Altered States Of Conversation

Welcoming political theorist Benjamin Studebaker, author of Legitimacy In Liberal Democracies and The Chronic Crisis of American Democracy: The Way Is Shut.

He dialogues with Tim Adalin on the crises of trust and legitimacy in politics and institutions; the impact of technofeudalism on communication; power, intractable disagreement violence and cultural shamanism; and pathways toward authentic political change even if the way is shut.

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Exploring the tensions between ideology and reality, or ‘indestructible maps’ and participation in mystery and incompleteness, welcoming the philosopher, Voicecraft Network contributor and author of The Map is Indestructible, O.G. Rose in the form of Daniel Garner, in dialogue with Tim Adalin. This conversation continues the Cultural Shamanism series.

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Find 'The Map Is Indestructible' here: https://www.amazon.com/Map-Indestructible-Problems-Internally-Consistent/dp/1736507591/

Listen to Daniel speak with Cadell Last in a conversation titled 'The Map Is Indestructible' @ https://youtu.be/UOFPEIyj8Sc

Chapters

00:00:00 Introduction

00:01:00 Defining Global Pluralism

00:08:30 Givens vs Maps: The Shift in How We Navigate Reality

00:11:16 The Map is Indestructible: Consistency, Correspondence and Truth

00:36:12 Address vs Explanation: Opening to the Gödel Point

00:53:23 Universal Points of Connection Across Different Maps

01:24:29 Cultural Shamanism and the Necessity of Gödel Points

01:39:14 Practical Challenges: Authority, Intimacy, and Trust

01:55:36 From Desire to Drive: Sustaining Presence in the Gödel Point

02:11:52 Informal Conviviality and the Future of Belonging

Listen to the full intro song by Cantrips titled 'The Big Break' @ https://youtu.be/Qaj-stBL4W0

An exploration of AI, human intelligence, dangers of cognitive atrophy, and lines of flight in response to teritorialisation. Welcoming the creator of the Cynefin Framework and iconoclastic generalist thinker Dave Snowden, who argues that AI represents artificial or algorithmic inference rather than true intelligence. He joins Tim Adalin for a dialogue that also broaches metacrisis vs polycrisis, religion and identity, economic and political systems, warfare and complexity.

Dave's previous conversation on Voicecraft "Civilisation, Science & Spirituality" https://youtu.be/uXvWQzGcNCo

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Timestamps

00:00 Intro

00:15 The Nature of Intelligence

08:05 Artificial Inference vs. Artificial Intelligence

12:50 Extended Consciousness & Embodied Intelligence

24:40 Education, Measurement & Cultural Atrophy

31:48 Warfare, Complexity & Game Theory

47:35 Religion, Identity & Collective Meaning

57:10 Economic Systems & Gifting Cultures

01:14:35 Technology, Design & Emergence

01:25:39 Boundaries, Safety & System Design

01:39:35 Power, Manipulation & Lines of Flight

Learn more about Dave and Cynefin @ https://thecynefin.co/team/dave-snowden/

Listen to the full intro song by Cantrips titled 'The Big Break' @ https://youtu.be/Qaj-stBL4W0

Philosopher Cadell Last joins Tim Adalin for a dialogue working with core themes from Last's new book: 'Real Speculations: Thought Foundations, Drive Myths, and Social Analysis.

This is a comprehensive journey into core philosophy and psychoanalysis, intended for a network of networks engaging in common effort to understand and participate in the becoming of our time.

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Find Cadell's Philosophy Portal @ https://philosophyportal.online/Real Speculations @ https://www.amazon.com/Real-Speculations-Thought-Foundations-Analysis/dp/B0F5NV3821

Cadell's conversation with @O.G.Rose.Michelle.and.Daniel @ https://youtu.be/Q92oh-iXvqI?si=hdHEEOtWKAllXO1k

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Listen to the full intro song by Cantrips titled 'The Big Break' @ https://youtu.be/Qaj-stBL4W0

Dr Michael Levin's pioneering research on bioelectricity, morphogenesis, and cognition is reshaping our understanding of how living systems self-organize and regenerate. He explores how cells and tissues communicate through bioelectrical signals, guiding the formation of complex structures without relying solely on genetic instructions.

He is a Distinguished Professor in Biology at Tufts University, working at the intersection of biology, computer science, and cognitive science.

This dialogue explores meanings of influence, value, transhumanism, minds, collective intelligence, and the philosophical and scientific implications of Dr. Michael Levin's work.

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0:00 Introduction, Influence and Approach

1:19 TAME Framework and Mind Everywhere

10:07 The Spectrum of Persuadability

18:43 Creating Novel Beings and Personal Transformation

24:09 We Don't Create, We Participate

32:56 Intelligence vs Cognition Key Differences

39:31 Value Is Primary, Not Emergent

45:51 Transhumanism vs Hyperhumanism Discussion

52:55 The Cognitive Light Cone Concept

57:10 Technology & Value

Listen to the full intro song by Cantrips titled 'The Big Break' @ https://youtu.be/Qaj-stBL4W0

What does progress mean? How does it influence consciousness and our notions of value, quality and story? Can we think beyond it?

Dialoguing with meanings of progress, mythos, conceptions of time, and the becoming of identity and culture. Welcoming paleontologist-futurist Michael Garfield and integral philosopher Jeremy D Johnson, author of Seeing Through the World: Jean Gebser and Integral Consciousness and philosopher Tim Adalin.

