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Full Jordan Peterson Interview: Sam Harris, the Intellectual Dark Web & the crisis of the left
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Featuring John Vervaeke, Ayishat Akanbi, Daniel Schmachtenberger, Adriana Forte and Nick Shore, with 150 people in person and 150 tuning in online from 40 countries. Covering some of the main themes we’ve explored on the channel through different talks and practices, we also hosted the first live conversation between Daniel Schmachtenberger and John Vervaeke. It was quite something, and we’ve left it uncut in this film so you can enjoy it.
You can read about what we’re doing next and how to follow our new projects on this Substack post: rebelwisdom.substack.com/p/the-end-of-rebel-wisdom-and-whats
From both of us, a huge thank you for all your support over the years.
Steve's work, Aletheia Coaching, has been welcomed and embraced by the likes of John Vervaeke and others in what's been described as the Liminal Web, as it consciously addresses what's called the Meaning Crisis or Meta Crisis.
This film is released at the same time as a short course with Steve to learn the basics of the Unfolding method, which teaches a powerful new approach to development known as 'unfoldment'.
You'll learn:
- How to attune to yourself, others, and the world in a way that promotes deeper connection and purpose.
- Practices to help you deeply participate in your present-moment experience
- Techniques and practices to help you create unfolding partnerships with others
To find out more, check here: rebelwisdom.co.uk/courses/unfolding
In this conversation with Rebel Wisdom's David Fuller he talks about how our current culture's domination by a 'left brain', reductionistic, materialist and literalist perspective had reached crisis point.
He explains how this is manifesting as a 'war on reality', and a series of attacks on free speech.
Iain's work can be found here: channelmcgilchrist.com
In this conversation with Rebel Wisdom's David Fuller they talk about the contribution of black American music, misconceptions about race in the US and a new way to think about the concept of 'cultural appropriation'.
Greg Thomas is CEO of the Jazz Leadership Project, and a writer, teacher, and entrepreneur. Greg has written about culture, race, and democratic life in publications ranging from the Village Voice, Integral Life, New Republic, Salon, UPTOWN, The Root, the Guardian Observer, and the New York Daily News—as jazz columnist.
Later this month he is co-facilitating an event, "Resolving the Race-ism Dilemma," on Sept. 24th. More details here: eventcreate.com/e/resolvingracism
This was the topic I explored with two fascinating women recently, Schuyler Brown and Samantha Sweetwater.
Check out Schuyler's work here, 'The Art of Emergence': artofemergence.com
And Samantha here: samanthasweetwater.com
But there has been less attention on how this new landscape also affects creators, through factors like audience capture and feedback loops that distort truth seeking.
Tristan Harris is the director of the Centre for Humane Technology, trying to re-envision a healthier relationship with the technological tools we are using: humanetech.com
These are the questions Daniel Schmachtenberger is laying out in a new two part series on Rebel Wisdom, called 'In Search of the Third Attractor'.
As he describes it, the power of ever increasing technological capacity (exponential tech) means that both destructive and creative capacities are increasing exponentially. Two of the most likely outcomes (attractors) are either some kind of chaotic breakdown, or the development of powerful control systems in response, oppressive authoritarian control.
Given this, what does a third option, a 'third attractor' look like?
Daniel will be speaking at the Rebel Wisdom festival, 'the Last Campfire' in London on November 5th. To check it out and buy tickets, go to: tickettailor.com/events/rebelwisdom/718672
To find out more about the topics Daniel is discussing, check out his work on civilisation, at Civilization Emerging: civilizationemerging.com
And for more on his work around the Sensemaking crisis, check out the Consilience Project: consilienceproject.org
TIMECODES:
UNDERSTANDING THE PROBLEM: 00:00:00
BENEVOLENT DICTATORSHIP DOESN'T WORK: 00:06:21
HYPER AGENTS: 00:15:06
GREAT GAME OF POWER: 00:26:55
EGREGORES: 00:34:38
TECHNOLOGY & ETHICS: 00:42:50
TECHNOLOGY CHANGES SOCIETY: 00:49:45
INFRASTRUCTURE, SOCIAL STRUCTURE, SUPERSTRUCTURE: 00:59:49
WISDOM OF GODS: 01:13:14
EDUCATION: 01:30:40
CLOSING THOUGHTS: 01:42:08
These are the questions Daniel Schmachtenberger is laying out in a new two part series on Rebel Wisdom, called 'In Search of the Third Attractor'.
As he describes it, the power of ever increasing technological capacity (exponential tech) means that both destructive and creative capacities are increasing exponentially. Two of the most likely outcomes (attractors) are either some kind of chaotic breakdown, or the development of powerful control systems in response, oppressive authoritarian control.
