Consciousness & Philosophy
Meditation, psychedelics, epistemology, the nature of mind — the conversations that bridge the technical and the transcendent.
- #575The Imagination Bottleneck: When Technology Finally Catches Up to Human CreativityOctober 5, 2026
- #571The Like Button Killed Connection: Rethinking Social Networks from First PrinciplesSeptember 7, 2026
- #566We Killed God, Then We Trained Him: How AI Became TheologyAugust 3, 2026
- #565What Is, What Should Be, and the Space Between: A Conversation on Story and ConsciousnessJuly 27, 2026
- #558God Mode Off: Sex, Psychedelics, and Staying Human in a Transhuman WorldJuly 3, 2026
- #554When Fluency Lies: The Knowledge Problem at the Heart of AIJune 15, 2026
- #542Let the Angels Go: Consciousness, Carbon, and the Coming RenaissanceApril 13, 2026
- #530The Hidden Architecture: Why Your Startup Needs an Ontology (Before It's Too Late)February 9, 2026
- #521From Borges to Threadrippers: How Argentina's Emotional Culture Shapes the AI FutureJanuary 9, 2026
- #519Inside the Stack: What Really Makes Robots “Intelligent”January 2, 2026
- #513The Power of Coherence: Why Some Ideas Hold Civilizations TogetherDecember 12, 2025
- #511From New Age Psychedelic Spirituality to Ancient Orthodoxy: Finding a Reliable PathDecember 5, 2025
- #504Space Gold and AI Judges: Stewart Alsop and Harry McKay Roper on What’s Coming NextNovember 7, 2025
- #500When Linear Lives Meet Exponential SystemsOctober 24, 2025
- #497The Demiurge, the Divine, and the Data: Rethinking God in the Age of AIOctober 13, 2025
- #494Recursive Loops, Cult Startups, and the Mirage of AIOctober 3, 2025
- #482When Complexity Kills Meaning and Creativity Fights BackAugust 22, 2025
- #480The Patchwork Age and Why AI Can’t Grasp the Human StoryAugust 15, 2025
- #475The Illusion We Opt Into: VR, AI, and the Fractals of RealityJuly 28, 2025
- #473Breaking the Parasite Spell: Metabolic Healing and Remembering Who We AreJuly 21, 2025
- #465Proof of Aliveness: A Cryptographic Theater of the RealJune 2, 2025
- #461Morpheus in the Classroom: AI, Education, and the New LiteracyMay 16, 2025
- #439Beyond Second Brains: What AI Is Actually Doing to KnowledgMarch 2, 2025
- #434From the Age of Answers to the Age of QuestionsFebruary 10, 2025
- #432The Matrix, The Demiurge, and My Digital SoulFebruary 3, 2025
- #430From Sci-Fi to Reality: The Human Side of AI and Its Global ImpactJanuary 27, 2025
- #22Seeing the World Differently: Psychedelics, Media, and Modern HumanismStewart SquaredJanuary 23, 2025
- #428From DARPA to Neuralink: The Future We Can't ImagineJanuary 20, 2025
- #427Are We Cyborgs Already? Neurology, Philosophy, and the Next Human ChapterJanuary 17, 2025
- #426The Voice as Portal: A Journey into Consciousness, Creation, and ConnectionJanuary 13, 2025
- #417Layers of Power: Language, Tech, and the New Rules of Free SpeechDecember 13, 2024
- #408The Consciousness Matrix: Decoding Life’s Quantum BlueprintNovember 11, 2024
- #407Transhumanism Lite: Using Urbit and Spaced Repetition to Hack Your Brain, Not Replace ItNovember 8, 2024
- #399The Simulation is Real: AI’s Role in Shaping the Future of ConsciousnessOctober 11, 2024
- #392From Digital Footprints to Transhumanism: Navigating the AI-Driven FutureSeptember 16, 2024
- #384Beyond the Horizon: Exploring Consciousness and Reality with Erik NewtonAugust 19, 2024
- #376Philosophy Meets Technology: AI, Consciousness, and Legal InnovationJuly 27, 2024
- —El Viaje del Conocimiento: Entre lo Práctico y lo EspiritualCrazy Wisdom en Español10 de julio de 2024
- —The Generative Art Revolution: Jonas Lamis on the Intersection of AI and CreativityMarch 22, 2024
- —Creativity Unchained: Merging Ideas with Evan BrownMarch 12, 2024
