Where are we in history? What is the central question for social philosophy? What paradigm might be replacing capitalism? What will become of humanity in the age of information and attention? How can re-thinking a philosophy of membranes, paradigms, and archetypes help us situate living in the world today?

Welcoming the return of philosopher Alexander Bard in conversation with Tim Adalin about membranics, paradigmatics, and archetypology in the chaos between capitalism and attentionalism.

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Chapters

0:00 Introduction

0:11 Where are we in history?

2:07 What is 'paradigmatics'?

7:33 What is 'archetypology'? Plus definition of 'membranics'

15:20 How much is our sense of inside and outside (membranes) in flux today?

21:23 The 'sociont', tribal loyalty, and the central question for philosophy: mediating world-annihilating violence

25:33 What ideologies and material pressures shape our belonging today?

41:00 Shamanoids as go-betweens & the birth of religion

54:44 The dying paradigm: politics, finance & academia

1:03:27 What is attentionalism — and how does it differ from the "attention economy"?

1:14:50 Attention as sacred vs. attention as commodity

1:24:55 'Hacking synchronicity', corrupting attention, and power in attentionalism

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