Given this, what does a third option, a 'third attractor' look like?
Daniel will be speaking at the Rebel Wisdom festival, 'the Last Campfire' in London on November 5th. To check it out and buy tickets, go to: tickettailor.com/events/rebelwisdom/718672
To find out more about the topics Daniel is discussing, check out his work on civilisation, at Civilization Emerging: civilizationemerging.com
And for more on his work around the Sensemaking crisis, check out the Consilience Project: consilienceproject.org
Timecodes:
INTRODUCTION: 00:00:00
SENSEMAKING: 00:02:10
THE TWO ATTRACTORS: 00:06:09
EXISTENTIAL HOPE?: 00:09:01
INTERCONNECTEDNESS: 00:14:33
FAILURES OF ACTIVISM: 00:18:33
CATASTROPHIC RISK: 00:25:08
THE POST WW2 SYSTEM: 00:38:40
EXPONENTIAL DESTRUCTIVE TECHNOLOGY: 00:45:02
NEAR-TERM RISKS: 00:50:48
THE ENERGY TRAP: 00:58:10
PERVERSE INCENTIVES: 01:03:54
PRIVATE GAINS, EXTERNAL LOSSES: 01:09:38
BIOTECH RISKS: 01:14:13
ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE: 01:19:29
MULTIPOLAR TRAPS: 01:29:03
CORPORATIONS VERSUS INDIVIDUALS: 01:46:54
NEW GOVERNANCE SYSTEMS: 01:53:27
NETWORK DYNAMICS: 01:58:41
SOLVING MULTI-POLAR TRAPS?: 02:06:51
CENTRALISING POWER: 02:17:47
COLLECTIVE INTELLIGENCE: 02:33:00
Luke Burgis has just written a book about Girard's work called 'Wanting, the Power of Memetic Desire in Everyday Life': lukeburgis.com/wanting
He joined us to introduce this fascinating thinker and to answer RW members' questions about why this work is so significant now.
In it John and Jonathan reflect on the recent ‘War on Reality’ piece with Paul Kingsnorth and Mary Harrington: youtu.be/x4kms2jkKbA
They ask whether we have replaced virtue with value. They also take a turn into the question of the occult, where Jonathan and John talk about whether concepts such as ‘demons’ can be explained as independently existing patterns of reality.
Very grateful to Dan Hammond for the audio mix.
Layman Pascal believes we're not paying enough attention to the irrational, the realms of the imaginal and the occult.
"Layman Pascal was incarnated on a remote island in the Pacific Northwest. He used to be a meditation teacher, yoga instructor & public speaker — but he's feeling much better now."
He is one of the hosts of the podcast The Integral Stage: youtube.com/channel/UCaA4zkLRnR3lGm8Y7c5Tvdw
This is released shortly after a recent Substack piece by David Fuller called 'What Happened to Jordan Peterson?': rebelwisdom.substack.com/p/what-happened-to-jordan-peterson
Ken Wilber is the creator of Integral theory, it attempts to place a wide diversity of theories and models into one single framework. The basis is a "spectrum of consciousness," from archaic consciousness to ultimate spirit, presented as a developmental model.
Very grateful to Dan Hammond for the audio mix.
This is a follow up to conversations we recorded back in 2019, which were published as:
Ken Wilber: 'Jordan Peterson and the evolution of thought': youtube.com/watch?v=bDjCnFvz11A
Ken Wilber: The Intellectual Dark Web, an Integral Conversation? youtube.com/watch?v=U2XK812tSmM
Zubin first came to my attention with a viral video at the start of 2020 where he channelled some righteous anger at the medical establishment's response to the pandemic, and said he hoped that the crisis would be the trigger to “burn this broken system to the ground”. For years he's been arguing for a significant change to the medical system, away from treating people as interchangeable parts in a machine and towards a more holistic vision of what he calls Health 3.0.
During the pandemic we compared notes on what we were seeing, through shared frameworks like Ken Wilber's Integral Theory and Jonathan Haidt's “moral tastebuds”. He argues for nuance and complexity, and dubs his political perspective as “alt-middle”.
