October 17th, 2022 Nick King of the Global Sustainability Institute visits The Stoa to discuss his paper, An Analysis of the Potential for the Formation of ‘Nodes of Persisting Complexity’. “Human civilisation has undergone a continuous trajectory of rising sociopolitical complexity since its inception; a trend which has undergone a dramatic recent acceleration. This phenomenon […]

October 13th, 2022 The Berkeley Alembic is a new space dedicated to meditation, movement, spiritual creativity, scientific experimentation, and psychedelic integration. The Alembic hopes to catalyze new cultural forms by bringing together groups, individuals, practices, and sensibilities that don’t always find themselves under the same roof. In this session, the three founders of The Alembic

October 11th, 2022 Tad Hargrave visits The Stoa to teach us hippies how to market. Copy from his website … “Marketing for Hippies? Could it be so? Yes. Marketing can feel good. You can be a better marketer and attract all the clients you can handle – without sacrificing your integrity. Most entrepreneurs I know

October 10th, 2022 Philosopher-in-Residence for September 2022: Evan McMullen Series: The Trolls Under the Bridge: Intersubjective Parasitology, Computational Demonology, and Things That Go BUMP in the Dark Night of the Soul w/ Evan McMullen. RSVP to the next session here: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLoZ5e3aD_LuS3uxp8UIFhR0Ki0P3mi30z Watch the whole series here: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list… Every complex ecosystem evolves parasites. This niche is

October 4th, 2022 Philosopher-in-Residence for September 2022: Evan McMullen Series: The Trolls Under the Bridge: Intersubjective Parasitology, Computational Demonology, and Things That Go BUMP in the Dark Night of the Soul w/ Evan McMullen. RSVP to the next session here: https://zoom.us/meeting/register/tJwrde2pqzkpGtFTaf8gZzvLOCByTWWc5m72 Watch the whole series here: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLoZ5e3aD_LuS3uxp8UIFhR0Ki0P3mi30z Every complex ecosystem evolves parasites. This niche is

September 27th, 2022 Philosopher-in-Residence for September 2022: Jill Nephew Series: Natural Intelligence in Practice Watch the whole series here: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLoZ5e3aD_LuSASU2VTojfWcmPSowGKTAa “The science is in” from modern cognitive science shows us precisely, unambiguously, how we have been unintentionally harming our natural intelligence and reveals the mechanisms for how this harm acts as a generator function of

September 27th, 2022 Philosopher-in-Residence for September 2022: Wai H. Tsang Series: The Missing Weltanschauung: Perennial Wisdom for Systems Change Watch the full series here: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLoZ5e3aD_LuRpxQY82wVIsG_aMxv8w8OJ In this series of four interlinking presentations, Wai H. Tsang will explain what the missing 21st century worldview or ‘weltanschaunng’ looks like. Over the years, many thinkers and commentators have