Collective Evolution with Joe Martino

Is social media re-shaping our brains? Is it gaming us into short attention spans and an inability to think in complexity? The research suggests this is certainly happening. It also suggests it's making us more angry and disconnected from one another.

The good news is there are ways to use social media as a tool without letting it hijack your mind and being.

We seem to be in a constant information war these days. And with that, there appears to be a war on sensemaking. What is sensemaking? Simply, our ability to accurately perceive what is taking place and make meaningful decisions based on what we learn.

It seems now that it is like we are in a dark and chaotic cave, with nothing more than a single match to light our path through a noisy and polluted information landscape. "What is true? How can we even know anymore?" are questions so many of us grapple with.

It's time to get a high powered flashlight! In this episode we'll explore what sensemaking, the conversation of fake news, the rise of censorship and perhaps some ideas on how we can improve this important skill both individually and collectively.

One of the simplest ways to think about the meaning crisis is to ask whether humanity is going through a moment where our experience of life feels increasingly less relevant and meaningful. Do we feel withdrawn from our world? A sense of disconnection from it and others? Perhaps this is at the root of our mental health crisis' as John Vervaeke suggests. Perhaps there are other biological factors like nervous system dysregulation at play here as well. Regardless, are we experiencing a collective felt sense of meaninglessness?

This is playing out in everything from our relationships to our societal structures. Things are up for re-questioning and re-examination, and while this can be an uncomfortable and awkward place, it can also be a great opportunity. 

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In this introductory episode of the Collective Evolution podcast Joe brings together the thesis that began CE and the wisdom of experience gained over 15 years of running CE. This episode is meant to layout the foundational themes that will be the backbone of future episodes, interviews and conversations on the show. Things like the meaning crisis (shift in consciousness), sensemaking, censorship, consciousness, well-being, embodiment, future technologies, human potential and more. 

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What is the nature of our reality? What are humans truly capable of and how can we explore this? These are questions I’ve been asking myself since I was a kid. I’ve explored these questions with friends, my own experiences, ancient traditions and science. 

Today my guest is Adam Curry. He is an inventor and tech entrepreneur, but most exciting to me, he’s a brilliant mind in the space of consciousness science.

In this episode we discuss consciousness and the nature of our reality. We'll explore the placebo effect and what might be driving it, as well as discuss the prime states of being necessary to explore our deeper potential.

Note: off the top, there was a glitch at the beginning of this episode and we lost a few minutes, but you’ll pick up on a good spot as we get going here.

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If you’re feeling the fatigue of navigating the news during COVID you’re not alone. I personally know a lot of peple who feel this way. But given what has happened over the last few years through the decision making of government, is how a good time to stop paying attention? This is a tough question, because in many ways it’s healthy to know when to say enough, but when the stakes are as high as they are now, surely we have to stay in the game no?

My Guests today are Dr Madhava Setty and David Helfrich. Madhava is a physician who has been actively engeged in examining and reporting on COVID related literature since the onset of the pandemic, and David is a lawyer who has been curiously reflecting on the nature of COVID restrictions and their affect on rights, as well as much of COVID literature in general.

We’ll talk about COVID news fatigue, the value of information, some key takeaways we must consider when looking at the COVID era, and as always we’ll get into a deeper set of philosophical and metaphysical questions asking whether COVID has applied an evolutionary pressure for the consciousness of humanity.

In this episode Joe speaks with Jason Quitt, an author who has been studying welnness practices and metaphysics for almost 20 years.

They reflect on some key observations of the COVID era, and then delve into grounded and practical discussions around politics, conspiracy, embracing curiosity, metaphysics, chi gong, and meditation. A wide range of topics that tie together meaningfully.

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Is health and wellness just about what we eat and how we exercise? Or are there many more layers to it? In this interview we'll explore the work and philosophies of Udo Erasmus, the founder of UDO'S CHOICE supplements and a global leader in cutting edge health products.

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In this fascinating interview, Joe has a conversation with researcher and author Bruce Fenton to parse through his incredible research into a ancient aboriginal story and 3 key scientific anomalies that begin to suggest this story may in fact be true.

What makes this so intriguing is the story explains how humans were created, and the evidence we have today seems to support it thus far.

Joe & Arjun sit down with Richard Lawrence, the executive secretary of the Aetherius Society to discuss many topics related to what the society does. This is the second time we speak with Richard, and we explore channeling, mainstream UFO disclosure, the current extreme times we are in and more.

This was yet another fascinating conversation with Richard Lawrence.