0:00 - The Pandemic & the Information Ecology
04:02 - Zubin & Health Care 3.0
08:09 - The USP of Rebel Wisdom, curating a conversation
10:09 - The pandemic was a stress test that we failed
14:03 - The internet leaking out into the real world
16:37 - The religiosity of the Covid debate
19:53 - The rise in conspiracy narratives
22:56 - Questioning our own thinking
29:33 - Public intellectuals going off the rails
32:48 - The hermeneutics of suspicion
39:00 - A culture of bullshit
44:14 - Conspiracies thrive in the gaps of the mainstream
46:31 - The pre/trans of the insurgency after 2018
53:34 - Paradox of being outside the institutions - audience capture
58:27 - Warping effects of the tech platforms accelerated on creators
01:00:37 - Attention hijack as opposite of mindfulness
01:02:41 - The tragic arc of Jordan Peterson
01:06:55 - The return of the repressed
01:14:14 - The return of psychedelic medicine
01:18:57 - The limitations of psychedelics
01:22:51 - Meditation & Awakening
01:29:36 - Ayahuasca
01:32:14 - Culture War 2.0 & the memetic tribes
01:43:06 - Post Pandemic Awakening
01:46:39 - The English Taboo Against Earnestness
01:49:30 - Mutual Appreciation Society
The Rebel Wisdom project is coming to an end, hoping to go out with a bang in November, with a plan to pollinate as many projects and spread the ideas and practices as widely as possible before then. Full outline in this video, and more details in the accompanying Substack newsletter: rebelwisdom.substack.com/p/rebel-wisdom-join-us-for-the-final
Our last event will be a wrapup in London with some of our favourite guests including Daniel Schmachtenberger and Ayishat Akanbi, with many more to come - book here: https://buytickets.at/rebelwisdom/718672
We will be hosting a live online event for our viewers to answer any questions and hear any ideas on 6th July, check out the details and register for this via the Substack newsletter.
They reflect on what each finds valuable about each other's work, the nature of the conversation that they have been part of, good and bad criticism, the nature of symbolism and much more.
It was recorded in Toronto during the making of the forthcoming Rebel Wisdom documentary about John Vervaeke's thought. Some behind the scenes pictures, and a second part of this film is available for subscribers on the Rebel Wisdom Substack: rebelwisdom.substack.com/p/dialogue-curiosity-and-wonder-a-special
This dialogue was filmed by Chris Altorf of Black & White Media: blackwhitemedia.ca/about-us
John Vervaeke's YouTube channel is here: youtube.com/channel/UCpqDUjTsof-kTNpnyWper_Q
Jonathan Pageau's work can be found here: youtube.com/channel/UCtCTSf3UwRU14nYWr_xm-dQ
Very grateful to Dan Hammond for the audio mix.
Timecodes for the conversation:
0:00 - What does Jonathan appreciate about John's work?
3:55 - What does John appreciate about Jonathan's work?
9:35 - What is the nature of the wider conversation you are both part of?
16:10 - The nature of criticism & "civility porn"
24:09 - The need to go beyond the political layer of analysis
26:19 - Paranoia fuelled by the 'Hermeneutics of Suspicion'
35:16 - Dialogue, Curiosity & Wonder
48:25 - How Symbolism breaks the frame and rewires our thinking
54:36 - A parable is to a narrative what a koan is to a question
57:35 - "I want to help people fall in love with Being again"
01:05:23 - The moral of Socrates and Alcibiades
01:12:56 - Patterns of Being; love, faith & beauty
01:21:32 - Freedom cannot be absolute
This was a special community session to talk about a topic that affects many people's lives.
The world's foremost expert on addiction, Gabor Maté kindly agreed to join this session, where we talked through the subject of addiction, and Rebel Wisdom Digital Campfire members had the opportunity to share their experience and ask questions to Gabor.
"For me, the obsession with productivity was totally tied up with this weird self-worth question. [There's] this whole notion that it's all focussed on some moment when everything's going to be alright…there's something about that feels like it's got something to do with justification and salvation, and that feels very religious to me."
Oliver is someone who has had a similar path to Rebel Wisdom’s founder David Fuller, working for the legacy media, and also very interested in personal growth, and they sat down for a wide ranging and fascinating conversation which we are releasing now as a special preview for all Rebel Wisdom subscribers.
Check out Oliver's latest book 'Four Thousand Weeks', a sobering allusion to the average human lifespan: oliverburkeman.com/books
Our new course 'Embodiment and Flow' helps you reconnect through breathwork, mindfulness, cultural embodiment, movement, rhythm and flow training. In this launch film we play clips from the course faculty - John Vervaeke, Schuyler Brown, Nicola Price, Roger Jackson, Dr. Shama Rahman and Tom Morley - as they explain different ways we can connect to our bodies and get into a state of flow.
Read more and sign up here: rebelwisdom.co.uk/courses/embodiment
Learn practical embodiment tools you can apply to your life, and to making sense of culture in a completely new way. Learn how embodiment makes it easier to tap into a flow state - that space of being 'in the zone', where time slows down and we move seamlessly with your environment, performing at the best of our abilities. Find out what your unique embodiment needs are and learn how to meet them with the support of world-class teachers and participants from around the world.
