In this final episode of the Tantra series, Bard talks about the need for a new theology or grand narrative in the face of the internet Tsunami.    Links to books by Alexander Bard  with Jan Söderqvist: The Futurica Trilogy (2012)Syntheism – Creating God in the Internet Age (2014)Digital Libido – Sex, power and violence […]

In this final episode of the Tantra series, Bard talks about the need for a new theology or grand narrative in the face of the internet Tsunami.    Links to books by Alexander Bard  with Jan Söderqvist: The Futurica Trilogy (2012) Syntheism – Creating God in the Internet Age (2014) Digital Libido – Sex, power

Some notes on topics covered: a facebook supernova, credibility vs marketing, a culture of mutual admiration, the beauty of asymmetry, dialectics of theism and non-theism, ‘God is the skulls of all the dead shamans’, science the story you tell in the morning, mythology n the evening, ‘never to strive for perfection,’ the terrible ideas of

Some notes on topics covered: a facebook supernova, credibility vs marketing, a culture of mutual admiration, the beauty of asymmetry, dialectics of theism and non-theism, ‘God is the skulls of all the dead shamans’, science the story you tell in the morning, mythology n the evening, ‘never to strive for perfection,’ the terrible ideas of

This is a wide ranging discussion about the need for mercy and eccentricity in the age of social media witch hunts.  We talk about how ugly perfection is in politics, art, and all aspects of life—how asymmetry, human failure, and wildness are necessary in the path towards human wisdom.  We don’t need role models, according

This is a wide ranging discussion about the need for mercy and eccentricity in the age of social media witch hunts.  We talk about how ugly perfection is in politics, art, and all aspects of life—how asymmetry, human failure, and wildness are necessary in the path towards human wisdom.  We don’t need role models, according

This episode is a short but epic rant against the unattractiveness of social justice warriors and victimology by Alexander Bard and an plea for adultification and being ‘awake’ instead of woke. It is part 2 in our discussion of Tantra.   Links to books by Alexander Bard  with Jan Söderqvist: The Futurica Trilogy (2012)Syntheism –

This episode is a short but epic rant against the unattractiveness of social justice warriors and victimology by Alexander Bard and an plea for adultification and being ‘awake’ instead of woke. It is part 2 in our discussion of Tantra.   Links to books by Alexander Bard  with Jan Söderqvist: The Futurica Trilogy (2012) Syntheism

This episode covers tantra which is a very elastic term from the east meaning—more or less— certain kinds spiritual practices that originated in India. We also discuss neo-tantra which was Osho’s term for sexual/somatic exercises to liberate the sexually repressed, and we talk about why the Osho cult got so corrupt. Bard says that real

This episode covers tantra which is a very elastic term from the east meaning—more or less— certain kinds spiritual practices that originated in India. We also discuss neo-tantra which was Osho’s term for sexual/somatic exercises to liberate the sexually repressed, and we talk about why the Osho cult got so corrupt. Bard says that real