For the video to see the screenshare, head over to https://youtu.be/tMd5dhEAj1o

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Timestamps:

00:00 Introduction & The Problem of Progress

06:19 Fitness Landscapes & Evolutionary Navigation

16:06 Value, Mythos, Soul, Image-making

23:28 Embodied Time & Spatial Metaphors

32:00 Digital Hauntology & Indigenous Temporalities

42:57 Choosing What We Give Life To

55:28 Finding Home Through Slowing Down

01:02:41 Belonging & Context Windows

01:13:57 Embassy & Cultural Navigation

01:17:17 Living From the Future Present

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Listen to the full intro song by Cantrips titled 'The Big Break' @ https://youtu.be/Qaj-stBL4W0

With influence from philosophy and psychonautic experience, this dialogue explores the forking path of humanity’s relation with technology. One way proposes hyperhumanism, which seeks to enhance humanity through the mindful use of technology. The other, transhumanism, promises 'transcendence' as an escape from the lack in humanity.

Featuring Carl Hayden Smith, founder of the Museum of Consciousness, hyperhuman theorist and extended state DMT pioneer, in a Voicecraft dialogue with philosopher and consciousness theorist Cameron Duffy.

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Timestamps:

00:00 Intro

01:58 The central question: "Are we human yet?"

03:14 The problem with transhuman and post-human theories

06:35 Species in amnesia and technological context

15:13 Mycelium networks and sharing wisdom

21:20 Learning to die before you die

26:07 Practical hyperhumanism and technology use

30:35 Context engineering and sensory awareness

40:00 DMTx, Cybernaut and psychonaut exploration

46:17 Healing from healing culture

50:30 Entities and consciousness exploration

1:10:57 Jean Gebser's stages of consciousness

1:13:58 Strife, love, and creating beautiful contexts

Listen to the full intro song by Cantrips titled 'The Big Break' @ https://youtu.be/Qaj-stBL4W0

A philosophical exploration into the weird of magic, aliens and altered states with the neo-Jungian thinker, psychotherapist and baby wizard, neo-Jungian Anderson Todd and Tim Adalin.

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Timestamps

00:02 - Introduction

02:20 - Jungian Perspective on UFOs & the Psychoid

09:00 - How do we participate in understanding magic and aliens

22:00 - Frameworks for understanding anomalous phenomena

48:56 - Psychedelic Entity Encounters

01:00:21 - Channeling and Historical Magic

01:37:56 - DMT Experiences and Entity Encounters

01:40:37 - Certainty vs. Skepticism in Mystical Experiences

01:43:19 - Magic as Experimental Psychotechnology

01:48:22 - Re-enchantment and Ethical Transformation

02:08:46 - Ayahuasca and the Mythic "Duh" Moment

02:27:39 - Symbolic Manipulation and Propaganda

02:37:36 - Pluralism and Communication

Listen to the full intro song by Cantrips titled 'The Big Break' @ https://youtu.be/Qaj-stBL4W0

When should we make the unconscious conscious in social contexts? Welcoming Voicecraft members O.G. Rose (philosopher) and Dr Aspasia Karageorge (psychologist) in dialogue with Tim Adalin.

We speak with questions of emotional maturity, AI & human complexities, cultural shamanism, societal structures, and the balance between individual and collective transformation, blending philosophy, psychology, and spirituality.

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The previous Cultural Shamanism conversation which expands on the notion more explicitly is E114.

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Timestamps (mostly AI gen)

00:00 - Introduction

00:30 - Cultural Shamanism & Making the Unconscious Conscious

07:19 - Discerning Unconscious Influences

16:15 - Role of Art and Parables in Awareness

25:20 - Belonging and Societal Precarity

34:03 - AI and the Outsourcing of Relationships

47:28 - Attentionalism and Cultural Dynamics

58:13 - Emotional Maturity in Historical Crises

01:13:48 - Navigating Anger and Emotional Nuance

01:31:47 - Stories vs. Participatory Contexts

Listen to the full intro song by Cantrips titled 'The Big Break' @ https://youtu.be/Qaj-stBL4W0

Welcoming the return of the neo-Jungian thinker, psychotherapist and cog-sci wizard, Anderson Todd, centered on the phenomenon of synchronicity—those moments of meaningful coincidence that seem to transcend causality.

He joins Tim Adalin to dialogue on how synchronicity can be nurtured through trust, intentional design, and a willingness to engage with life’s mysteries, even as technology challenges our sense of reality.

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00:00 - Introduction

00:10 - Synchronicity & Alignment

07:55 - Designing for Serendipity

25:00 - Synchronicity as Magic

39:00 - Hacking Synchronicity

45:00 - Trust, Intimacy, Risk

01:07:09 - Jung, Archetypes in Modernity

01:15:00 - The Magic Circle

01:30:00 - Artificial Intelligence & Magic

About Anderson:

Anderson Todd is an Assistant Professor, Teaching Stream, at the University of Toronto, where he has taught in the Cognitive Science programme, Interdisciplinary Courses on Jungian Theory, and Buddhist Psychology and Mental Health programme. He teaches on Consciousness and The Unconscious, focusing on the techniques and technologies of intentional self-transformation. He consults internationally with individuals and organizations, in private practice as a Registered Psychotherapist, and as an enrichment education specialist. His research interests include altered states, insight and intelligence enhancement, non-invasive brain stimulation, attentional neurofeedback, roleplaying games, neo-Jungian lucid dreaming, practical psychotechnology, and the mechanics of psychotherapeutic efficacy. He has been an avid roleplaying game enthusiast, writer, and storyteller for nearly 40 years. His library has become immense. He has learned from his videos just how much he talks with his hands.

You can find his YouTube channel here:

https://www.youtube.com/@AndersonTodd

Find previous dialogues with Anderson on Voicecraft here:

https://youtu.be/ztuNGOZ6N5A

Listen to the full intro song by Cantrips titled 'The Big Break' @ https://youtu.be/Qaj-stBL4W0