Hyrum Lewis is a professor, author, and political theorist who teaches history at Brigham Young University–Idaho, where he leads the American Foundations Team. His research focuses on the history of ideology and the intersection of political and intellectual culture, with extensive writing on the evolution of American conservatism, historical pedagogy, and cultural conflict in the American West. He is the author of several books including his most recent, "The Myth of Left and Right," co-authored with his brother Verlan Lewis, which argues that the traditional left-right political spectrum is a misleading and oversimplified framework for understanding contemporary American politics.

In this conversation, we explore the intuition that the political spectrum is broken, the Essentialist Theory of Ideology vs the Social Theory of Ideology, and why tribalism precedes philosophy rather than the other way around.

We get into the caricatures we hold of the left and the right, how the meaning of left and right is always changing, and the uncomfortable truth that we often choose our politicians before our policies. Hyrum offers a better way to use terms like left and right or liberal and conservative, and how to vote on issues without anchoring to a tribal identity.

We also explore how to move beyond left and right within a two-party system, what Jonathan Haidt and Moral Foundations Theory got wrong, and whether the links between psychological traits and political positions actually hold up.

We close with pathways toward more generative political conversations, why we need to increase our tolerance for disagreement, developing a Scout Mindset, the relationship between religion and politics, and the destructive ideology of progressivism.

🔗 LINKS & RESOURCES 🔗

• The Myth of Left and Right by Hyrum Lewis and Verlan Lewis
• The Righteous Mind by Jonathan Haidt
• Keith Stanovich
• John Stuart Mill
• The Scout Mindset by Julia Galef
• The Rational Optimist by Matt Ridley

🕰️ TIMESTAMPS 🕰️

0:00 - Introduction
3:18 - The intuition that the political spectrum is broken
5:26 - The Essentialist Theory of Ideology vs the Social Theory of Ideology
8:38 - Why tribalism precedes philosophy
12:01 - Caricatures of the left and the right
14:25 - How what left and right means is always changing
17:44 - We choose our politicians before our policies
21:31 - How to better use terms like left and right or liberal and conservative
27:03 - Voting on one issue without anchoring
32:05 - How do we move beyond left and right with a two-party system?
39:25 - What Jonathan Haidt and Moral Foundations Theory got wrong
44:45 - Questioning the links between psychological traits and political positions
49:17 - Pathways towards more generative political conversations
53:51 - Why we need to increase our tolerance for disagreement
59:16 - Developing a Scout Mindset
1:02:08 - What is the relationship between religion and politics
1:06:55 - The destructive ideology of progressivism

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Jordan Hall is a tech entrepreneur, philosopher, and meta-systemic thinker who, over a year ago, announced his conversion to Christianity. 

In this conversation, we explore Jordan's early experiences with religion and spirituality, what ultimately drew him to Christianity, and what Christianity might offer that Eastern traditions do not. We get into entrepreneurship as a path to cultivating instincts and intuitions, landing in Black Mountain and finding Christianity, and the deeper humility Jordan discovered through extensive study of the tradition.

We explore the idea that the meta-crisis is fundamentally a crisis of religion, the impact of religious traditions on family, and healing religious trauma while deepening our capacity to love.

We also touch on discerning divine calling from the egoic mind, confronting fundamentalist forms of Christianity and finding a church that aligns, the shift from propositional to participatory forms of knowing, and what Jordan calls divine sensemaking.

