origins of his union of scientific sensibility + entrepreneurship (07:00) From academia to business (09:00) Try to understand the world AND try to shape the world (10:00) Taking risks (12:00) We are not transparent to ourselves (14:30) Social entrepreneur (17:20) Complexity (21:30) The Nordic Secret (25:00) Corporate culture (26:20) Building stable lasting democracy (33:00) Conscious co-creation Inner maturity Retreat centersJim Rutt podcast on the Nordic SecretGerman philosophical background: Schiller, Goethe, von Humboldt, Herder, Hegel — Bildung Are we facing deep and rapid societal change? (36:00) Horizontal and vertical development (42:00) Otto Scharmer - vertical literacyFrederic Laloux Reinvent the OrganizationRobert Kegan 29k.org (51:00) Jonathan Rowson (52:30) Book: Spiritualize Personal practices (59:30) Book: The World We CreateMorning routine (01:00:45) ‘Retreats in Nature' Guided psychedelic experiences (see Michael Pollan’s How to Change Your Mind) Lightning Round (01:05:00) Book: Ken Wilbur Integral PsychologyPassion: Sailing and Trekking Heart sing: Discovering fiction (where to start? Marcel Proust, Goethe, Schiller) Proust Questionnaire Screwed up: Timing of media initiative Find guest online: http://www.tomas-bjorkman.com/EmergePerspectiva29k.orgFull Show Notes here

A friendly chat about the movie Soul, with me Pippa Evans and Jonathan Rowson.Does Pixar's latest movie have a message we should 'get', or is the most important thing to get about the movie that there is really nothing to get? In what way might it place our plans for our lives in perspective? Does it make it any clearer what 'the soul' is? We are colleagues at Perspectiva, a group seeking perspectives on systems, souls and society. https://systems-souls-society.com/​For more on Pippa http://www.pippaevans.com/ For more on Jonathan https://twitter.com/Jonathan_Rowson. 

