The “Awareness Practices for Leadership” program is for anyone who: – finds themselves in a position of working with other people; – needs to operate in the present from a place of focus, awareness and clarity; – cannot afford to spend months on lengthy trainings. This program, consisting in four 90-minute sessions spanning over 4 […]
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This program by U.Academy (Presencing Institute) provides mindfulness and awareness practices intentionally designed for leaders who are called on to remain responsive in an ever-changing landscape. This is a hands-on course to train the muscle of attention and tap into our curiosity, compassion, and courage — so that we can also do so in more
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September 28th, 2021 Mark Stahlman, Marshall McLuhan scholar and president of the Center for the Study of Digital Life, visits The Stoa to help us grok McLuhan and the importance his ideas hold to understand our digital age. More from Mark: http://digitallife.center More from Daljeet: https://astrolab21.com Why are the YouTube comments disabled? Answer: https://thestoa.substack.com/p/stoic-punk-or-why-you-should-stop More
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September 24th, 2021 Paranthropology Jack Hunter visits The Stoa to discuss ontological flooding. What is ontological flooding? From Jack … "The example that I use to explain ontological flooding a lot of the time is with spirit mediumship, where you have all of these competing explanations, which think that they’ve sorted it all out. Like
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When Meditation Goes Wrong Hidden dangers in Western Buddhism and the mindfulness movement – Dan Lawton I have studied, taught and practiced meditation for over 30 years. I consider meditation, arising in its endless variations, to be indispensable to spiritual development and I sing its praises regularly on this podcast. I have also occasionally spoken
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September 23rd, 2021 The mysterious duo behind the website Limited Hangout (https://limitedhangout.wtf) visit The Stoa to discuss how to sensemake the parapolitical through the lens of worldview warfare. They will detail some representative techniques of how psychological operations are actually performed and how you can spot them. Why are the YouTube comments disabled? Answer: https://thestoa.substack.com/p/stoic-punk-or-why-you-should-stop
September 23rd, 2021 Colombian writer and independent researcher Mauricio Loza will present his thesis on the origin of psychology, advertising and modern media, namely that they arise from erotic magic, an idea first proposed by Romanian historian of religion Ioan P. Culianu in his classic study Eros and Magic in the Renaissance. He will also
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Liv Boeree was a top ranked poker player and won more than $4 million on the international circuit. A self-professed nerd with a degree in astrophysics, she now has her own YouTube channel making films about game theory, complexity, physics and more. In this conversation with Rebel Wisdom’s Alexander Beiner, she explains why game theory
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Filmmaker, writer and collaborator of Emerge (check the What is Emerging? series and This is not a Manifesto on Emerge youtube), Rio de Janeiro based journalist Maria Clara Parente is now working on a new documentary series together with Spanda production team (São Paulo), Regenerar. The project is a documentary research about regeneration in the
Dave Snowden is one of the originators of the field of sensemaking, and the creator of influential frameworks such as the Cynefin model. In this conversation with David Fuller, he talks about the origin of his work, and how it applies to the pandemic landscape. You can find out more about Dave’s work here: https://www.cognitive-edge.com/
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