🔗 LINKS & RESOURCES 🔗

• Subscribe to Jordan’s Substack
• Follow Jordan on Twitter
• Subscribe to Jordan’s YouTube channel
• Read The Religious Case Against Belief by James Carse
• Watch Jordan Peterson in conversation with John Vervaeke and Jordan Hall
• Watch Jordan Hall in conversation with Jonathan Pageau and John Vervaeke
• Learn more about Black Mountain, North Carolina

🕰️ TIMESTAMPS 🕰️

0:00 - Introduction
3:07 - Jordan's journey into religion and spirituality
16:39 - Entrepreneurship as a path to cultivating instincts and intuitions
20:40 - Landing in Black Mountain and finding Christianity
26:26 - Extensively studying Christianity and discovering a new level of humility
34:04 - What does Christianity afford that Eastern religions don't?
44:26 - The meta-crisis is a crisis of religion
54:05 - The impact of religious traditions on family
58:28 - Healing our religious trauma and deepening our capacity to love
1:04:05 - Differentiating intuition — divine calling vs egoic mind
1:18:16 - Confronting fundamentalist forms of Christianity and finding a church that aligns
1:29:01 - Divine sensemaking

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Seth Zuiho Segall is a Zen Buddhist priest, clinical psychologist, and writer who served on the clinical faculty of the Yale University School of Medicine for nearly three decades. He is a science writer for Mindfulness Research Monthly, a contributing editor for Tricycle: The Buddhist Review, and a review editor for The Humanistic Psychologist. Ordained in the White Plum lineage, he has practiced meditation and Buddhism for nearly thirty years, currently leads Pamsula Zen of Westchester, and guest teaches at the New York Insight Meditation Center. He is the author of several books including "Buddhism and Human Flourishing" and his latest, "The House We Live In." He writes regularly on his blog, The Existential Buddhist, from a naturalized, pragmatic, eudaimonic, and cosmopolitan perspective.

In this conversation, we unpack what it means to hold a naturalistic, pragmatic, eudaimonic, and cosmopolitan Buddhism, the difference between naturalistic and secular Buddhism, and how agnosticism shapes belief.

Seth shares his journey exploring Judaism before finding Buddhism, and we question the secularization and modernization of Buddhism more broadly — landing on a central insight: there is no one Buddhism; there are many Buddhisms.

We get into virtue, wisdom, and pluralism, whether humanity has become less violent over time, the foundations of flourishing, and disagreements on values and vulnerability within contemplative communities.

We also explore facing your dragon at your own pace, navigating political polarization through the lens of engaged Buddhism, ethical ideals and the myth of the perfect person, the paradox of tolerance and cancel culture, and better ways of thinking about enlightenment.

We close with Seth's reflections on why he became a Zen priest and why it matters to genuinely engage with a religious tradition before you critique it.

🔗 LINKS & RESOURCES 🔗

• Seth’s personal site
• Seth’s blog
• Seth’s latest book “The House We Live In”
• Jon Kabat-Zinn
• Secular Buddhist Network
• The Avoidant Dharma by Daniel Thorson
• Stephen Batchelor
• Larry Rosenberg
• Andrew Cohen
• Paradox of Tolerance
• Mastering The Core Teachings of the Buddha by Daniel Ingram
• Already Free by Bruce Tift

🕰️ TIMESTAMPS 🕰️

0:00 - Introduction
2:10 - Unpacking a naturalistic, pragmatic, eudaimonic, and cosmopolitan Buddhism
7:57 - Naturalistic vs secular Buddhism
12:07 - Agnosticism and beliefs
13:30 - Exploring Judaism and finding Buddhism
20:20 - Further questioning the secularization and modernization of Buddhism
29:18 - There is no one Buddhism; there are many Buddhisms
33:36 - Virtue, wisdom, and pluralism
36:17 - Has humanity become less violent over time?
38:26 - The foundations of flourishing
42:22 - Disagreements on values and vulnerability
45:31 - Facing the dragon at your own pace
48:52 - Navigating political polarization and engaged Buddhism
53:53 - Ethical ideals and the myth of the perfect person
57:33 - The paradox of tolerance and cancel culture
1:03:48 - Better ways of thinking about enlightenment
1:12:15 - Why become a Zen priest
1:17:26 - Engaging with a religious tradition before you critique it

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Brad Kershner is an educator, independent scholar, and Head of School at Kimberton Waldorf School. He is co-founder of The Reconstitution Project, a meta-political think tank, and author of "Understanding Educational Complexity: Integrating Practices and Perspectives for 21st Century Leadership." Alongside his work in education, Brad collaborates with thought leaders and spiritual teachers around the world, developing wisdom-based responses to planetary problems.