Perpetual Chess is back with another monthly bonus edition of Chess Books Recaptured. This month  Chicago-based law professor, dad, and speed chess specialist, David Franklin joins me. Like me, David is a long-time fan of the writing of GM Jonathan Rowson, and of his 2000 book, The Seven Deadly Chess Sins, in particular.  Due to its  uniquely philosophical, digressive tone and its advanced chess subject matter, The Seven Deadly Chess Sins is not universally loved. Nonetheless, both podcast hosts and many other chess fans consider it to be a classic. In our conversation, we define and discuss each of GM Rowson’s 7 "chess sins", as well as sharing a bit of information about the author, the guest-co-host, and of course, a few of our favorite quotes. Please read on for many more details, links, and timestamps!   0:00- Why does David love this book? Why is this book somewhat polarizing despite many rave reviews?  Mentioned: Perpetual Chess Episode 193 with Tom Murphy, Adult Improver Episode 151 with JJ Lang    08:30- We discuss GM Rowson’s background and his other chess books briefly.  Mentioned: Understanding the Grunfeld,Chess For Zebras, The Moves that Matter, Perpetual Chess Episode 150 with GM Jonathan Rowson, IM Andras Toth, IM John Watson’s review of Seven Deadly Chess Sins: Some Products and Two First-Rate Books   12:00- What other books might have been the intellectual inspirations of this unique book?  Mentioned: Facebook Chess Collectors Group, The Chess Mind by Gerald Abraham,  Secrets of Practical Chess, Improve Your Chess Now, Genius in Chess, Improve Your Chess Now Book Recap Podcast with FM Alex Chua, Alex King, Godol, Escher and Bach, Emotional Intelligence, Richard James, Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance,  Dynamics of Chess Strategy, GM David Navara    15:00- For what rating level is this book best suited?    20:00- Perpetual Chess is brought to you in part by Chessmood.com!  Check out their blog here:  https://chessmood.com/blog  and check out their YouTube, featuring Lessons with a Grandmaster here: https://www.youtube.com/c/ChessMood 20:45- We discuss Sin #1- “Thinking”- lack of faith in intuition, and “bureaucracy” Mentioned: “Talking to Your Pieces”, Tom Murphy    27:00- Sin #2- “Blinking” Identifying, missing critical moments  Mentioned: Bobby Fischer, Russians vs. Fischer , GM Alex Yermolinksy’s The Road to Chess Improvement, The Road to Chess Improvement Recap Podcast, Episode 7 with GM Jon Ludvig Hammer    31:00-  Sin #3- “Wanting” Attachment to results, carelessness, ‘chalking it up’ expectation  Mentioned: “The Theory of Infinite Resistance,” FM Bill Jordan, GM Ian Rogers, GM David Smerdon, Jerry Wheeler    42:00- Perpetual Chess is brought to you in part by Chessable.com! Be sure to download the much-anticipated Chessable app for IOS, and Seven Deadly Chess Sins will be available on Chessable later this year!    43:00- Sin #4- “Materialism” Lack of dynamism, oversights Mentioned: Plato’s Symposium,    49:30- Sin #5- “Egoism” ‘forgetting the opponent’- fear - how many results am I playing for?   54:00- Sin #6- “Perfectionism”  time trouble, jam-lust (asking too much of your position), moralizing (punishing the opponent), copy-cat crime (trying to emulate another player) Mentioned: GM Alexander Grischuk, Chess Explained’s YouTube Channel , GM Michael Adams    1:03:30- Sin #7- Looseness-  losing the plot, drifting (playing without a plan), “neural hijackings” (emotions overwhelm the thinking brain, whether consciously or not), “tension transference” (relieve tension at all costs, uncomfortable with discomfort)  Mentioned- Anand-Carlsen 2013, Kasparov-Sokolov 1999    1:07:00- We share a few favorite quotes from the book.  Mentioned: Endgame Strategy, GM Tiger Hillarp Person, GM Jonathan Levitt, GM Jan Gustafsson, GM Luke McShane    1:11:30- A question from Patreon supporter and friend of the pod- is it a fair characterization  that Rowson characterizes this book in hindsight as “a good first draft?”   1:14:00- What were David’s personal interactions with GM Rowson like?    1:18:30- Does David get more nervous before a tournament chess game or before arguing before the Supreme Court?    1:19:30- Thanks to David for contributing his time and knowledge! You can keep up with David on twitter or Facebook. Next month will likely feature a recap of Attacking the Strongpoint by GM Igor Zaitsev Twitter- https://twitter.com/DFranklinChi Facebook- David Franklin | Facebook See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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In today's episode, I speak with Vanessa Dylyn. Vanessa is a documentary producer and writer. Here, we discuss her documentary “The Divided Brain” released in 2018, which is based on the Dr. Iain McGilchrist book titled, “The Master and His Emissary: The Divided Brain and the Making of the Western World”. In the book, McGilchrist uses psychology, neuroscience and reflections on society and culture to make the case that the Western World has become overly reliant on the left hemisphere of the brain. Why does that matter? Well, in short, the left hemisphere is considered the more analytical and detail-oriented side of our brains. It helps us narrow our focus. The right hemisphere is responsible for allowing us to view the bigger picture. McGilchrist argues that because western societies have placed so much emphasis on the left hemisphere to construct our world, we now face crises such as climate change, extreme political divisiveness and economic inequality. In Vanessa Dylyn's documentary "The Divided Brain," these ideas are examined.“The Divided Brain": https://thedividedbrain.com“The Master and His Emissary: The Divided Brain and the Making of the Western World”: www.amazon.com/Master-His-Emissary-Divided-Western/dp/0300245920/Matter of Fact Media: www.matteroffactmedia.comRSA Animate: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dFs9WO2B8uIABC interview: https://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/allinthemind/the-divided-brain/8895804Iain McGilchrist interview with Jonathan Rowson: www.thersa.org/globalassets/pdfs/blogs/rsa-divided-brain-divided-world.pdftheEWpodcast: http://theewpodcast.com/podcast-027-vanessa-dylyn-and-the-divided-brain-documentary/

