Breaking Out of Consensus Trance
New Thinking Allowed
Breaking Out of Consensus Trance– New Thinking Allowed At a deep level we are all to some extent or another in a Consensus Trance, believing that we are separate, disconnected from Nature, and alone. I call this the “Separation Hypothesis.” The following two koans are part of a body of Zen practice designed to shake […]
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 […]
Julian Gresser at Chaucers Books on “How the Leopard Changed Its Spots
Julian Gresser talks about his book at Chaucer’s Books in Santa Barbara on “How the Leopard Changed Its Spots” 7/30/24. With special guest Craig Lewis, the founder and CEO of The Clean Coalition –https://clean-coalition.org/craig-lewis/
The HLA Hart Memorial Lecture at Oxford
References contributed by Anthony Slingsby, Esq. Retired Solicitor, London, Portugal The HLA Hart Memorial Lecture at Oxford Thursday, 16 May 2024, given by Professor Anita L Allen, Henry R Silverman Professor of Law and Professor of Philosophy at the University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School, on the subject “Unconditional Love, Some Implications for the Law.” Abstract As […]
Humanitarian and Anthropomorphic Aspect of AI
Women Leaders in a New World Order:
Ambassador Akiko Yamanaka
and Professor Patricia Bader-Johnston
Women Leaders in a New World Order Ambassador Akiko Yamanaka, Professor Patricia Bader-Johnston, and Julian Gresser Key Questions: Question # 1: Based on your research and direct personal experience—and I believe you met with and personally became acquainted, and in some cases friends, with these women leaders– what do you see as the essential qualities of character […]
Evolutionary Course: Building Regenerative Careers in the Fourth Sector Economy (Coming March 2024)
What if you can realize your soul’s work and be paid for it? Gallup estimates in 2022 that the loss in productivity to the world from people disengaged from work at $ 7.8 trillion. And this number likely greatly underestimates the added costs of life threatening illnesses, depression, addiction, and suicide—all stemming from disenchantment with […]
Building Personal Resilience and Interdependence in a World of Chaos with Julian Gresser
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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.