Romeo Stevens is one of co-founders of the Qualia Research Institute and the founder of Mealsquares. He writes extensively about buddhism, pedagogy, skill development and psychotherapeutic modalities. You can find his work on his blog, Lesswrong and Twitter.

Resources:

* Romeo’s Twitter

* Neurotic Gradient Descent (Romeo’s blog)

* Math Academy

* Practiceopedia (out of print music practice book)

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Dr. Tataryn is a long-time meditator (47+ years) and founder of the Bio-Emotive Framework. He conducts seminars in integral theory, sports psychology, and the integration of psychology and spirituality. He also hosts emotional clearing workshops intensives around North America. His is presently working with advanced meditators and spiritual teachers on balancing life after enlightenment, using his own version of the Four Facets (integral) Model of Human Transformation.

Resources:

* The Bio-emotive Framework

* Doug’s viral pinned Tweet

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Stephen Zerfas is the CEO and cofounder of Jhourney — a startup that targets specific meditative states known as jhanas using novel teaching methods and technology. Their first product is a week-long meditation retreat that’s won hyperbolic testimonials from tech executives and engineers (e.g. OpenAI, DeepMind). Most participants learn to enter states previously thought to require thousands of hours of practice in under 40 hours.

Resources:

* jhourney.io

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Soryu Forall is an ordained Zen Buddhist monk and the guiding teacher at the Monastic Academy for the Preservation of Life on Earth (MAPLE) in Vermont. With over two decades of intensive monastic training, Forall was ordained in 1998 by Zen Master Shodo Harada at Sogen Temple in Japan. He has since trained in monasteries across India, Tibet, and China, and draws on various spiritual traditions, including Buddhism, Native American practices, and Quaker teachings.

Resources:

* The Monk Who Thinks the World is Ending - The Atlantic

* Buddhism for AI Course

* monasticacademy.org

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Andrés is the Co-founder and President of the Qualia Research Institute (QRI). He has a Master’s Degree in Psychology with an emphasis in computational models from Stanford and a professional background in graph theory, statistics, and affective science. His work at QRI ranges from algorithm design, to psychedelic theory, to neurotechnology development, to mapping and studying the computational properties of consciousness.

Andrés blogs at qualiacomputing.com.

Resources:

* qri.org

* Andrés on Twitter

* 4D Rotation Visualizer

* Chanca Piedra for kidney stones

* Arthur Juliani’s research

* Mike Johnson’s Vasocomputation Paper

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Michael Edward Johnson is a philosopher, neuroscientist and entrepreneur. He’s the author of Principia Qualia and the co-founder of the Qualia Research Institute. He’s done pioneering work at the intersection of mathematics and consciousness studies, seeking to systematically map and measure subjective experiences. He writes at opentheory.net.

Resources:

* Principles of Vasocomputation: A Unification of Buddhist Phenomenology, Active Inference, and Physical Reflex

* Thread on Wittgenstein, Normies and Wordcels

* Quick model of jhana

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Dr. Marc Gafni has been described as a world philosopher, integrating wisdom from across multiple disciplines into what he has called a New Story of Value. He is the president of the Center for World Philosophy and Religion and has authored twelve books including Your Unique Self: The Radical Path to Personal Enlightenment.

Today we talk about his latest book First Principles and First Values.

Resources:

* Amazon page for First Principles and First Values

* Download Chapters 1-5 of First Principles First Values

* Marc's Socials: Instagram | Twitter | Facebook | Substack

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Michael Edward Johnson is a philosopher, neuroscientist and entrepreneur. He’s the author of Principia Qualia and the co-founder of the Qualia Research Institute. He’s done pioneering work at the intersection of mathematics and consciousness studies, seeking to systematically map and measure subjective experiences.

Resources:

* Principles of Vasocomputation: A Unification of Buddhist Phenomenology, Active Inference, and Physical Reflex

* Autism as a disorder of dimensionality

* Qualia Formalism and a Symmetry Theory of Valence

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Steve Schlafman is a recovering venture capitalist and professional transition coach. In 2017 he made partner at a multi-billion dollar VC firm and then promptly walked away from it all. Now he helps high performers in midlife discover and manifest their next calling. He draws upon a range of disciplines and brings a very sensitive, compassionate approach to the question of how to live well. Steve is also a writer, podcaster and father.

Resources

* Where The Road Bends (Steve’s Substack)

* www.schlaf.co

* Steve’s Twitter

* The Mind Illuminated

* Jhourney (a startup that’s biohacking the jhanas)

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Malcolm Ocean is a multitude-containing, wildman systems design expert who founded the productivity app Intend.do. It’s a tool that prioritizes intentionality over task management and provides a compelling counterpoint to David Allen’s Getting Things Done method. Malcolm also writes extensively about goal crafting, trust dynamics and group coordination. He’s great at combining big picture galaxy-brain thinking with uncompromising practicality.

You can learn more about Malcolm on his website or follow him on Twitter.

Resources:

* Malcolm’s article on “Goal Allowing”

* “Feral free agent chat” withvisakan veerasamyand others

* Malcolm’s thread on the “do nothing” meditation

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