Our normally bustling cities have been eerily quiet for months. It’s reminiscent of the post-apocalyptic horror film, ‘28 Days Later’. The lockdown is proving costly; Westminster Abbey has lost more than £12 million in revenue this year and is set to lay off one in five of its staff. Theatre bosses say they must reopen without social distancing in time for Christmas or face oblivion. Restrictions are beginning to ease but for many cafes, pubs, shops, clubs and restaurants, the pandemic could be terminal. Museums, galleries, churches and office developments will struggle to justify their continued existence; should they be bailed out by the taxpayer? Perhaps each of us has a moral duty to head uptown on a shopping spree, take in a show and dine out? Yet this is about more than jobs and tourism; it raises bigger questions about the value we put on cities. If a ghost town is sad, a dead city is surely a tragedy. Since ancient Athens, cities, for many, have been the cultural jewels in civilisation’s crown, creative cauldrons of multicultural mingling and springboards to success. Others cite London, for example, as a social, cultural and economic drain on the life of our country. They believe that declining big cities give us an opportunity to revive towns, to end the suburban commuter crawl, beef up provincial culture, restore lost industries, embrace home-working and cut carbon emissions. Are big cities an unquestionable moral good, worth preserving in their current state? Or, in the new post-Covid world, is there a better way of organising the way we live? With Richard Burge, Paul Chatterton, Tom Cheesewright and Dr Jonathan Rowson. Producer: Dan Tierney.

A wide ranging conversation loosely based on Bonnita Roy's new article ‘Corona: A tale of two systems’ on the Emerge website, which she calls a ‘holifesto’ or a holistic manifesto. Johathan Rowson queried the article, offered some possible criticism, and Bonnitta responded brilliantly. It was a wonderful conversation and a great pleasure to be in the presence of these great soulful intellects and systems thinkers. Links: Corona: A tale of Two Systems Part 1 Corona: A tale of Two Systems Part 2 6 steps towards creating a new prosperity according to Bonnita Roy Expand our political-economic imagination Design a global commons in service to life Experience the deeper sources of connection Expand circles of trust and concern Reinvent education for the future Pivot to digital naturalism DONATE ON PAYPAL Patreon Medium Rebel Wisdom Articles Twitter Facebook Intro music: Beautiful Machines by Andrew Sweeny --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/podcast-c709ee4/message

In this crazy times the forward and tactical thinking of a chess grandmaster and a great humanitarian might help us a little. This is the first part of a two part conversation with Jonathan Rowson. Topics included chess, ecology, technology, spirituality, religion and spirituality, the education meta crisis, post traumatic grown, the value of disequilibrium, the parables of Jesus, and the tiny elephant in the room: Coronavirus. Bio: Dr. Jonathan Rowson is co-founder and Director of Perspectiva. He was until recently Director of the Social Brain Centre at the RSA where, over the course of six years, he authored a range of influential research reports on behaviour change, climate change and spirituality, and curated and chaired a range of related events. Jonathan is an applied philosopher with degrees spanning a range of humanities and social sciences from Oxford, Harvard and Bristol Universities. In a former life he was a chess Grandmaster and British Champion (2004–6) and views the game as a continuing source of insight and inspiration. His most recent books include: The Moves that Matter: https://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/the-moves-that-matter-9781526603838/ Spiritualise: https://www.thersa.org/globalassets/pdfs/reports/spiritualise-2nd-edition-report.pdf Jonathan lives in Putney, London, with his wife Siva, an academic lawyer from South India and their two sons, Kailash and Vishnu. (source: https://www.systems-souls-society.com/people) DONATE ON PAYPAL Patreon Medium Rebel Wisdom Articles Twitter Facebook Intro music: Beautiful Machines, by Andrew Sweeny --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/podcast-c709ee4/message

