By: The Posts Author | Posted on: 21 Mar 24
Neuroatypical people often have a mixture of very strong and very weak sides compared to the average. This puts them in a strange category besides the conventional hierarchies of society. Why are so many metamodernists neuroatypical? As an author on the topic of metamodernism I have not been able not to notice the extreme over-representation among metamodernists of some form of neuroatypicality and otherwise far-from average nervous systems: from ADHD in its different variants (which alone may account for as much as fifty percent of the community) including what was formerly known as ADD, to high-functioning autism, to dyslexia, to
Neuroatypical people often have a mixture of very strong and very weak sides compared to the average. This puts them in a strange category besides the conventional hierarchies of society. Why are so many metamodernists neuroatypical? As an author on the topic of metamodernism I have not been able not to notice the extreme over-representation among metamodernists of some form
By: The Posts Author | Posted on: 20 Mar 24
This month, during my monthly Zoom group, we had a panel discussion with Jeff Salzman, Carter Phipps, and myself as panelists, facilitated by Rigel Thurston. Watch the full discussion here: https://youtu.be/55G7u4M5mKY?si=Db2T1hU815OCZnXX Questions from the community 1. Robert Anderson asked: How can America evolve from our current cultural mix of Traditional, Modern, & Progressive Worldviews, to an ‘Integral Worldview’, while there is a growing; political, economic & spiritual conflict? ICE’s ‘Developmental Politics Project’ presents many interesting creative alternatives that go beyond simple compromise. But the general presentation of ICE is rather ‘intellectual, theoretical, & even philosophical’, placing our material outside the interest
This month, during my monthly Zoom group, we had a panel discussion with Jeff Salzman, Carter Phipps, and myself as panelists, facilitated by Rigel Thurston. Watch the full discussion here: https://youtu.be/55G7u4M5mKY?si=Db2T1hU815OCZnXX Questions from the community 1. Robert Anderson asked: How can America evolve from our current cultural mix of Traditional, Modern, & Progressive Worldviews, to an ‘Integral Worldview’, while there is
By: The Posts Author | Posted on: 18 Mar 24
Listen to Ilia Delio’s recent podcast with Steve McIntosh. Sister Ilia is a renowned Teilhard scholar and Founder of the Center for Christogenesis. Some of the topics they touch on: How the good, the true, and the beautiful evolve The nature of indestructible polarities as perceived by human consciousness Ilia advances her thesis that we are already “post-humans,” and Steve respectfully disagrees The podcast is divided into two parts. Part 1: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/hunger-for-wholeness/id1640529425?i=1000630830043 Part 2: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/hunger-for-wholeness/id1640529425?i=1000631477776 The post Ilia Delio’s Recent Podcast with Steve McIntosh appeared first on Steve McIntosh: Official Website.
Listen to Ilia Delio’s recent podcast with Steve McIntosh. Sister Ilia is a renowned Teilhard scholar and Founder of the Center for Christogenesis. Some of the topics they touch on: How the good, the true, and the beautiful evolve The nature of indestructible polarities as perceived by human consciousness Ilia advances her thesis that we are already “post-humans,” and Steve
By: The Posts Author | Posted on: 1 Mar 24
—An ironically sincere invitation to future scholars— This article was first published as an independent chapter in the book Dispatches from a Time Between Worlds: Crisis and emergence in metamodernity, from 2021, an anthology edited by Jonathan Rowson and Layman Pascal. The following text has been slightly edited to fit the format of an online article. Before we begin, it is important to mention that “Metamodern sociology” can mean two quite different things, viewed from opposite but mirroring positions: First meaning: The descriptive sociology of metamodern society – its emergence, social logic, structures, causes, consequences, dynamics, central processes, culture and
—An ironically sincere invitation to future scholars— This article was first published as an independent chapter in the book Dispatches from a Time Between Worlds: Crisis and emergence in metamodernity, from 2021, an anthology edited by Jonathan Rowson and Layman Pascal. The following text has been slightly edited to fit the format of an online article. Before we begin, it
By: The Posts Author | Posted on: 27 Feb 24
We are pleased to announce a new, graduate-level course on metamodernism with Emil Ejner Friis and Daniel Görtz. Last year’s Metamodern Masterclass was a great pleasure to design and organize. My own expectations were easily surpassed. All tickets sold out, reviews were positive, students learned advanced metamodern theory, teachers developed their skills and perspectives, and new networks were formed, new alliances forged, new horizons explored. The crowd gathered was a delightfully balanced representation of the Hacker, Hippies, Hipsters, and Hermatics, as the theories themselves would predict. This year’s course will be held in July 1st – 26th. If you want 2024 to
