ReConsider

[2.15] What If It's All Just In Your Head?

Those who seem to be "enlightened," seem to have a different model of the world and their place in it. Embedded in their way of being in the world, they sense that they h

[2.14] Freedom from Ego

It has long been said that the ego is the source of your pain and suffering, and that it is an illusion. In this episode we work through that the Perennial Philosophy / O

[2.13] Consciousness and the Sense of Self

400 years ago, Galileo and Descartes split the known world into things "out there" and things "in here" -- our experience of things: color, the sound of the cello, a thou

[2.12c] The Hero's Journey In Your Life

We see throughout myth and fable that the hero does not just wake up and decide to leave everything behind. They are thrust into things. Gandalf shows up with a bunch of

[2.12b] The Hero's Journey in Film

Modern cinema is chock full of Hero's Journeys. Today I cover 3 of my favorites, each more interesting and sophisticated than the last. We will actually see three variant

[2.12a] The Hero's Journey

When you realize something is very wrong, that life is not all it was cracked up to be, that the meaning has been drained from the world, then you have heard the call to

[2.11] The Dark Night of the Soul

In Silicon Eden, the loss of the immortality project means a collapse of meaning and a gaping hole where a value system used to be. Right now, the only good news is that

[2.10b] Welcome to Silicon Eden: Pt 2, The Wasteland

Everything you want is right at your fingertips. There is no struggle, nothing to accomplish. Can humans figure out how to just enjoy life as the pets of a superintellige

[2.10a] Welcome to Silicon Eden: Pt 1, The Last Man

Many people believe that in a the robo-communist future of superintelligent AI, humans will flourish: artists, scholars -- perhaps Burning Man 24/7. Human nature suggests

[2.9b] Solving the Fermi Paradox (Bonus)

In this episode we walk through some potential solutions to the fermi paradox, and then apply the now-likely reality that our own Von Neumann probes are probably only a f

[2.9] Building Silicon Eden

The world is barreling towards disaster on many fronts. Crises include: climate change, depopulation, government debt, sagging welfare states, housing affordability, heal

[2.8] You Are Food for The Machine

The Matrix looks more and more like the perfect allegory for the modern age. States, corporations, social systems, and even ideas have a mind of their own, and they are h

[2.7] A Primate Contemplates Superintelligence

Over time, we have been able to cognize in totally novel ways. We have been able to teach these novel cognitions to our fellow humans. We can teach some of them to other

[2.6] The One Wisdom

[AUDIO FIXED!] Today we explore wisdom. Not the "don't put tomatoes in a fruit salad" kind. Serious business wisdom. It turns out, the wise tend to converge on understa

[2.5] The End of Education

We explore the state of education just before the rise of AI, compare it to today, and extrapolate into the future. Sources Tyler Jagt, "My Students Can't Read," Chroni

[2.4] You Sit Upon a Throne of Lies

It's amazing how useful illusion is for surviving in a cave, and staggering how destructive it is to our lives. The Buddha saw this 2500 years ago. Modern science sees it

[2.3] Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger

As AI's capability grows, what once-human tasks will it be able to do, by when? What will those displaced humans do? We look to the automation revolutions of the past to

[2.2] Obliviscere Mori

How much of your life -- and everyone's -- is a compulsive, futile effort to deny your own death? What happens when you see what's really happening? Sources Leontief’s

[2.1] Exponential Growth is a SOB

Look over the growth if AI's capability in the past 3 years, and the past year. What is it going to look like in 3 years, and what are the implications for all of us? So

[2.0] An Introduction to ReConsider 2.0

A brief guide on how to get the most out of ReConsider 2.0 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.