In this crazy times the forward and tactical thinking of a chess grandmaster and a great humanitarian might help us a little. This is the first part of a two part conversation. Topics included chess, ecology, technology, spirituality, religion and spirituality, the education meta crisis, post traumatic grown, the value of disequilibrium, the parables of Jesus, and the tiny elephant in the room: Coronavirus. Bio: Dr. Jonathan Rowson is co-founder and Director of Perspectiva. He was until recently Director of the Social Brain Centre at the RSA where, over the course of six years, he authored a range of influential research reports on behaviour change, climate change and spirituality, and curated and chaired a range of related events. Jonathan is an applied philosopher with degrees spanning a range of humanities and social sciences from Oxford, Harvard and Bristol Universities. In a former life he was a chess Grandmaster and British Champion (2004–6) and views the game as a continuing source of insight and inspiration. His most recent books include: The Moves that Matter: https://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/the-moves-that-matter-9781526603838/ Spiritualise: https://www.thersa.org/globalassets/pdfs/reports/spiritualise-2nd-edition-report.pdf He lives in Putney, London, with his wife Siva, an academic lawyer from South India and their two sons, Kailash and Vishnu. (source: https://www.systems-souls-society.com/people) DONATE ON PAYPAL Patreon Medium Twitter Facebook --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/podcast-c709ee4/message

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Chess Grandmaster and three-time British Chess Champion Jonathan Rowson joins Trey Elling to discuss his book, THE MOVES THAT MATTER: A CHESS GRANDMASTER ON THE GAME OF LIFE. The conversation includes why chess is such a great metaphor for life, evolving from someone who is learning from failure to a person who is educating thru success, how teaching a child the game of chess can benefit him or her for life, whether computers are more of a positive or negative for chess, and more.

Chess Grandmaster Jonathan Rowson won the British Championship three times and has been the no.1 player in Scotland for basically ever. He's so clever, he's got a PhD in 'Wisdom'. That sounds like a joke but it isn't.Jonathan has written extensively about what it is in our heads and our societies that stops us being wiser, and is director of Perspectiva, an organisation that inspires Important People to examine real world problems with a deeper appreciation of the influence of our inner worlds. Problems like climate change, which is a principal theme in his new book, The Moves That Matter.So, fresh from an election all-nighter (this was recorded on 13 December), Dave and Ol try to conduct a conversation with a stupendously clever human all about philosophy, psychology and climate change. In addition - and why the hell not - Dave decides to **play** Jonathan at chess while conducting the interview. You can see how that went, move by move, here: https://tinyurl.com/babblechessSustainababble is your friendly environment podcast, out weekly. Theme music by the legendary Dicky Moore – @dickymoo. Sustainababble logo by the splendid Arthur Stovell. Ecoguff read out by Arabella.Love the babble? Bung us a few pennies at www.patreon.com/sustainababble.MERCH: sustainababble.teemill.comAvailable on iTunes, Spotify, Acast & all those types of things, or at sustainababble.fish. Visit us at @thebabblewagon and at Facebook.com/sustainababble. Email us at hello@sustainababble.fish.

Giles chats to philosopher and chess grandmaster Jonathan Rowson about the beauty of chess, the importance of spirituality and why the political spectrum is fake news.

