Kokoro: Navigating Wise Decisions Assisted by AI

For wisdom is more precious than rubies and all things that may be desired are not to be compared with it.Proverbs 8:11 KJV Many users are thrilled by the arrival of AI, while others view AI with profound trepidation. This is altogether understandable, because AI like many economically strategic technologies (from the invention of fire to […]

Collective Blindness, Risk, Resilience, Emergence

We live in an age of cascading risks which portend societies’ collapse.  In this Evolutionary Conversation we will discuss some root causes of our inability or unwillingness to discern and deal with risk, even when it is palpable, and we will explore opportunities for community and national transcendence and transformation. We will use our indifference […]

Living in Integral Cities: A conversation with Marilyn Hamilton

Dr. Marilyn Hamilton is one of the world’s most thoughtful commentators on the future of cities, and how they can become more “alive” expressing and serving the deep needs and aspirations of their inhabitants, living closer to nature. It is a timely conversation in an era of urban dystopia.

Conversation with Dr. Joseph Cambray on Emergence from Complexity

In this Evolutionary Conversation former Pacifica University President and CEO, Dr. Joseph Cambray, and Julian Gresser, explore the theory of emergence in helping communities like Santa Barbara foresee, manage, and then thrive when facing complex adaptive challenges. Joseph Cambray Synchronicity—Nature and Psyche in an Interconnected World (2012) Synchronicity and Emergence Altered States, Intelligences, and Oracles: Re-visioning […]