- —Identity in the Age of Artificial Intelligence: A Journey WithinMarch 1, 2024
- —Byte-Sized Brilliance: Crafting the Future with Creativity and CodeFebruary 12, 2024
- —The Myths and Realities of AI ConsciousnessDecember 11, 2023
- —Full-Stack Mindfulness and AI: Allison Durham's Vision for the FutureOctober 31, 2023
- —The Multidisciplinary Mind: A Journey from Fashion to PhilosophySeptember 25, 2023
- —Futurescape: Dialogues in Digital ConsciousnessSeptember 11, 2023
- —How do you preserve knowledge that is implicit and hard to make explicit? - Ivan VendrovFebruary 27, 2023
- —Are the problems of meaning an issue with abrahamic cultures? - Adam ChavezFebruary 6, 2023
- —What happened between Socrates and now?September 26, 2022
- —What is the difference between seeking insight and seeking status? - Francis PedrazaSeptember 5, 2022
- —Why is Modernity Difficult on Spiritual Deviants? w/ Neal DavisAugust 29, 2022
- —Why Will We Mine Our Own Garbage? w/ Bill LawrenceAugust 15, 2022
- —What Will Urbit Look Like in 1,000 Years? w/ Tim from UqbarAugust 1, 2022
- —What Is the Current State of Psychedelics? w/ Woody WiegmannJuly 25, 2022
- —God is Real, Now What? w/ Jacob RudolphJuly 18, 2022
- —Is Bitcoin the Universal Basic Income? w/ Michael HawaiiJune 13, 2022
- —How Do Our Stories Shape Our Realities? - Steven MorrisJune 6, 2022
- —Why Do I Need a Personal Server? - Galen Wolfe-PaulyMay 30, 2022
- —How are plant psychedelics different from synthesized psychedelics? - Isabelle KupkaJanuary 23, 2021
- —What has COVID19 done to the experience economy? Michael Morgenstern: CEO and Cofounder of This is Definitely RealOctober 31, 2020
- —The Wizard and the Wand: Humans vs AI - Francis PedrazaSeptember 25, 2020
- —Depression is a disconnection from your body - Dr. Emily SplichalSeptember 23, 2020
- —Tantra isn't what pop-culture has you thinking it is - Ashton SzaboSeptember 2, 2020
- —What is the Meaning Crisis? - John VervaekeAugust 28, 2020
- —The strangest podcast intro you'll listen to this week - Thomas SpellmanAugust 23, 2020
- —- Why does philosophy become more dangerous as society takes a turn for the more challenging? - Zev WeinsteinAugust 13, 2020
- —What is the relationship between the mind and the Self? - Joscha Bach: Cognitive ScientistJuly 28, 2020
- —How did you go from neuroscience to writing for a tech company? - Courtney NashJuly 21, 2020
- —What are the undisocovered parts of iboga? - Clare S. Wilkins: Founder and Director of Pangea BiomedicsJuly 16, 2020
- —What is the connection with survival situations and mindfulness? - Jessie Krebs: Survivalist at The PreparedJuly 10, 2020
- —What happens when a system gets too big? - Matt Maier: Complexity ThinkerMay 28, 2020
- —How do you build an institution that can deal with modern life? - Mike Elias: Founder of Idea MarketsMay 11, 2020
- —Why is there something rather than nothing? - Richard Price: CEO of Academia.eduMay 8, 2020
- —What does it mean to live a good life? - Warren Gohl of the Seneca NationMay 4, 2020
- —How is internet culture like a mycelium network? - Robin Arnott: CEO of Andromeda EntertainmentApril 27, 2020
- —What is it like to take Iboga? - Levi Barker: Iboga Provider at Iboga Wellness CenterApril 6, 2020
- —How much of your working day do you spend in a flow state? - Matt Mireles:March 30, 2020
- —How do you survive and thrive in our authoritarian future? - Simon Chamorro: CEO of ValiuMarch 27, 2020
- —What is the point of studying something that the best minds have already studied? Reid Blackman: EthicistMarch 20, 2020
- —What does Philosophy show us in the age of Information? - Max Brody: Founder of CentMarch 18, 2020
- —What is the free energy theory? - Jacob FalkovichMarch 13, 2020
- —How to flip the switch on negative emotional states? - Mathew BelairMarch 11, 2020
