Shores Of Ignorance

A poem by Michael kicks off a conversation about information theory and the mechanics of communication.

The message spoken,

That which is received

Are they the same?

Do we hear only what we anticipated or expected?

Distortion in the one speaking and the one receiving.

Yet we desire understanding?

Conversation and communication,

Endless yet wonderful,

Unless to deceive.

What do you desire?

A corona update turns into a conversation about the relationship between narrative and reality in our lives. What are we waiting for? What is actually happening? And what is the narrative that is being told?

Show references:

Speaker Nancy Pelosi | Real Time with Bill Maher (HBO)

https://youtu.be/D4n9MvLeIuA

Rep. Dan Crenshaw: Fortitude | Real Time with Bill Maher (HBO)

https://youtu.be/RTGBJMDcras

Joe Rogan Experience #1470 - Elon Musk

https://youtu.be/RcYjXbSJBN8

Introduction to Information Theory

https://youtu.be/BCiZc0n6COY

Seek and you shall find. Ask and you shall receive. You might hear these phrases and dismiss them as a petition to the supernatural, but the ideas seem to be woven into the fabric of our consciousness, science, and even our lives on social media. They emerged as a theme in our conversation by way of particle physics, and thoughts about growing into new specialties.

Show Notes:

Harry Cliff on Lex Fridman's podcast

https://youtu.be/8A-5gIW0-eI

Higgs Field

https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Higgs_field

Neurolink - Elon Musk

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r-vbh3t7WVI&feature=emb_title

Biohacking with Jamie Metzl

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/30-ross-douthat-the-rave-before-the-fall/id1469999563?i=1000471686956

Gary Vaynerchuk

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gary_Vaynerchuk

Roger Penrose

https://youtu.be/orMtwOz6Db0

Another Pod from the Quar! This is a lively conversation continuing on our theme of Character and exploring into the deep metaphors around fertile soil. Lots of great people, ideas, and quotes referenced, and we tried to link to as many of them as we could remember below!

Character can be traced back to the Greek charassein, meaning “to sharpen, cut in furrows, or engrave.” This word gave the Greeks charaktēr, a noun meaning “mark, distinctive quality” (a meaning that was shared by the Latin character).

The War of Art by Steven Pressfield

https://www.amazon.com/War-Art-Through-Creative-Battles/dp/1936891026/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr=

Artificial Intelligence podcast by Lex Fridman

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/artificial-intelligence-ai-podcast-with-lex/id1434243584

Roger Penrose (Lex Fridman interview)

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/85-roger-penrose-physics-consciousness-infinite-universe/id1434243584?i=1000470085508

The master and his emissary - "All language is metaphor"

"Any one thing can be understood only in terms of another thing, and ultimately that must come down to a something that is experienced, outside the system of signs (i.e. by the body). The very words which form the building blocks of explicit thought are themselves all originally metaphors, grounded in the human body and its experience.... the right hemisphere can see that metaphor is the only way to preserve the link between language and the world it refers to" (Pg 118)

Jordan Peterson - The Phycological significance of the Biblical Stories

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f-wWBGo6a2w

Carl Jung on Neuroses

https://academyofideas.com/2019/01/carl-jung-value-of-anxiety-disorders/

https://academyofideas.com/2019/02/carl-jung-overcoming-anxiety-disorders/

"Your job isn’t to do the growing. Do the work of creating fertile soil, and the work of keeping the weeds out."

"You have to be honest about the things that can bring the ship down"

Last week our discussion about freedom and structure led us into thoughts on character in times of adversity. This week we pick up that thread to see where it takes us. Join us on this journey to the shores of ignorance.

What is the relationship between freedom and structure, and how is Character build and revealed while interacting with that relationship?

In the midst of uncertainty and fear we sat down to talk about how we can find hope and beauty in these times.

We figured out podcast distancing and recorded our first remote episode. Of course we talked about Corona, and the uncertainty and questions that seem to be causing so much anxiety right now.

(Recorded February 26, 2020)

Matt and Michael sit down to talk about presence and respect in family, friend and work relationships, community, parenting, consciousness and sense of time.

(Recorded Wednesday March 11th)Alison Vaclav joins us for a discussion about ritual, responsibility, and hope amidst the anxiety and fear of the Corona pandemic and an election year.