After a mid life crisis he realised that his success wasn't making him happy, and this led to a lengthy search for meaning and wisdom.
This conversation with Rebel Wisdom's David Fuller covered everything from comedy, to the nature of creativity, and the meaning of life.
They also discuss his relationship with his former flatmate and writing partner Douglas Adams, the creator of the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy.
00:00 Intro
05:17 Personal Life
11:59 Knowing Nothing
16:32 Religion & The Origin of Ideas
26:11 Quite Interesting
30:01 Depression & Focusing on the Other
38:34 Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy & Douglas Adams
45:29 Religion & Secular Rituals
54:02 Science & Spirituality
01:02:44 Intelligence, Comedy & Wisdom
01:12:01 Paradigm Shift
01:20:17 Closing
Over the years Daniel has spent a lot of time investigating alternative narratives including conspiracy, and has been critical of Rebel Wisdom in the past for not taking these seriously enough.
Alongside this conversation we are publishing a long written piece about the subject of conspiracy theories, with special focus on the recent high profile interview of Maajid Nawaz on the Joe Rogan podcast: rebelwisdom.substack.com/p/conspiracy-criticism-and-the-case?s=w
We also talk about Daniel's high profile sex scandal and 'cancellation'.
You can find Daniel's writing on his Substack here: substack.com/profile/2728693-daniel-pinchbeck
Much of the commentary online has devolved into the predictable political shouting matches, and there has been very little engagement with the key questions that this brings up about the nature of moderation, of how to create healthy dialogue and what problems Elon will have to wrestle with in taking Twitter forward.
Jim Rutt is the former head of the Santa Fe Institute, and has been involved with online communities since the birth of the internet. He believes that Elon has not fully wrestled with the problem of moderation that he will be taking on with Twitter, a view he explained in his new piece for Quillette, 'Musk & Moderation': quillette.com/2022/04/27/musk-and-moderation
This is a sometimes robust debate and disagreement with Aaron Rabinowitz, a moral philosopher and host of the Embrace the Void podcast. Aaron has spent time wrestling with these same issues, in particular in a famous experiment he ran during the Trump election of 2016 when he created a completely unmoderated discussion group, called Monster island: skeptic.org.uk/2020/10/monster-island-free-speech-experiment
Check out Jim's podcast, the Jim Rutt Show: jimruttshow.com
And Aaron's podcast Embrace the Void: voidpod.com/podcasts
Mary Harrington and Paul Kingsnorth are two of the most intriguing thinkers we’ve featured on Rebel Wisdom. Despite substantial overlap between Paul's concept of "the machine" and Mary's idea of "luxury Gnosticism", they have never been in dialogue with each other.
This was a fascinating and wide ranging conversation where Paul and Mary pushed back against the modernist fervor for transcending the limits of the natural world — they want to remind you that meatspace is not going away, and that it can be quite lovely!
Mary and Paul are returning soon to the Rebel Wisdom Digital Campfire to talk more about this topic, asking the question, 'What Do We Do?'. To join that conversation become a RW member: patreon.com/rebelwisdom
Check out Paul's newsletter 'The Abbey of Misrule': paulkingsnorth.substack.com
And Mary's work for Unherd: unherd.com/author/mary-harrington
David and Meghan talk about their shared history exploring the 'heterodox' space over the last years, and their impressions of what needs to come next.
Unspeakable podcast: theunspeakablepodcast.com
A couple of weeks ago he travelled to the UK for a series of talks - and we took the opportunity to film this excellent dialogue with the philosopher and chess grandmaster Jonathan Rowson, the co-founder of Perspectiva.
They cover a lot of ground, including John's passion for transformative speech - or dialogos, questions like the existence of God, and much more.
We had our own brilliant event with John - which is listed as a member film - and you can see by signing up for our Substack newsletter: rebelwisdom.substack.com/p/an-evening-with-john-vervaeke-live-9cd?s=w
John's YouTube channel: youtube.com/user/johnvervaeke?app=desktop
Jonathan's project, Perspectiva: systems-souls-society.com
She used to work in media in London, where she described herself then as a classic rationalist atheist and feminist. In the last few years she's moved back to Romania, become a mother, and has been exploring more traditionalist perspectives, in her life, and through the conversations on her podcast.
In this conversation with Rebel Wisdom's David Fuller we cover her recent journey, and how it mirrors many others making the turn from rationalist to traditionalist, and what that says about the cultural time we find ourselves in.
Alex's Subversive podcast: alexkaschuta.com/subversive-podcast
Together with co-host, psychologist Matt Browne, they analyse the methods and messages of what they've described as 'secular gurus'.
This is an important conversation, about the necessity of criticism, of what counts as good and bad faith, and how truth seeking gets warped.