GM Jonathan Rowson is a philosopher, a researcher, the 3-time British Chess Champion,  and an acclaimed chess author. Many chess fans will be familiar with his classic books, The Seven Deadly Chess Sins, and Chess for Zebras. Today GM Rowson joins me to discuss his eagerly anticipated new book, The Moves that Matter: A Chess Grandmaster on the Game of Life . In our conversation, GM Rowson shares some of the memories and life lessons that chess has provided him, and he helps us contextualize the contributions that chess can make to society at large. Please read on for timestamps and relevant links. 0:00- GM Rowson discusses the genesis of and themes of his new book, which has been 13 years in the making! As Jonathan tells us, his new book is primarily about what chess has taught him about life. 9:30- One of my favorite themes of Jonathan’s new book, is that chess is a pretext for concentration, which is a “precious experience.” In this segment Jonathan expounds on this idea.  15:30- Jonathan’s 10 year-old son has recently become interested in competitive chess. How does he approach chess parenting?  Mentioned: GM Viswanathan Anand  20:00- GM Rowson reflects on his experiences working on GM Anand’s team during the 2008 Anand-Kramnik World Championship match. Mentioned:  GM Peter Heine Nielsen, Bobby Knight  27:30- Now that he has stepped away from competitive chess, what is GM Rowson’s current relationship with the chess world? Mentioned: McShane-Caruana 2019, Peter Heine Nielsen, GM Alex Baburin, GM Lev Psakhis, GM Alexander Grischuk  34:00- Jonathan discusses his day to day work at the research institute that he co-founded, called Perspectiva. One of the primary issues that his institute tackles is the challenge posed by climate change. Mentioned:  Royal Society of the Arts, Tomas Björkman  43:00- What is GM Rowson’s view of the proper role of chess in schools and in education?  49:00- Good news, audio chess content fans! There will be an audiobook forthcoming for The Moves that Matter. GM Rowson talks about the experience of doing the voice work for his own book. The audiobook will be available on November 14. 55:00- A supporter of the podcast asks GM Rowson about whether or not there will ever be an update or electronic version of his classic opening book, Understanding the Grunfeld.  Mentioned: Han Schut 57:00- In closing, GM Rowson tells a story of a crucial realization that he had during a memorable game with GM Rustam Kasimdzhanov.  Mentioned: Kasimdzhanov-Rowson 2000, GM Vladimir Kramnik, GM Vishy Anand, GM Luke McShane, GM Levon Aronian, GM Nigel Short, GM Matthew Sadler, GM Mickey Adams, GM Magnus Carlsen Thanks to GM Rowson for coming on the show, you can order his book here, and keep up with him on twitter here. To hear more from GM Rowson, check out his interview with "On Being with Krista Tippett" podcast here. If you would like to find out more and/or support the “Square Off Chess robot” Kickstarter project that I mentioned at the top of the show, check it out here.  If you would like to help support the podcast, you can do so here.

Sasha Chapin is a writer who has just published his first book, All the Wrong Moves, a Memoir about Chess, Love, and Ruining Everything. Sasha’s book tackles themes quite familiar to many chess enthusiasts: Chess love, chess addiction, chess improvement, the inevitable intersection of chess and real life, and how to grapple with one’s own chess limitations. Sasha’s book is a fun read which resonated with me, and features mentions of many prominent chess players and personalities.  For another perspective on Sasha’s book, you can read the Washington Post’s review of his book here. For more details, timestamps, and relevant links please continue reading.  0:00- We begin by discussing how Sasha was able to get a book deal with Doubleday to write a “chess memoir,” and how he approached writing the book once the project was a reality.  Mentioned: GM Vassily Ivanchuk, Gm Alexander Morozevich, IM John Bartholomew, GM Ben Finegold, GM Eric Hansen, GM Var Akobian, IM Eric Rosen, GM Peter Svidler, Video of GM Magnus Carlsen and Peter Svidler doing post-mortem analysis  17:33- We transition from talking about chess streamers and announcers to Sasha’s favorite chess books. Mentioned: My System by Aron Nimzowhich, Chess for Zebras by Jonathan Rowson  21:00- A Patreon supporter of Perpetual Chess asks what helped Sasha the most in terms of chess improvement. As Sasha tells it, his greatest improvements came from some key insights that GM Ben Finegold provided during their lessons. .  32:00- Another Patreon supporter asks how to prevent one’s ego from ruining one’s chess mood, and also asks for Sasha’s input about the pros and cons of playing live vs. online.  39:00- Does Sasha think that chess is inherently addictive?  43:00- We circle back to what Sasha’s chess routine was like during the time that this book takes place. Was he working at the time? What did he study? How many hours per day did study? Mentioned: Chess Tempo Tactics Trainer  48:00- Sasha discusses a bit of his impressions of some of the places that he visited while writing this book, including St. Louis, and Hyderabad, India.  54:00- We wrap by talking a bit about Sasha’s future plans. You can keep up with Sasha via Twitter,Instagram, or his email list All the Wrong Moves is now available from Amazon and many other book sellers. If you are in the Los Angeles area you can go see Sasha Chapin discuss his book on August 20. Details here.  If you would like to help support the podcast, you can do so here.

