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Inventor and engineer charles kedtering once said, a problem well stated is a problem half solved. What if stating the problem in this way, as a problem with our problem solving makes it, as charles kettering said, half solved? And here with us to explore how we might, let's say, solve the problem with problem solving, is my dear friend and mentor, daniel schmochdenberger. Daniel is focused on the ways of improving the health and development of individuals and society for the purpose of creating a more virtuous relationship between the two. The podcast club will be on friday july ninth.

We’ve explored many different problems on Your Undivided Attention — addiction, disinformation, polarization, climate change, and more. But what if many of these problems are actually symptoms of the same meta-problem, or meta-crisis? And what if a key leverage point for intervening in this meta-crisis is improving our collective capacity to problem-solve?

Our guest Daniel Schmachtenberger guides us through his vision for a new form of global coordination to help us address our global existential challenges. Daniel is a founding member of the Consilience Project, aimed at facilitating new forms of collective intelligence and governance to strengthen open societies. He's also a friend and mentor of Tristan Harris.

This insight-packed episode introduces key frames we look forward to using in future episodes. For this reason, we highly encourage you to listen to this edited version along with the unedited version.

We also invite you to join Daniel and Tristan at our Podcast Club! It will be on Friday, July 9th from 2-3:30pm PDT / 5-6:30pm EDT. Check here for details.