In this wide-ranging conversation, we explore how Brad became an educator and the Waldorf approach to education, the fundamental principles of child development, and the state of emotions and mental health in young people today.

We get into Jonathan Haidt's research on the negative impact of social media on children, debate the parenting philosophy of Taking Children Seriously, and reflect on navigating screen time through the lens of Aaron Stupple's "The Sovereign Child."

Brad argues that before you can help children solve a problem, you first need to understand it — a principle that carries into meta-crisis sensemaking and the limits of rational optimism, navigating politics and polarization, and developing a wise relationship with technology and artificial intelligence.

We also explore what lies beyond the TESCREAL worldview and what it means to integrate wisdom with power, the big questions and disagreements running through the metamodern and liminal spaces, why materialism may be a less true view than idealism, flipping what we think we can and cannot know, and the role of meditation and contemplation — including why it matters to introduce these practices early in life.

🔗 LINKS & RESOURCES 🔗

• Subscribe to Brad's Substack
•  Listen to Brad's lectures on YouTube
•  Connect with Brad on Twitter
•  Kimberton Waldorf School
•  Waldorf Education
•  Rudolf Steiner
•  The Anxious Generation — Jonathan Haidt
•  Taking Children Seriously
•  Naval Ravikant and Aaron Stupple on Tim Ferriss
•  The Sovereign Child — Aaron Stupple
•  The Rational Optimist — Matt Ridley
•  Iain McGilchrist
•  TESCREAL

🕰️ TIMESTAMPS 🕰️

0:00 - Intro
2:05 - Becoming an educator and the Waldorf approach to education
7:47 - Fundamental principles of child development
17:52 - Emotions and mental health in young people
24:36 - Haidt's research on the negative impact of social media on children
26:39 - Debating the parenting approach of Taking Children Seriously
35:22 - Navigating screen time via "The Sovereign Child" by Aaron Stupple
49:14 - Before you can help children solve a problem, you need to understand it
55:27 - Meta-crisis sensemaking and the limits of rational optimism
59:25 - Navigating politics and polarization
1:17:40 - Developing a wise relationship with technology and artificial intelligence
1:22:49 - Beyond the TESCREAL worldview — integrating wisdom and power
1:30:12 - The big questions and disagreements in the metamodern and liminal spaces
1:36:49 - Why materialism is a less true view than idealism
1:40:53 - Flipping what we think we can and cannot know
1:44:20 - The role of meditation and contemplation
1:49:50 - The importance of emphasizing meditation early in life
1:53:27 - Connect with Brad's work

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Murray Stein is a Jungian psychoanalyst, author, and lecturer. He received his bachelor's in literature and master's in Divinity from Yale and completed his PhD in Religion and Psychological Studies at the University of Chicago. He trained as a Jungian analyst at the C.G. Jung Institute of Zurich and is a founding member of the Inter-Regional Society of Jungian Analysts and the Chicago Society of Jungian Analysts. He is the author of many books including "The Principle of Individuation" and "Jung's Map of the Soul."

In this conversation, we unpack Jung's Map of the Soul and explore Murray's experience growing up in a religious home, attending divinity school, and eventually finding Jung. He shares what it was like studying directly with Jungian legends James Hillman and Marie-Louise von Franz, and what each of them uniquely contributed to the field.

We move through deeper levels of religious understanding, unfold the architecture of Jung's Map of the Soul, and dive into ego, persona, and shadow — the core structures Jung believed shape human personality.

We also get into ethics, conscience, serial killers, the collective shadow, what it takes to move Jungian psychology from theory into everyday practice, and where Murray sees the future of Jungian analysis heading.

