#47 - The Mass Manipulation of Attention

* Why is advertising inherently corrupted, and what are some alternatives?

* How do we create We-spaces that reduce the degree that we delude ourselves?

* Steelmanning modernism, postmodernism & metamodernism.

* Core insights of the metamodern approach to politics & a summary of Hanzi Freinacht’s Listening Society

* Supporting the internal needs of everyone in society

* Mass manipulation of people’s attention on social media

* the importance of reaching global empathy

* How can we act from our core values in deeper and more profound ways?

* Wisdom = overcoming fear

* Most of the evil in the world is a byproduct of insecurity and fear.

* What is wisdom?

* and how it relates to integrity

* congruence with one’s deepest values and not easily be swayed by bullshit

* as self-knowledge

* wisdom as the degree to which one can reconcile their conflicting identities

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