It's a controversial project for many, and in this conversation, Rebel Wisdom's David Fuller puts many of those criticisms to Chris directly.
Alongside this video, David Fuller has written a detailed and exhaustive analysis on Substack, highly recommended to read: rebelwisdom.substack.com/p/decoding-the-gurus-and-the-necessity?r=ye9pq&s=w&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web
Also referenced in the conversation are:
An earlier recording with Chris 'Criticising the IDW': youtube.com/watch?v=ByZCCmQVPdg
Chris's presentation of the 'Gurometer' at The Stoa: youtube.com/watch?v=_EazLoBk9gA
Peter Limberg's 'Memetic Tribes of Culture War 2.0' piece: medium.com/s/world-wide-wtf/memetic-tribes-and-culture-war-2-0-14705c43f6bb
In this conversation with Rebel Wisdom's David Fuller he talks about his emotional journey over the course of the war, and how he has struggled with the way the conflict is portrayed in some areas close to home.
It gets a bit spicy towards the end, this is the Bulwark article David mentioned regarding Trump: thebulwark.com/thank-god-trump-isnt-president-right-now-russia-putin-ukraine
In this conversation with authentic relating superstar Sara Ness we go from the personal to the cultural, asking how do we have a different kind of conversation; one that isn't about winning, but about authentic connection that takes us somewhere new.
We are launching a course with Sara starting on 5 April called 'The Art of Difficult Conversations', where we’ll give you tools to help you resolve some of the biggest communication questions of our time. For example:
“How do I even start talking about my perspectives and ideas?”
“Why does every conversation I have about current affairs turn into a fight?”
“How can I relate with people who don’t make sense to me, and don't want to hear me out?”
Check out more details on the course here: rebelwisdom.co.uk/courses/conversations
In this conversation he makes his predictions for the future, explaining how he believes we are misunderstanding Russia, how China is playing an economic long game, and the lessons from history in understanding what will happen next.
Bismarck Analysis: bismarckanalysis.com
Check out Rebel Wisdom's deep dive newsletter on Ukraine: rebelwisdom.substack.com/p/sensemaking-russia-and-ukraine-rebel?s=w
Gary Lachman is the author of the recent book 'The Return of Holy Russia: Apocalyptic History, Mystical Awakening, and the Struggle for the Soul of the World'.
In this conversation he argues that we have to understand the deep well of Russian philosophy and understand how Putin sees himself and Russia's historic mission.
They talked about how the integral map can help make sense of the responses to the pandemic, we discussed Jordan Peterson and the Intellectual Dark Web, and also responded to recent critiques of developmental thinking from the likes of Nora Bateson.
This was a dialogue and Q&A with Rebel Wisdom members in our Digital Campfire.
These questions were already brought into a heightened focus by the pandemic, and the question of accurate medical information or misinformation taking on a life or death importance. It was into that context that Rogan stepped a few weeks ago with two interviews with highly controversial medical figures, Peter McCullough and Robert Malone.
The medical question is the key one, and taps into all of the key questions about the warping of the information landscape that Rebel Wisdom has been focused on for the last few years, and it's this aspect that we recorded a conversation with the doctor and podcaster Zubin Damania (ZDoggMD).
This conversation was recorded before the recent "n-word" controversy erupted around Rogan.
This is a dialogue with the host of the Symbolic World, Jonathan Pageau, about the religious and mythological symbolism and role of sci fi.
They cover a vast amount of territory, from The Matrix to Star Trek, Elon Musk, Mark Zuckerberg - and end by predicting the next stories we'll likely see over the next years.
thesymbolicworld.com
damiengwalter.com/category/podcast
To see all our written content, check out our new Substack, where you can also find our newly released free Sensemaking Companion: rebelwisdom.substack.com
Our groundbreaking Sensemaking 101 course is starting again in February: rebelwisdom.co.uk/courses/sensemaking-101-page
In this conversation we discuss the recent history of Ukraine, what a conflict might mean for the region and the world, and whether the developmental map from disciplines like Integral theory can help illustrate what's going on.
We have just published a written piece to go alongside this interview, with more background and links, check it out on our Substack: rebelwisdom.substack.com/p/a-message-from-a-friend-in-ukraine
He works primarily with men, and has run men's groups for decades, which have years-long waiting lists to join.
He has just released a documentary based on the experience of leading men’s groups, called Make Me a Man, directed with partner Mia Hua: makemeaman.com
We are releasing this as Rebel Wisdom restarts our weekend men's retreats after a two year break for Covid, check out the details here: rebelwisdom.co.uk/retreats
We pull apart the hidden religiosity of "both sides" of the pandemic, that seems to be accelerating, even as the rapid spread of the Omicron variant brings us towards the pandemic endgame.
