All the arrayed forces of the sensemaking crisis, cancel culture, censorship and the ethical dilemmas of truth seeking seem now to be focused on one man, the podcaster and comedian Joe Rogan. These questions were already brought into a heightened focus by the pandemic, and the question of accurate medical information or misinformation taking on […]
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A few months ago we put out a brilliant conversation about the deep mythology of the new Dune movie with the sci fi writer and podcaster Damien Walter – looking at what the stories we tell through science fiction tell us about who we are and where we’re going. This is a dialogue with the
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February 1st, 2022 Daljeet Peterson visits The Stoa to present how astrology is a way of both making sense of the world (sensemaking) and making our lives more meaningful (meaningmaking). More from Daljeet: www.astrolab21.com thestoa.ca patreon.com/the_stoa thestoa.substack.com
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February 1st, 2022 Join Alexander Bard and other philosophical scoundrels of the Dark Renaissance movement critique the Game B movement. The Dark Renaissance is a potential artistic, philosophical and religious movement that seeks to reveal, affirm, confront, transform the more disturbing aspects of the human condition as the only way to organize society truthfully. thestoa.ca
As Russia looks poised to invade Ukraine, we speak to a friend of ours inside Ukraine. Vytas Buciunas is a developmental coach based in Kiev. In this conversation we discuss the recent history of Ukraine, what a conflict might mean for the region and the world, and whether the developmental map from disciplines like Integral
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January 27, 2022 Daniel Pinchbeck visits The Stoa to discuss his new book, Afterlife: Is There Consciousness After Death? "In Afterlife, Is There Consciousness After Death?, New York Times bestselling author Daniel Pinchbeck (Breaking Open the Head, 2012: The Return of Quetzalcoatl) builds the philosophical foundation for a new understanding and acceptance of our existence
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Jerry Hyde is a shadow therapist with 25 years clinical experience, who rejects many of the conventionally held views of the mainstream psychotherapy world. He works primarily with men, and has run men’s groups for decades, which have years-long waiting lists to join. He has just released a documentary based on the experience of leading
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January 24, 2022 The Netflix Film, Don’t Look Up, is a comedy about a ‘planet killer’ comet spotted hurtling towards earth over a six month period and humanity’s failure to deal with it despite having the knowledge and technology to do it. While the story can – and perhaps should – be viewed in many
Don’t Look Up! The Meta-Crisis Is Not in the Sky w/ Jonathan Rowson Read More »
Surprising support for woke politics from one of today’s leading anti-woke thinkers.
John McWhorter Celebrates New Gender Pronouns Read More »
A surprising step forward in defacto world governance.
Global Minimum Tax + Social Media on the Block Read More »
