Parallax

Bard queries Pickerill and Sweeny about the wonderous practice lineages of Tantric Buddhism and Crazy Wisdom Masters.

Niklas Limacher joins the pod to talk about new ways to handle old problems

Will AI replace our elders?

Max Borders, author and advocate for open-source law, discusses spirituality, activism, and the Grey Tribe with Sweeny and Bard. They explore the role of soldier monks in preserving knowledge, the intersection of gender and spirituality, and the deep connection between spirituality and sexuality.

Tom and Andrew continue their discussion of religion, philosophy and psychology

Dr. Marc Gafni discusses the Tree of Life and Hebrew Kabbalah, rewriting the present epoch's source code to create a new story. Topics include radical interpretations, Love or Die stakes, and the CosmoErotic Humanism concept with First Principles and Values.

John Vervaeke and Christopher Mastropietro discuss exploring the philosophical Silk Road, creating a meaningful passage between religions, delving into diverse philosophies, universal salvation, and the profound nature of unaccountable love and grace. They touch on the essence of Christianity, navigating cultural challenges, embracing mystery, and the interconnectedness of philosophy, wisdom, and love.

Tom and Andrew ramble also about Nietzsche and limp-d*ck approaches to the meta-crisis

Tom and Andrew ramble about various aspects of alcohol

Why are we so depressed in the digital age? A deep discussion about what Roberto Palacio calls the age of anxiety? Roberto Palacio (1967), MPhil., Colombian philosopher and essayist. JAICA Scholar (Government of Japan, University of Tsukuba). For more than two decades he has worked in academic philosophy, in the fields of human ethology and the philosophy of language at the Universidad de los Andes, before building a career as an essayist and popular philosopher through his organization Seminarios La Vida Examinada. He is a contributor to the Los Angeles Review of Books, Philosophical Salon, El Malpensante magazine and Arcadia among others. Since 2019 Palacio has belonged to the Intellectual Deep Web global network of thinkers and popular philosophers, run by the Swedish philosopher Alexander Bard. At FILBO 2023, he released La era de la ansiedad through the Ariel imprint of Planeta publishers; this work reflects on the possibility of overcoming the anxiety of our times through philosophical reflection. Links: The Age of Anxiety: https://www.amazon.com/era-ansiedad-ROBERTO-PALACIO/dp/9878318613 Parallax Mighty Networks: https://parallax-media-network.mn.co/share/RnBBvEYInToDBG2P?utm_source=manual Parallax Academy: https://www.parallax-media.com/2024-courses-and-events Membership and Donation: https://parallax-media.eu/parallax-academy-calendar 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)