We are pleased to announce a new, graduate-level course on metamodernism with Emil Ejner Friis and Daniel Görtz. Last year’s Metamodern Masterclass was a great pleasure to design and organize. My own expectations were easily surpassed. All tickets sold out, reviews were positive, students learned advanced metamodern theory, teachers developed their skills and perspectives, and new networks were formed, new alliances forged,
By: The Posts Author | Posted on: 27 Feb 24
Since I ventured into this crazy space of metamodern hackers, hipsters and hippies more than a decade ago, I’ve met an abundance of extraordinarily talented people; wonderful and kind individuals with great courage and fierce determination to make the world a better place—and with what can only fairly be described as correspondingly chaotic personal lives. Over the years, I’ve met so many people who’ve completely crashed and burned despite having been quite functional and prosperous only a few years earlier. Oh boy, the things I have seen. I have seen people burning out, and in turn becoming chronically ill. I
Since I ventured into this crazy space of metamodern hackers, hipsters and hippies more than a decade ago, I’ve met an abundance of extraordinarily talented people; wonderful and kind individuals with great courage and fierce determination to make the world a better place—and with what can only fairly be described as correspondingly chaotic personal lives. Over the years, I’ve met
By: The Posts Author | Posted on: 4 Jan 24
We are absolutely delighted to share with you this new, incredible podcast with Aubrey Marcus and Dr. Marc Gafni, in which they talk about one of the most complex issues in philosophy and religion: the root cause of evil. The thesis that Dr. Marc and Aubrey present is that the evil we see in […]
We are absolutely delighted to share with you this new, incredible podcast with Aubrey Marcus and Dr. Marc Gafni, in which they talk about one of the most complex issues in philosophy and religion: the root cause of evil. The thesis that Dr. Marc and Aubrey present is that the evil we see in […]
By: The Posts Author | Posted on: 26 Dec 23
My op-ed on DepolarizingGPT, coauthored with David Rozado, was published today in The Fulcrum. https://thefulcrum.us/Pop-Culture/Technology/unbiased-artificial-intelligence Here’s the text: How Artificial Intelligence Can Be Used to Reduce Polarization By David Rozado and Steve McIntosh In an era dominated by reports of how social media is exacerbating political polarization, many commentators worry that artificial intelligence (AI) will come to have a similarly corrosive effect on American culture. In response to these concerns, an innovative new tool has appeared that seeks to leverage AI technology to reduce polarization. Enter DepolarizingGPT, a political chatbot designed to tackle polarization head on. Unlike other AI models,
My op-ed on DepolarizingGPT, coauthored with David Rozado, was published today in The Fulcrum. https://thefulcrum.us/Pop-Culture/Technology/unbiased-artificial-intelligence Here’s the text: How Artificial Intelligence Can Be Used to Reduce Polarization By David Rozado and Steve McIntosh In an era dominated by reports of how social media is exacerbating political polarization, many commentators worry that artificial intelligence (AI) will come to have a similarly
By: The Posts Author | Posted on: 20 Dec 23
The state of our world is in such a fragile place right now, which means it’s up to all of us to step up to the plate and do our part to make it better. You can’t be that agent of change, however, if you don’t know your self… Explore the concept of self […]
The state of our world is in such a fragile place right now, which means it’s up to all of us to step up to the plate and do our part to make it better. You can’t be that agent of change, however, if you don’t know your self… Explore the concept of self […]
By: The Posts Author | Posted on: 14 Dec 23
Looking at two seemingly unconnected events — the Barbie movie and the Hamas atrocities of October 7, 2023 — helps us clarify our perception and articulate a third possibility. Although there is zero moral equivalence between Barbie and Hamas, both are degraded love stories. That’s what makes them so dangerous. Hamas is a wildly destructive expression of fundamentalism; […]
Looking at two seemingly unconnected events — the Barbie movie and the Hamas atrocities of October 7, 2023 — helps us clarify our perception and articulate a third possibility. Although there is zero moral equivalence between Barbie and Hamas, both are degraded love stories. That’s what makes them so dangerous. Hamas is a wildly destructive expression of fundamentalism; […]