It features interviews with the cognitive scientist John Vervaeke, Unherd writer Mary Harrington, the author Paul Kingsnorth, emergency doctor Rocky Jedick and many more.
We have recently launched the Rebel Wisdom Substack for all our written content, and to host exclusive videos for members (just $5). The full length conversations with John, Mary & Rocky are available there for subscribers: substack.com/rebelwisdom
We are running our groundbreaking Sensemaking 101 course again in February, check the website for more details: rebelwisdom.co.uk/courses/sensemaking-101-page
Pieces referenced in the film include:
Joe Rogan with Peter McCullough: open.spotify.com/episode/0aZte37vtFTkYT7b0b04Qz?si=1f7ce5a6705b463e
Joe Rogan with Robert Malone: open.spotify.com/episode/3SCsueX2bZdbEzRtKOCEyT?si=5a8207578958440e
Breaking the Polarity Spell of the Covidiots and Covidians, Peter Limberg: thestoa.substack.com/p/breaking-the-polarity-spell-of-the
Vaccine purity has infected the West, Mary Harrington: unherd.com/2022/01/vaccine-purity-has-infected-the-west
This Vaccine Moment, Paul Kingsnorth: paulkingsnorth.substack.com/p/the-vaccine-moment-part-one
Paul Kingsnorth: Why I changed sides in the vaccine wars: youtube.com/watch?v=N_uAwsVn10Y
Covid & the Sensemaking Crisis, BJ Campbell: youtube.com/watch?v=4IjW16FCpkA
Covid could still save Boris, Freddie Sayers: unherd.com/2022/01/covid-could-still-save-boris
The Age of Breach, Alexander Beiner: medium.com/rebel-wisdom/the-age-of-breach-gamestop-wokeism-and-the-capitol-8e3ac46efaf9
Tortoise, Pfizer's War: tortoisemedia.com/audio/pfizers-war
Robert Malone goes full anti-science on Joe Rogan's podcast, Debunk the Funk: youtube.com/watch?v=xjszVOfG_wo&t=1s
Robert Malone & Peter McCullough: A litany of untruths, Decoding the Gurus: https://decoding-the-gurus.captivate.fm/episode/robert-malone-peter-mccullough-a-litany-of-untruths
No, Ivermectin Did Not Help Japan Bring Down Covid-19 Coronavirus Delta Surge, Forbes: forbes.com/sites/brucelee/2021/11/27/no-ivermectin-did-not-help-japan-bring-down-covid-19-coronavirus-delta-surge/?sh=717ea5842938
Ivermectin Didn’t Save Uttar Pradesh From Covid-19, Gideon M-K: gidmk.medium.com/ivermectin-didnt-save-uttar-pradesh-from-covid-19-17684f49d8b3
Walking the Talk on Free Speech? With Triggernometry: youtube.com/watch?v=bdGUp0y-bzc&t=1472s
00:00:00 Intro
00:00:50 The return of religion and the 'post secular'
00:04:55 The Covid Thesis vs Covid Antithesis
00:05:43 The Religiosity of the Thesis Narrative
00:08:39 The Religiosity of the Antithesis Narrative
00:14:25 Covid Synthesis?
00:16:47 What makes us intelligent leads to self-deception
00:20:24 We're all biased
00:24:48 Mary Harrington, vaccine purity codes & theology
00:33:44 The scapegoat dynamic
00:37:45 Religion, Egregores & 'Mass Formation'
00:44:53 John Vervaeke, suspicion is eating itself
00:48:45 Dialogos & the 'hermeneutics of beauty'
00:56:50 'Pfizer are shitbags'
00:58:53 Responsible heterodoxy vs conspiracy thinking
01:01:25 Making sense of Robert Malone's claims
01:10:44 An ER doctor evaluates Robert Malone, Rocky Jedick MD
01:20:00 Understanding the red flags
01:27:14 Our broken information landscape
01:32:07 Understanding motivation vs ad hominem
01:35:42 Epistemic humility & holding perspectives
01:43:44 The 'uncanny valley' of truth seeking
01:51:00 The incentive landscape for the antithesis, Paul Kingsnorth
01:57:49 The ethics of alternative media
02:06:23 Truth as a sacred value
In Woke Racism, McWhorter outlines the workings of what he believes is a new religion, from the original sin of “white privilege” and the weaponization of cancel culture to ban heretics, to the evangelical fervor of the “woke mob.” He shows how this religion that claims to “dismantle racist structures” is actually harming his fellow Black Americans by infantilizing Black people, setting Black students up for failure, and passing policies that disproportionately damage Black communities. The new religion might be called “antiracism,” but it features a racial essentialism that’s barely distinguishable from racist arguments of the past.