🔗 LINKS & RESOURCES 🔗

• Murray Stein’s personal site
• Jung’s Map of the Soul by Murray Stein
• Transformation: Emergence of the Self by Murray Stein
• Memories, Dreams & Reflections by Carl Jung
• The Interpretation of Dreams by Sigmund Freud
• James Hillman
• Marie-Louise von Franz
• Karl Barth
• Rob Burbea
• Tom Cheetham on the Elevating Consciousness Podcast
• How to Illuminate & Integrate Your Shadow by Artem Zen
• Transformation: Emergence of the Self by Murray Stein
• The Red Book by Carl Jung
• Depth Psychology and a New Ethic by Erich Neumann
• Care of the Soul by Thomas Moore
• BTS - Map of the Soul (album)

🕰️ TIMESTAMPS 🕰️

0:00 - Introduction
 1:53 - Growing up in a religious home, going to divinity school, and finding Jung
 12:38 - Studying with James Hillman and Marie-Louise von Franz and working with psychoanalysis
 19:38 - Moving towards deeper levels of religious understanding
 23:20 - What Hillman and von Franz contributed to Jungian psychology
 26:58 - Unfolding Jung's Map of the Soul
 42:10 - Jung's greatest discovery
 46:15 - Jung's Map of the Soul — condensed
 49:09 - Diving deeper into ego, persona, and shadow
 1:01:15 - Ethics, conscience, serial killers, and collective shadows
 1:06:40 - Taking Jungian psychology from theory into practice
 1:12:45 - The future of Jungian analysis

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Bonnitta Roy is an insight guide, philosopher, and futurist whose work is grounded in cutting-edge cognitive science, evolutionary theory, contemplative studies, and metaphysics. From 2014 to 2022 she designed, developed, and directed a master's course in Consciousness Studies at the Graduate Institute, now known as Salem University. She went on to launch the Pop Up School, developing transformative courses such as "A New Theory of the Body," "Lyric Culture: Ontological Designs for Backloop Realities," and "Varieties of Religious Experiences." Her latest venture is The Divinity School — a leadership program forging leaders who can see deeper into reality, make decisions that benefit the whole, and align humanity with the natural intelligence of the universe.

In this conversation, Bonnitta walks us through articulating embodied insight into a coherent philosophy, the challenge of decoupling money from creative and intellectual work, and why writing itself is such an immense challenge for a thinker working at the edge of language.

From there, we get into what Process Relational Philosophy actually is, the limitations of science, and how the postmodern mind misunderstands the observer effect. Bonnitta lays out the metaphysics needed to bridge science and religion and the core metaphysical disagreements running through the liminal space — including why people seem to move from minimalist physicalism all the way to maximal consciousness, and what she calls the three metaphysical necessities every worldview requires.

Later, we explore awakening and spiritual practice, before Bonnitta introduces The Divinity School and her work training the next generation of leaders. We close on genuinely futurist terrain — naturalizing machine agency, the horizons of biological intelligence, the four powers of transformational leaders, and the impact Bonnitta hopes her work will have on the world.

🔗 LINKS & RESOURCES 🔗

• Follow Bonnitta on Substack
• Follow Bonnitta on Twitter/X
• Join The Divinity School transformational leadership program
• The typology of process relations by Bonnitta Roy
• Herbert Gunther
• Jean Gebser
• Alfred North Whitehead
• Charles Hartshorne
• Matt Segall
• Gregg Henriques
• The Dawn of Everything by David Graeber
• Sabine Hossenfelder
• Ken Wilber
• The Ends of the World by Peter Brannen

