This episode, Skott is joined by Benjamin J Butler. Benjamin is a Futurist, Strategist and Philosopher.
He is also a member of the Global Future Council on Quantum Computing at the World Economic Forum and a futurist with the UN’s Resilience Frontiers initiative, among many other fascinating positions and experiences.
In the first of many conversations we’ll be having with Benjamin, Skott discusses the cyclical nature of change, spiritualism in Silicon Valley, Buddhism, Zen and the art of unlearning. It’s a fascinating conversation into understanding how the past influences our future and how we each hold the power to re-frame the present.
We’ve tried to capture as many of the references and links mentioned in the conversation and have listed them below for your easy access.
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Show reference notes:
https://www.benjaminjbutler.com
World Economic Forum Global Future Council on Quantum Computing – https://www.weforum.org/communities/the-future-of-computing
UN Initiative: Resilience Frontiers – http://www.resiliencefrontiers.org/
European Institute of Exponential Technologies & Desirable Futures: Futur.io – https://futur.io/
Lifeboat Foundation – https://lifeboat.com/
Kondratiev Cycles – https://www.kondratieff.net/kondratieffcycles
Ray Dalio – https://www.principles.com/
The Fourth Turning – https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/174648/the-fourth-turning-by-william-strauss/
Esalen – https://www.esalen.org/
EarthRise Retreat Centre – https://noetic.org/earthrise/
Stuart Brand – https://www.ted.com/talks/stewart_brand_and_chris_anderson_mammoths_resurrected_geoengineering_and_other_thoughts_from_a_futurist
Future Studies: Hawaii – http://www.futures.hawaii.edu/
Future Studies: Taiwan – http://future.tku.edu.tw/main.php,
Future Studies: Singapore – https://www.csf.gov.sg/
Discovery of the Future by HG Wells – https://www.amazon.com/Discovery-Future-H-G-Wells/dp/1110841175
Michio Kaku – https://mkaku.org/
Herman Kahn – https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2005/06/27/fat-man
Pierre Wack – https://hbr.org/2018/05/mindfulness-as-a-management-technique-goes-back-to-at-least-the-1970s
Zen - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zen
Alvin Toffler – https://www.tofflerassociates.com/
Joseph Campbell: Foundation – https://www.jcf.org/
Joseph Campbell: Books – https://www.amazon.com/s?k=joseph+campbell&i=stripbooks-intl-ship&crid=285Y1FWY60SQ8&sprefix=joseph%2Cstripbooks-intl-ship%2C357&ref=nb_sb_ss_i_1_6,
Joseph Campbell: Videos – https://www.youtube.com/user/campbellfoundation
