Parallax

Tom and Andrew ramble about the barbarians at the gate.

or: How to undress Postmodernism.

Marc Gafni and Bonnitta Roy discuss the importance of deep conversations and idea exchange in cosmoerotic humanism. They explore lineage and emergence, delving into various interpretations and the need for better articulation. Finding common ground and a new story of value is crucial in addressing existential risks. They celebrate David Ray Griffin's work and discuss the concept of free energy. The urgency of erasing lines of separation and engaging in face-to-face dialogues is emphasized.

Tom and Andrew ramble about way more successful podcasts.

In many ways, our understanding of and our relationship to our future forms and shapes us. Yet there is a subtle feeling that this relationship with the future itself is currently changing. We are collectively confronted with a lot of problems that are already here or are approaching us fast from a horizon before us, And yet we know that we can´t solve these problems with the current mindset. We don´t even know if our collective framing of that horizon and the events that we are anticipating, is the best one. Nora Bateson is an award-winning filmmaker, writer and educator, as well as President of the International Bateson Institute, based in Sweden. Her work asks the question “How we can improve our perception of the complexity we live within, so we may improve our interaction with the world?” She just publishes her wonderful new book 'Combining', which is an embodiment of her recent work on Warm Data and offers a radical ecological approach to many of the key issues of our time: climate change, political upheaval, education, health, food and relationships. Susanne Cook-Greuter is internationally known as the leading expert in mature ego development and self-actualization. She does ongoing research and development and is outher of the book "Postautonomous Ego Development: A Study of Its Nature and Measurement"

Talking about 'Killers of the Flower Moon' without talking about it

Tom and Andrew discuss determinism vs free will, nostalgia for a top-down worldview, religiosity among hyper-rationalists, the limitations of science and religion, transcendental experiences, and reflections on podcasting and artistic choices.

Taylor Swift got send into heaven, Libido got transformed into Mortido, and Israel became the woman

The beginning of a series with Bonnitta Roy, exploring metaphysics and transcendental emergentism—and other ideas circling around Alexander's new book Process and Event. Subscribe to our Substack: https://parallax.substack.com/ Parallax Events: https://parallax-media.eu/parallax-academy-calendar Parallax Academy: https://parallax-media.eu/curriculum Membership: https://parallax-media.eu/parallax-academy-calendar Bonnitta is a visioneer, insight guide and horse whisperer. Her work is deeply embodied and grounded, and over the last several years, she's shown us how to trust the intelligence of life again. She is founder of Alderlore Insight Center and curates wickedly provocative and seriously surprising conversations at The Pop-UP School: https://bonnittaroy.substack.com/,; https://a.co/d/4ZLYDnuLinks: Alexander Bard's Books: Process and Event, (2023)The Futurica Trilogy (2012) Syntheism – Creating God in the Internet Age (2014) Digital Libido - Sex, power and violence in the network society (2017)

New Courses at Parallax: https://parallax-media.eu/courses/og-rose-look-at-the-birds-of-the-air https://parallax-media.eu/courses/the-hard-way-with-luke-behncke Subscribe to our Substack: https://parallax.substack.com/ Parallax Events: https://parallax-media.eu/parallax-academy-calendar Parallax Academy: https://parallax-media.eu/curriculum Membership: https://parallax-media.eu/parallax-academy-calendar A finalist for the UNO Press Lab Prize and Pushcart Nominee, O.G. Rose’s creative works appear at The Write Launch, Allegory Ridge, Ponder Review, Iowa Review online, The William and Mary Review, Assure Press, Toho Journal online, O:JA&L, West Trade Review, Broken Pencil, Burningword, and Poydras Review. While at the University of Virginia, O.G. Rose worked collaboratively with other artists at Eunoia, a creative community Rose helped develop. Rose now lives on a farm with three children, manages a venue named Mead Lake Lodge, and teaches piano using visuals from the DLG Pattern Method. Their published books include The Conflict of Mind (2021), Thoughts (2022), and Belonging Again: Part 1 (2023). A conversation with Daniel Gardner of O.G. Rose and Cadell Last about the new course coming up at Parallax and the difference between planning and being prepared. A rich philosophical discussion. "Cadell Last is an anthropologist, philosopher and therapist focused on biocultural evolution, mind-matter relation and future speculations. He earned his PhD in interdisciplinary and complexity studies at the Evolution, Cognition and Complexity group at the Vrije Universiteit Brussel. He is also the author of over a dozen academic publications and several books: Global Brain Singularity and Sex, Masculinity, and God. He is the founder of The Philosophy Portal.