🕰️ TIMESTAMPS 🕰️

0:00 - Introduction
 1:38 - Articulating embodied insight into a coherent philosophy
 5:22 - Landscaping, business and decoupling money from creative and intellectual work
 14:15 - The immense challenge of writing
 18:33 - Using images to understand and explain ideas
 24:35 - What is Process Relational Philosophy?
 36:30 - The limitations of science
 39:26 - How the postmodern mind misunderstands the observer effect
 41:20 - The metaphysics needed to bridge science and religion
 45:00 - The core metaphysical disagreements in the liminal space
 53:12 - People go from minimalist physicalism to maximal consciousness
 56:00 - What all metaphysics require — the three metaphysical necessities
 1:00:10 - Integral listserv, awakening and spiritual practice
 1:12:27 - The Divinity School — a master's in leadership
 1:17:29 - Naturalizing machine agency and horizons of biological intelligence
 1:25:08 - The four powers of transformational leaders
 1:32:14 - The impact Bonnitta hopes her work has on the world

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Ari Nielsen is a practitioner with an eclectic background spanning Reichian breathwork, cybernetics, unschooling, Dzogchen, and improv. He spent over a decade living in the heart of the community surrounding Adi Da, the prime representative of California New Age spirituality in the 1970s. He also edited the collected works of Bruce Di Marsico, an existential therapist whose philosophy can be summed up as "be happy, and do what you want." Ari currently writes a Substack elucidating a radically liberating orientation to life he calls "Searchless Responsiveness."

In this episode, Ari shares his journey into spirituality, his years living inside Adi Da's community, and an honest look at the risks and rewards of the guru model.

Later, we explore the Option Method for happiness, the relationship between Dzogchen and Searchless Responsiveness, and Ari's challenge to conventional perennialism and non-dualism.

We also speak about agenda without compulsion, unhappiness as motivation, self and identity, and how Ari's meditation practice has evolved — including what greatness, wholeness, and desire look like through the lens of searchless responsiveness.

We close by exploring how to let go of perfectionism, why it's worth regularly changing your meditation practice, unconventional approaches to parenting, and a simple practice anyone can use to taste searchless responsiveness for themselves.

🔗 LINKS & RESOURCES 🔗

• Subscribe to Ari’s substack
• The Option Method (The collected works of Bruce Di Marsico)
• Robert Fripp
• George Gurdjieff
• Adi Da a.k.a Da Free John
• Ken Wilber
• Aro gTer
• Evolving Ground
• Wilhelm Reich
• Keith Dowman
• Sean Esbjorn-Hargens
• Rob Burbea
• Taking Children Seriously

🕰️ TIMESTAMPS 🕰️

0:00 - Intro
2:03 - Ari's journey into spirituality
9:00 - Living in Adi Da's community and other pivotal teachers and teachings
20:10 - The guru model — risks and rewards
27:51 - Bruce Di Marsico and the Option Method for happiness
35:43 - Dzogchen and Searchless Responsiveness
38:48 - Challenging perennialism and non-dualism
45:00 - Agenda without compulsion
49:04 - Unhappiness as motivation and the ideal state
53:18 - Self and identity
1:02:45 - The evolution of Ari's meditation practice
1:04:18 - Khorde Rushen retreat with Keith Dowman
1:12:46 - Greatness, wholeness and desire through the lens of searchless responsiveness
1:19:58 - Letting go of perfectionism
1:21:41 - The importance of changing up your meditation practice
1:25:27 - Unconventional approaches to parenting
1:39:29 - A simple practice to taste searchless responsiveness

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Zak Stein is a writer, educator, and futurist whose work explores existential risk and the meta-crisis. He studied religion and philosophy at Hampshire College before completing his doctorate in educational neuroscience, human development, and educational philosophy at Harvard. He is co-founder of several organizations including Lectica, the Civilization Research Institute, and the Center for World Philosophy and Religion. He is the author of "Education in a Time Between Worlds" and co-author of "First Principles and First Values: Forty-Two Propositions on Cosmoerotic Humanism, the Meta-Crisis, and the World to Come."

This is our third conversation. We've previously explored the crisis of education and Zak's model of human development. This time we go further — into the philosophical foundations Zak believes are necessary for civilization to survive what's coming.

In this conversation, we explore the problems of postmodernity, why value and consciousness are fundamental aspects of reality rather than illusions to be explained away, and what is Cosmo-Erotic Humanism.