Applied philosopher Jonathan Rowson insists on holding a deeper appreciation for how our inner worlds influence our outer worlds. His research organization, Perspectiva, examines how social change happens across “systems, souls, and society.” “If we can get better and more nimble and more generous about how we move between those worlds, then the chance of creating a hope that makes sense for all of us is all the greater,” he says. We engage his broad spiritual lens on the great dynamics of our time, from social life to the economy to the climate. Jonathan Rowson is co-founder and director of the research institute Perspectiva based in London. He is also the former director of the Social Brain Centre at the Royal Society of Arts and is a chess grandmaster and three-time British Chess Champion. His books include “The Seven Deadly Chess Sins,” “Chess for Zebras,” and, most recently, “Spiritualize: Cultivating Spiritual Sensibility to Address 21st Century Challenges.” His forthcoming book, “The Moves that Matter: A Chess Grandmaster on the Game of Life,” will be published in November 2019. This interview is edited and produced with music and other features in the On Being episode "Jonathan Rowson — Integrating Our Souls, Systems, and Society." Find more at onbeing.org.

Applied philosopher Jonathan Rowson insists on holding a deeper appreciation for how our inner worlds influence our outer worlds. His research organization, Perspectiva, examines how social change happens across “systems, souls, and society.” “If we can get better and more nimble and more generous about how we move between those worlds, then the chance of creating a hope that makes sense for all of us is all the greater,” he says. We engage his broad spiritual lens on the great dynamics of our time, from social life to the economy to the climate. Jonathan Rowson is co-founder and director of the research institute Perspectiva based in London. He is also the former director of the Social Brain Centre at the Royal Society of Arts and is a chess grandmaster and three-time British Chess Champion. His books include “The Seven Deadly Chess Sins,” “Chess for Zebras,” and, most recently, “Spiritualize: Cultivating Spiritual Sensibility to Address 21st Century Challenges.” His forthcoming book, “The Moves that Matter: A Chess Grandmaster on the Game of Life,” will be published in November 2019. Find the transcript for this show at onbeing.org.

