December 6th, 2022 Bruce Bueno de Mesquita visits The Stoa to discuss his book, The Dictator’s Handbook: Why Bad Behavior is Almost Always Good Politics. “A groundbreaking new theory of the real rules of politics: leaders do whatever keeps them in power, regardless of the national interest. Bruce Bueno de Mesquita and Alastair Smith’s canonical […]
November 30th, 2022 Ian Cheng, artist and author of Emissary’s Guide To Worlding, visits The Stoa to discuss the emerging art of Worlding. From the book’s blurb: "What is a World? How do I create a World? How do I keep a World alive? And when should I set it free? There is an unnatural
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November 16th, 2022 Daniel Schmachtenberger returns to The Stoa to continue his conversation with Gilbert Morris – a philosopher, legal scholar, economist, and former diplomat – about the history of racial conflict relevant to the American situation. The previous conversation between Daniel and Gilbert can be seen here: https://youtu.be/mPHUN18BbNo thestoa.ca patreon.com/the_stoa thestoa.substack.com
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This is our final film: the highlights from our closing event ‘The Last Campfire’ on November 5, 2022, where we gave Rebel Wisdom the send-off it deserves. Featuring John Vervaeke, Ayishat Akanbi, Daniel Schmachtenberger, Adriana Forte and Nick Shore, with 150 people in person and 150 tuning in online from 40 countries. Covering some of
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Rich Bartlett, Lisa-Marie Pierre, and Jordan Lyon reflect on our experiences and harvest our learnings from an Autumn 4-day Microsolidarity gathering in Denver, CO from October 26th-29th.
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November 10th, 2022 Birthed from a Rebel Wisdom community, Emergent Commons is one of the few sense-making spaces in the Liminal Web with no central figure(s), organized and managed entirely by teams of volunteers. It is the members who produce content, create groups and host events. Volunteers from Emergent Commons will share their creation story
November 9th, 2022 This event is co-hosted with Ari’s "Ari in the Air" podcast … https://ariintheair.com James Schmachtenberger is a serial entrepreneur and change-maker who focuses on social enterprises to harness the power of business for positive global change. Ari Delashmutt is an extreme sports athlete, podcaster and philosopher. Both have spent years exploring alternative
November 8th, 2022 Bill Torbert joins The Stoa to discuss Action Inquiry: “Action inquiry is a lifelong process of transformational learning that individuals, teams, and whole organizations can undertake if they wish to become: Increasingly capable of listening into dangers and opportunities of the present moment from which the future emerges; and Increasingly capable of
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