We get into evolving perennialism and the problem of evil, Global Intimacy Disorder and emotional maturity, and how to balance rapid advances in technology with ethical development.

We also explore bringing the wisdom of religious traditions to the scientific rationalist mind, what may be the most powerful and dangerous religion in the world today, and the difficulty of transmitting ethical leadership across generations.

🔗 LINKS & RESOURCES 🔗

• Zak Stein’s personal site
• First Principles First Values by David J. Temple (Zak’s latest book)
• My first conversation with Zak on the Education Crisis
• My second conversation with Zak on his approach to human development
• David Ray Griffin
• David Hume
• Iain McGilchrist
• John Vervaeke
• Nick Land
• Deep Utopia by Nick Bostrom
• Perennial Philosophy
• Jurgen Habermas
• Ken Wilber
• Stuart Kauffman
• B.F. Skinner
• Noam Chomsky
• Richard Dawkins
• Rupert Sheldrake

🕰️ TIMESTAMPS 🕰️

0:00 - Introduction
 1:55 - The problems of postmodernity
 12:31 - Why value and consciousness are fundamental aspects of reality
 21:35 - What is Cosmo-Erotic Humanism?
 42:40 - Evolving perennialism and the problem of evil
 52:20 - Global Intimacy Disorder and emotional maturity
 1:04:35 - Balancing advances in technology with ethical development
 1:10:36 - Bringing the wisdom of religions to the scientific rationalist mind
 1:26:26 - The most powerful and dangerous religion in the world today
 1:32:30 - The difficulty of transmitting ethical leadership

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Cedric Chin is a business operator, programmer, and writer, and the founder of Commoncog — a publication exploring the models of business expertise and how to accelerate the acquisition of that expertise. His approach to writing and learning is simple but rigorous: find interesting ideas, try them out in his own life, and share the results. Over the years he has compiled an extensive knowledge base on how to think and learn better in business and beyond.

In this conversation, we explore what led Cedric to study expertise and the limits of mental models, the problem with deliberate practice, and what he is building with Commoncog.

We get into Ray Dalio's concept of believability, sensemaking and the distinction between epistemic and instrumental rationality, how "irrational" people can still be successful, and the debate between Gary Klein and Daniel Kahneman on decision-making.

We also explore the three approaches to gaining expertise, what tacit knowledge is, the Recognition Primed Decision Making model, cognitive task analysis, and the most important questions to ask experts.

We close by exploring how to accelerate expertise in meditation and the transmission of mind, how to actually learn from books, Cognitive Flexibility Theory and ill-structured domains, why you should read biographies, how to overcome information overload, mindful social media use, and the role of luck vs skill in success.

🔗 LINKS & RESOURCES 🔗

• Cedric's blog — Commoncog
•  Follow Cedric on Twitter/X
•  Farnam Street
•  Charlie Munger
•  Principles — Ray Dalio
•  The Fund — Rob Copeland
•  Less Wrong
•  Sources of Power — Gary Klein
•  Daniel Kahneman
•  Jean Piaget
•  High Output Management — Andrew Grove
•  You Have a Choice — Eric Nehrlich
•  The Seven Secrets of the Prolific — Hillary Rettig
•  Accelerating Expertise
•  Milton Hershey
•  Warren Buffett
•  Interpersonal Neurobiology — Dan Siegel
•  Dan Siegel
•  The Engines That Move Markets — Alasdair Nairn
•  Benjamin Graham

