The podcast delves into topics such as indigenous complexity, human domestication, cultural narcissism, value in ordeal, indigenous instinct, civilization, growth paradigms, myths, language, race, collapse, violence, human potential, yarning, and indigenous knowledge. Tyson Yunkaporta, a member of the Apalech Clan, provides thought-provoking insights on the contemporary scene through complexity science and his Indigenous Australian culture.
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Mobile Phones in Aboriginal Communities
Aboriginal adults learned literacy rapidly through mobile phones because texting required reading and writing.
However, mobile phones also disrupted cognition and social connection, revealing mixed impacts.
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Civilization's Growth Imperative
Civilization is defined by the necessity for constant growth, which leads to collapse if growth stops.
This growth paradigm denies physical limits and contrasts with indigenous concepts of sustainable increase.
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Dolphins and Whales in Culture
Aboriginal people call dolphins to help fish and share the catch with them.
Whales beaching are seen as bringing spirit children to be born, a ritual connection to the sea.
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Tyson Yunkaporta talks to Jim about his Apalech Clan, human domestication, connected bioregions, cultural narcissism, value in ordeal, indigenous instinct, and much more...
An important new thinker only comes around every few years. Tyson Yunkaport is that thinker right now. We talk about his amazing new book, Sand Talk, in which he looks at the meta-crisis of our contemporary scene through the dual lenses of complexity science and his Indigenous Australian culture. We talk about: his Apalech Clan & personal background, impacts of smartphones, defining civilization, growth vs increase paradigms, managing change via myths & norms, contextual dynamics of pronouns, the interconnection of culture & bioregions, language & cognition, the impermanent nature of race, collapse, the great filter theory, dangers of cultural narcissism & the value of facing ordeal, crime & punishment, safety vs protection, the value of conflict & violence, human domestication via civilization, relationality vs fight & flight, human potential, 'the art of yarning' & stories as maps, our indigenous instincts, and more.
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Tyson's book, Sand Talk
Robin Hanson's JRS Episode
Part 2: Tyson on Indigenous Knowledge
Tyson Yunkaporta is an academic, an arts critic, and a researcher who is a member of the Apalech Clan in far north Queensland. He carves traditional tools and weapons and also works as a senior lecturer in Indigenous Knowledges at Deakin University in Melbourne. He lives in Melbourne and is the author of Sand Talk: How Indigenous Thinking Can Save the World.
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