What is Anthro-complexity? What makes humans different? How can we respond with wisdom, at scale, to our entanglements? Welcoming polymathic thinker and renowned complexity practitioner Dave Snowden, in dialogue with Tim Adalin.

Dave's previous conversations on Voicecraft / Altered States Of Conversation:

"Civilisation, Science & Spirituality" https://youtu.be/uXvWQzGcNCo

"Artificial Intelligence & Human Reasoning" | Metacrisis vs Polycrisis" https://youtu.be/TrMZL55Nzl0

Access the shownotes & learn more about Voicecraft podcasts, events, courses and membership network @ https://www.voicecraft.io/content/e142-anthro-complexity-entanglement-wayshaping-and-addressing-existential-threat-w/-dave-snowden

Learn more about Dave and Cynefin @ https://thecynefin.co/team/dave-snowden

Find Dave's blog series on Anthro-complexity: https://thecynefin.co/anthro-complexity-1-3/

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Timestamps

0:00 Intro

0:10 What is anthro-complexity?

8:33 Entanglement, not relationship?

15:45 Orientation and the ancient debate that still structures how we think

23:05 Why workshops don't work (and what does)

34:30 You can't simplify a falcon into a pigeon (and have it still be a falcon)

45:25 Three dangers: appropriation, distraction, destruction

53:04 Who is this actually for?

57:30 Demes: the forgotten structure humans evolved to live in

1:04:55 Do we need new shamans?

1:42:50 Changing how decision-makers listen

1:55:00 The limits of dialogue and what comes next

Listen to the full outro song by Cantrips titled 'The Big Break' @ https://youtu.be/Qaj-stBL4W0

Sarah Janes is reviving the dreaming mysteries of Western civilisation, rooted in ancient Greece and Egypt.

We dialogue on the esoteric history and culture of dreaming, consciousness, mysticism and sensemaking. Sarah is the author of Initiation Into Dream Mysteries, a psychomagic journey to awaken lucid dream consciousness. She is a researcher, curator, and retreat/workshop facilitator.

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Access the shownotes & learn more about Voicecraft podcasts, events, courses and membership network @ https://www.voicecraft.io/content/e141-the-dreaming-mysteries-incubation-and-ancient-initiatory-rites-w/-sarah-janes

Sarah's Links:

Website: https://themysteries.org/

Book: https://www.amazon.com.au/Initiation-into-Dream-Mysteries-Mnemosyne/dp/164411514X

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00:00 Intro

01:44 What Are Dreams?

05:15 The Meaning of Mystery

09:31 Etymology and Magic of Language

17:01 Dreaming Consciousness as Response to Tech Enslavement

28:10 Creation, Songlines & Memory Palaces

33:40 Hieroglyphs as Holographic Writing

41:40 Prophecy, Truth & Healing

55:41 AI, Desire & Vitality

1:0:55 Receptivity and Context

1:07:30 Dying Before You Die

1:20:28 Magic, Sympathy & Serpent Symbolism

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Listen to the full intro song by Cantrips titled 'The Big Break' @ https://youtu.be/Qaj-stBL4W0

Welcoming master craftsman and philosopher Forrest Landry in dialogue on the deep structures underlying money, power, and inequality in modern civilization.

Starting with fundamental questions about what money really is, we move through an analysis of why inequality has reached unprecedented levels, to urgent questions about artificial intelligence, the future of human choice-making, and a foundational orientation of response.

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Desire, Want and Need on Delicate Fire: https://youtu.be/rejVuh1Knn8

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Chapters

0:00 Introduction: Money, Power & AI

0:55 Lenses for Understanding Money: Choice, Energy & Game Theory

06:12 Why Inequality Exploded: Technology as Extraction Amplifier

29:30 The Three Stages of Mastery: Change, Causation & Choice

41:05 Beyond Capitalism vs Socialism: Upgrading the Game

57:40 The Maker-Taker Inversion: When Extraction Became Valued Over Creation

1:16:08 Virtual vs Virtue: Humility and Being Rooted in Reality

1:26:38 Rewilding Ourselves: Embodiment and Collective Wisdom

1:38:31 Why Everyone's Investing in AI: The Loss of Trust in Ourselves

1:47:40 The Path Forward: Distributed, Embodied, Contextualized Choice-Making

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Listen to the full intro song by Cantrips titled 'The Big Break' @ https://youtu.be/Qaj-stBL4W0