Parallax Talk: Deep Future - Part 1, with Daniel Schmachtenberger & Alexander Bard
Daniel Schmachtenberger & Alexander Bard in dialogue, hosted by Tom Amarque
Where are we in this 'time between worlds', and what are the possible and probably outcomes of our current trajectories. We are facing a crisis, while at the same time out institutions do not seem fit or able to solve these problems. At the same time, our myths and narratives don´t work anymore, the postmodern policies of deconstruction have for better or worse - negated our way of reducing complexity. Is the west going to fall, as Oswald Sprengler once put it? Is the chaos going to increase till we find a new way of life? Or is it as it ever was, men struggling to find meaning in a complex world? Can digital provide us with the means to reconstruct the myth and narrative?
Daniel Schmachtenberger is a social philosopher and founding member of The Consilience Project, aimed at improving public sensemaking and dialogue.
Alexander Bard is a philosopher, author of numerous books (“Digital Libido”) Swedish musician, author, lecturer, artist, songwriter, music producer, TV personality, religious and political activist, and one of the founders of the Syntheist religious movement alongside his co-author Jan Söderqvist. Bard was a member of music band Army of Lovers.
The Parallax Politics Podcast #3: Is gun control possible? (with Thaddeus Russell)
Thaddeus Russell joins the Parallax Podcast to talk about the intricacies of the gun control debate as well the future of the United States.
Thaddeus Russell is the Founder of Unregistered Academy; host of the Unregistered podcast; and author of A Renegade History of the United States. He taught history and cultural studies at Occidental College and has taught at Columbia University, Barnard College, Eugene Lang College, and the New School for Social Research. Born and raised in Berkeley, California, Russell graduated from Antioch College and received a Ph.D. in history from Columbia University. Russell has also appeared on the History Channel and The Daily Show with Jon Stewart.
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The word ‘parallax’ stems from the old greek παράλλαξις parállaxis, which means to shift the viewpoint of the observer. The name suggests psychoactive and alternative sense-making, as opposed to mainstream narratives and ideologies.
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