What's the Biggest Change?

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Garry Larkman: If we could arrive at a vision of the world that can't allow for something other than material, physical reality to enter into it, that would be an enormous change. He says there is more and more movement among scientists to recognize that this materialist picture doesn't cover all the basis in panpsychism. Garry larkman: I like the sort of a, the suggestion of what we can do as individuals as well. And don't forget to join me again next week.

Gary Lachman is a writer and philosopher, whose work focuses on human imagination and the history of occult ideas. In this episode we discuss:

- Moving between the rational and the imaginative modes of consciousness - The rise of meme magic in politics and how Trump, Putin others have used it - How to make sense of a world dominated by philosophies of nihilism

We also discuss Gary’s experience in the rock band Blondie in the mid 70s, how the internet shapes reality and the history of some of the most important ideas about consciousness.