🕰️ TIMESTAMPS 🕰️

0:00 - Intro
2:54 - What led Cedric to study expertise — the limits of mental models
8:05 - The problem with deliberate practice
10:05 - What is Commoncog?
12:48 - Ray Dalio and believability
21:03 - Sensemaking Less Wrong — epistemic vs instrumental rationality
25:11 - How "irrational" people can be successful
26:39 - Gary Klein vs Daniel Kahneman
29:44 - Three approaches to gaining expertise
34:20 - What is tacit knowledge?
38:38 - The Recognition Primed Decision Making model
47:30 - Cognitive task analysis
49:49 - The most important questions to ask experts
52:10 - Accelerating expertise in meditation and the transmission of mind
56:48 - How to actually learn from books
1:00:50 - Cognitive Flexibility Theory and ill-structured domains
1:06:55 - Integration — noticing sameness and difference
1:09:31 - Using case studies to become an expert in cult dynamics
1:13:21 - Why you should read biographies
1:16:52 - How to overcome information overload
1:21:48 - Mindful social media use
1:25:22 - Luck vs skill in success
1:30:48 - Cedric's opinion on crypto
1:33:54 - The best and worst thing about living in Singapore
1:34:59 - Building the biggest storehouse of business expertise

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Cadell Last is an anthropologist, philosopher, and founder of Philosophy Portal — an online educational platform opening space for the next generation of philosophical thought. After developing a strong grounding in evolutionary anthropology and biology, he began a deep study of phenomenology and psychoanalysis, opening him to fresh perspectives on some of life's most challenging questions. Today his work explores biocultural evolution, the mind-matter relation, and speculative futures. He is the author of "Global Brain Singularity" and "Systems and Subjects," co-author of "Sex, Masculinity, God," and lead editor of the community anthologies "Enter the Alien" and "Abyssal Arrows."

In this conversation, we explore the limits of science and the importance of philosophy, building on the main ideas of Plato, Hegel, Lacan, and Zizek, and what it means to connect dead philosophers with living, universally impactful thinkers.

We get into why you have to understand thinkers deeply before you can deconstruct them, the importance of dialectical thinking, and what Jordan Peterson and Richard Dawkins actually have in common beneath their apparent opposition.

We also explore putting Jung and Freud into dialectics, what Global Brain Singularity actually is, cultivating a global commons, the impact of the Fourth Industrial Revolution, nonduality, non-monism, and Buddhism, the upswing in Christian conversions, and Cadell's vision for Philosophy Portal.

🔗 LINKS & RESOURCES 🔗

• Cadell's personal site
•  Cadell on X/Twitter
•  Cadell on Substack
•  Become a member at Philosophy Portal
•  Global Brain Singularity — Cadell Last
•  Systems & Subjects — Cadell Last
•  Plato
•  Hegel
•  Lacan
•  Zizek
•  Jordan Peterson
•  Richard Dawkins
•  Jordan Peterson in conversation with Richard Dawkins
•  Jordan Peterson Biblical Lectures
•  Maps of Meaning — Jordan Peterson, in-depth book summary
•  The Artemisian — Alyssa Polizzi
•  Ray Kurzweil on Joe Rogan
•  Francis Heylighen
•  Her — film
•  Capital in the Twenty-First Century — Thomas Piketty
•  Elinor Ostrom
•  The Commons
•  Karl Marx
•  George Church
•  CRISPR
•  Plum Village
•  Christian Atheism — Slavoj Zizek
•  The Phenomenology of Spirit — Hegel
•  The Religious Case Against Belief — James Carse

🕰️ TIMESTAMPS 🕰️

0:00 - Introduction
2:51 - The limits of science and the importance of philosophy
15:10 - Building on the main ideas of Plato, Hegel, Lacan and Zizek
30:55 - Connecting dead philosophers with living universally impactful thinkers
33:36 - You have to understand thinkers deeply before you can deconstruct them
36:23 - The importance of dialectical thinking
47:30 - What Jordan Peterson and Richard Dawkins have in common — myths vs drives
57:55 - Putting Jung and Freud into dialectics
1:02:49 - What is Global Brain Singularity?
1:18:46 - Cultivating a global commons
1:31:50 - The impact of the Fourth Industrial Revolution
1:38:29 - Nonduality, non-monism, Buddhism and affirming appearances
1:46:44 - Making sense of the upswing in Christian conversions and unpacking religion
1:56:20 - Cadell's vision for Philosophy Portal

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