This was a conversation in Rebel Wisdom's Digital Campfire, to join conversations like this, sign up as a Rebel Wisdom member: patreon.com/rebelwisdom
BJ Campbell is the creator of the Handwaving Freakoutery blog, focused on the crisis of finding truth, or Sensemaking.
In this conversation with David Fuller he explains his perspective on how the nature of social media has created hive minds, or 'Egregores' that are competing for space in the attention economy.
Handwaving Freakoutery Blog: hwfo.substack.com
Rebel Wisdom is running our groundbreaking Sensemaking 101 course again in February 2022, with practices and techniques for better sensemaking, and live sessions from faculty including John Vervaeke, Diane Musho Hamilton, Sara Ness & Daniel Schmachtenberger.
See more here: rebelwisdom.co.uk/courses/sensemaking-101-page
We are running a course with Prema beginning in January 2022, it will be five deep sessions around different holding patterns and character structures. To find out more about it and to sign up, check out: rebelwisdom.co.uk/courses/breathwork
William Eden is a biotech and healthcare expert who has been paying close attention to the progress of the pandemic from many different angles.
He recently posted a viral Twitter thread on the topic: twitter.com/WilliamAEden/status/1470271294398558210
In this conversation with Rebel Wisdom's David Fuller they cover how the pandemic became politicised, how the authorities have been slow to adapt, and how the mandates are likely to backfire.
To join conversations and practice sessions with some of the world's top facilitators, check out becoming a Rebel Wisdom member: rebelwisdom.co.uk/campfire-events
We're running our groundbreaking course in better Sensemaking, with guest faculty including John Vervaeke, Sara Ness, Diane Musho Hamilton and Daniel Schmachtenberger, starting in February 2022, fond out more and join here: rebelwisdom.co.uk/courses/sensemaking-101-page
We've also just created a new self-study course called Essential Philosophy for Modern Life with Jules Evans. This looks at hot topics like Cancel Culture & Free Speech, or Identity, through a lens of the great philosophers of the past, find out more here: rebelwisdom.co.uk/courses/essential-philosophy-for-modern-life
The Sensemaking Companion introduction film is listed on our new home on Substack: rebelwisdom.substack.com/p/our-christmas-gift-to-you-the-sensemaking
Register your email address to be sent the full version when it's live by going to rebelwisdom.co.uk/courses
We're now hosting all our exclusive member content there, and there's a library of around 100 films - including our brilliant recent conversation with John McWhorter - and also talks with people like Iain McGilchrist, John Vervaeke, Ayishat Akanbi, Nora Bateson, Jamie Wheal - all the sessions from our festivals, unseen behind the scenes material with Jordan Peterson and more.
If you are already a member - we've registered you already and given you access, so don't worry. If you'd like to join us however - come and check it out.
In this conversation with David Fuller they discuss which conversations are still difficult to have in the mainstream, where the concept of the IDW succeeded and where it failed, and more.
In the age of psychedelic capitalism, with pharma and wellness companies driving the narrative, this piece explores what it would take for an experience of the sacred to overcome market forces and change our cultural operating system.
An essay accompanies this film. Read 'The Psychedelic Trojan Horse' on our Substack: rebelwisdom.substack.com/p/the-psychedelic-trojan-horse?r=ye9pq&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web
Join us for a live with Jamie Wheal and other guests in the film by become a Rebel Wisdom Member on www.rebelwisdom.co.uk/plans
Earlybird tickets for our next Sensemaking 101 online course are now available - read more on www.rebelwisdom.co.uk/sensemaking101
Jordan Hall is a tech entrepreneur and Deep Code analyst, who has been deeply involved in what is now being called Web1, the early garage innovators who created the early internet, and also Web2, when cyberspace was colonised by the the new monoliths like Google, Facebook and Apple. He's deeply invested in the success of Web3.
In this conversation with Rebel Wisdom, Jordan discusses the possible trajectory of Web3, how well developed the space is, and also the problems that are becoming ever more apparent. In particular how the early hopes that Web3 might be able to find tech solutions to the eternal problems of human beings coordinating together, seem to be failing.
We will be hosting an open discussion on Web3 and the questions raised by this conversation on Tuesday December 21st, this will be open to all, register here to take part: us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZ0sc-mpqj4qE9XG61uH1sGi5KBUeICxwGcz
Overview:
0:00 Introduction
4:07 Topic overview
5:31 What is Web3?
17:35 Web3 vs Web2
29:07 Is Web3 just utopian hype?
40:50 AI and ethics
46:37 Can tech help prevent a grim future?
58:59 Is Web3 not ready to go mainstream?