This week GM Alex Colovic joins me from his native Skopje, Macedonia, speaking to me on the "rest day" of the European Chess Championship, in which he is competing. Alex Colovic is a Grandmaster, blogger, author and newly elected President of the Association of Chess Professionals. Alex catches us up on the status of the tournament at the midway point, and from there we have a wide-ranging conversation which covers topics which range from his latest Chessable course, The Najdorf Sicilian Simplified, to why he loves studying the games of Jose Raoul Capablanca. I think that Alex’s love for and knowledge of chess and chess history is evident in our conversation. Read on for timestamps, links and GM Colovic’s contact info: 0:00- Intro and Alex’s breakdown of the ongoing  European Chess Championship.  On the day that we talked Alex was enjoying a break from the tournament  10:20- We discuss Alex’s brand new Chessable course, The Najdorf Sicilian Simplified. This includes the story of how he began to collaborate with Chessable, and why now is a good time to learn more about the storied Najdorf defense. In our conversation, Alex gives some updates on the theory of particular lines of the Najdorf, including the contributions that GM Maxime Vachier-Lagrave  made to the Poison Pawn Variation. The Karpov-Kasparov game that GM Colovic mentions can be seen here. 26:30- Alex’s chess improvement advice for club players. If you want instant results, Alex says, the first thing you should do is improve your calculation. He says that the fact that you are doing the work is more important than the tools that you use to do it. The viral Quora post that Alex wrote and that we reference can be read here. (In the interview, I erroneously said that Alex’s post got 67,000 views, but actually that particular post got 18,000 views.  it is Alex’s Quora posts in total that got 67,000 views.) The study composer that Alex mentions who helped him finally achieve the GM title is Genrikh M. Kasparyan. For all of Alex’s book recommendations check out his blog posts here, here and here. The more beginner-oriented tactics books/courses that Alex mentions in our interview are Mastering Mates 1: 1,111 One-Move Mates by Jon Edwards, and Chess - 5334 Problems, Combinations, and Games by Lazlo Polgar. For his own chess, Alex greatly enjoyed the Jonathan Rowson books, Understanding the Grunfeld, Seven Deadly Chess Sins, and Chess for Zebras 42:30- Why is Jose Raul Capablanca Alex’s favorite player? What is his favorite book about Capablanca? The game that Alex is referring to is this one. The footage of Fischer playing over a game can be seen here. 50:30- How and why did Alex just become President of the Association of Chess Professionals?   How did he become involved with the FIDE Fair play commission? 58:30- Goodbye and contact info. Read Alex’s blog here, follow him on Twitter here and Facebook here. If you would like to help support the podcast, you can do so here.

Jonathan Rowson is a Scottish Chess grandmaster, an author, and the director of Perspectiva, an organisation that aims to "research the relationship between complex global challenges and the inner lives of human beings and highlight why this matters in society". In the first episode of The Sacred, hosted by Elizabeth Oldfield, Jonathan talks about his religious and spiritual past, how chess helped him make sense of himself, and how talking to people of faith made him reevaluate his own. We also catch up with Theos' head of research, Nick Spencer, on his new book "The Political Samaritan". He talks about how the parable has been hijacked by politicians from all spheres of the conversation, and how this tale has helped shape contemporary British politics. The Sacred is a podcast about the things we cherish and hold dear to us. It is supported by Theos, the UK's leading religion and society think tank. The Sacred is produced by Hussein Kesvani and No Country Media.

There was a time when publicly standing up to protest at injustices, especially if they didn't affect you personally, was the sign of an upright citizen - the very definition of altruism - a "disinterested and selfless concern for the well-being of others." Now such expressions of moral outrage are as likely to be dismissed as "virtue signalling" as they are to be applauded. It's a neat and pithy phrase and like all the best neologism seems to capture and distil something in our cultural discourse. It's only been in use for a couple of years. You know the sort of thing - ice bucket challenges, male actors and politicians wearing t-shirts with the slogan "this is what a feminist looks like". Virtue signalling - the practice of publicly expressing opinions or sentiments intended to demonstrate our good character or the moral correctness of our beliefs - was only coined a couple of years ago, and has caught on like wild fire. Perhaps because the only thing people seem to like more than virtue signalling is judging other people. To some the phrase deftly skewers an age where politics is driven by narcissism and the echo chamber of social media where being moralistic is more important than being moral? But has what started off as a clever way to win arguments become a lazy put down or mental shortcut to dogmatism? Does accusing others of virtue signalling encourage you not to interrogate your own beliefs? Even if we can't change something we know to be wrong, big collective moral shifts in society have to start somewhere, so is dismissing them as empty gestures a cynical counsel of despair? There was a time when virtue was its won reward. Is that still the case? The morality of virtue signalling. Witnesses are James Bartholomew, Maya Goodfellow, Dr Jonathan Rowson and Professor Frank Furedi.