Excellent stimulating discussion with Samantha Sweetwater! Her discussion of the research from the Berkeley Center for the Greater Good prompted me to think that in current geopolitics Putin, Xi, Orban, Israel and Hamas don’t promote or even politically permit holding a multiplicity of views while the US and its Allies have over the years built institutions that promote a multiplicity of views and, thus, general have been able to promote relatively more peaceful societies.
Also was very encouraged about her skillful inclusion of Iain McGilchrist’s description of how the dominance of left brain thinking contributes significantly to the current lack of the emphasis on holding a multiplicity of views.
Really enjoyed this, until my phone died in the gym (can't figure out whether that's a jarring or apt location for such a discussion). Interesting to listen to a kind of 'poly spiritual' perspective so open to different ways of framing these issues. Samantha's wariness of maps notwithstanding, I'm interested to see how this all feeds into your work mapping out the Great Simplification.
Excellent stimulating discussion with Samantha Sweetwater! Her discussion of the research from the Berkeley Center for the Greater Good prompted me to think that in current geopolitics Putin, Xi, Orban, Israel and Hamas don’t promote or even politically permit holding a multiplicity of views while the US and its Allies have over the years built institutions that promote a multiplicity of views and, thus, general have been able to promote relatively more peaceful societies.
Also was very encouraged about her skillful inclusion of Iain McGilchrist’s description of how the dominance of left brain thinking contributes significantly to the current lack of the emphasis on holding a multiplicity of views.
Really enjoyed this, until my phone died in the gym (can't figure out whether that's a jarring or apt location for such a discussion). Interesting to listen to a kind of 'poly spiritual' perspective so open to different ways of framing these issues. Samantha's wariness of maps notwithstanding, I'm interested to see how this all feeds into your work mapping out the Great Simplification.
This was phenomenal. I’ll be rewatching it at least once. 👏