1:07:19 Will Web3 end in disappointment like Web1?
1:11:31 Naive utopianism
In this conversation with Rebel Wisdom's David Fuller he talked about how technology was starting to play an almost religious role in our lives, how the rise of tech was a fundamental challenge to democracy, and about his famous run in with Alex Jones.
Missing Cryptoqueen podcast: bbc.co.uk/programmes/p07nkd84/episodes/downloads
To join conversations in our Digital Campfire check out our upcoming events and membership options here: rebelwisdom.co.uk/campfire-events
A former pagan - and long time environmentalist - a couple of years ago he had a completely unexpected conversion to Christianity, which he outlined in his fascinating piece The Cross and the Machine: firstthings.com/article/2021/06/the-cross-and-the-machine
In this conversation in Rebel Wisdom's Digital Campfire we discussed his journey, and reflected on the deep Christian story that we're all immersed in in the west - and if it's even possible to move outside it?
To join conversations like this, check out our membership options: rebelwisdom.co.uk/plans
Check out Paul's newsletter, The Abbey of Misrule: paulkingsnorth.substack.com
A few days ago saw the release of an eight hour fly-on-the-wall documentary 'Get Back', made by Lord of the Rings director Peter Jackson. It shows some of their last sessions as they put together the album 'Let it Be', and culminated in their famous rooftop concert.
Erik Davis is the foremost historian of the counterculture, and Anderson Todd works in the Wisdom and Consciousness Lab at Toronto University. In this epic conversational riff they examine what was captured in The Beatles' music and why it resonates today.
This conversation was recorded in the Rebel Wisdom Digital Campfire. To join conversations like this check out our upcoming events: rebelwisdom.co.uk/campfire-events
Check out Erik's newsletter, The Burning Shore: techgnosis.com/discover-burning-shore
Video Overview:
0:00 Introduction
3:19 Thoughts on the new Beatles film
8:12 Yoko Ono
10:46 Why have The Beatles remained relevant?
40:31 Is our culture stuck?
01:01:49 Could a band today have the same level of impact as The Beatles?
01:06:09 The Beatles and West Coast counterculture
01:10:46 Who is your favourite Beatle?
01:13:12 The Beatles and The Grateful Dead
01:15:42 Emotional reactions while watching the new film
01:24:18 Conclusion
But 50 years into the war on drugs, is widespread legalisation a real possibility? In this film Alexander Beiner speaks with three experts to find out. Professor David Nutt heads up Drug Science, the UK’s leading independent body on drugs. Crispin Blunt is a British Member of Parliament campaigning to reschedule psilocybin. Tom Eckert co-led the campaign to successfully legalise psilocybin therapy in Oregon, providing a model for how legalisation campaigns of the might look.
Become a Rebel Wisdom member to join practice sessions, live Q&A's and more on www.patreon.com/rebelwisdom
Learn more about Drug Science on drugscience.org.uk
Find out more about the Conservative Drug Policy Reform Group on cdprg.co.uk
In this Showcase he'll explain why he's come to this conclusion, and why this age-old debate in philosophy can help us make sense of everything from how we practice science to how we navigate the meaning crisis.
Check out Bernardo's work on bernardokastrup.com
Follow him on Twitter @bernardokastrup
Participate in conversations like this in our Digital Campfire by becoming a Rebel Wisdom member on patreon.com/rebelwisdom
He argues that we have become enslaved to an account of things dominated by a partial view dominated by the brain’s left hemisphere, one that blinds us to an awe-inspiring reality that is all around us, had we but eyes to see it. He suggests that in order to understand ourselves and the world we need science and intuition, reason and imagination, not just one or two. When we do, we tap into an understanding that is both profound and beautiful, in line with the deepest traditions of human wisdom.
Dr. Iain McGilchrist is a psychiatrist, philosopher and literary scholar. He is a Quondam Fellow of All Souls College, Oxford, a Fellow of the Royal College of Psychiatrists and of the Royal Society of Arts, as well as a former Clinical Director of the Bethlem Royal & Maudsley Hospital, London. With a gift for synthesising neuroscience, culture and philosophy, his thought has provided essential frames for making sense of the times we live in and proved particularly influential on Rebel Wisdom over the years.
Video Overview:
0:00 Introduction
4:27 New book 'The Matter with Things'
15:17 Previous book, 'The Master and His Emissary'
30:45 What is true?
39:09 What is mind?
47:36 The sense of the sacred
52:38 Opposites
59:55 Is polarisation bad or necessary?
1:07:55 Is the world getting better or worse?
1:12:23 The God question
1:17:48 The sacred and the quantum
1:20:13 Lessons to take from the new book
1:29:35 Closing