- —What is the substrate of reality? Geoffrey Woo - CEO of H.V.M.NMarch 6, 2020
- —What is the relationship between creativity and venture capital? - Leo Polovets: Susa VenturesFebruary 26, 2020
- —What is the relationship between personal change and creativity? - Jan BozarthFebruary 12, 2020
- —What is the stress of growing up in poverty and then creating an abundant life? - Luis-Orlando Isaza VillegasJanuary 31, 2020
- —Fourth Episode with Kapil GuptaJanuary 29, 2020
- —What can we learn about creativity from taking pictures with an analog camera? - Christopher MichelJanuary 17, 2020
- —What does it mean to commit to something challenging? Dulma Altan - CEO of MakelaneJanuary 16, 2020
- —What is the intersection of healthcare, technology, and mindfulness? - Tracy Townsend (MD)January 13, 2020
- —What does it mean to love oneself? - Kamal RavikantJanuary 8, 2020
- —When does philosophy become divorced from practicality? - James PierceJanuary 7, 2020
- —What does the study of philosophy do to our desires? - Crazy PolymathJanuary 2, 2020
- —What is the relationship between money and entrepreneurship? Marco Fuxa: Investor and EntrepreneurDecember 10, 2019
- —What does a shamanic practitioner do? Mimi Young: Founder of CEREMONIEDecember 9, 2019
- —What is the difference between stress and pressure? - Kulveer Taggar: CEO & Cofounder Zeus LivingNovember 23, 2019
- —What does it mean to see reality clearly - Priya ManivannanNovember 13, 2019
- —What does it mean to write well? Rachel Jepsen - Senior Editor of HollowayNovember 12, 2019
- —What is the relationship between technology, creativity, and modernity? - Dhrupad Karwa: CEO and Cofounder HaikuJamOctober 28, 2019
- —How do you find out what's real? - Mike Slavin from High ExistenceOctober 2, 2019
- —How do you build a new operating system for the mind - Mark Williamson (COO of Masterclass)September 30, 2019
- —Kapil Gupta - Is it possible to stop wasting one's life?September 19, 2019
- —How to build a business that gets people outside? - Sharzad BehzadianSeptember 6, 2019
- —Steve Schlafman: Venture Capital, Chronic Pain, CreativityAugust 26, 2019
- —Erics: Fisher and Levin - Improv & VRAugust 19, 2019
- —Norland Téllez: Civilization of Maya, Wisdom, and PsychologyAugust 9, 2019
- —Lawrence Wang: Modern WisdomAugust 2, 2019
- —Hiten Shah - Where Tech and Spirituality meetJuly 26, 2019
- —Online course for startup founders to raise money for a distributed teamJuly 22, 2019
- —Jim O'Shaughnessy - How do you talk about the unnamed Tao?July 5, 2019
- —Charlie Pinto - The Art of BecomingJune 14, 2019
- —Sahil Lavingia - CEO of Gumroad: What happens when you move from SF to Provo, Utah?May 27, 2019
- —Jude Gomila: CEO of Golden - Polymaths at workMay 24, 2019
- —Ryan Delk of Omni - Our Thoughts on Creativity IncMay 20, 2019
- —What would you learn if you took notes on the best podcasts?May 17, 2019
- —How does uncertainty lead to stress and how can we cope?May 13, 2019
- —Dr. Cameron Sepah - Part I: The Science of Stress and ResilienceMay 10, 2019
- —What happens when you move West?May 6, 2019
- —What did Jung have to say about stress?April 29, 2019
- —Does a chip on your shoulder help you become successful?April 15, 2019
- —How will technology make us more mindful?April 8, 2019
- —Kapil GuptaMarch 29, 2019
- —How can Daoism make us less stressed and more creative?March 25, 2019
- —The medical implications of stressMarch 18, 2019
- —Jill EickmannMarch 4, 2019
- —Are we moving into the 5th dimension?February 25, 2019
- —Tommy Leep of AngelListFebruary 18, 2019
- —What did the ancient greeks have to say about creativity?December 24, 2018
- —How to deal with the stress of uncertainty?December 17, 2018
- —What It's Really Like Being a VC (feat. Stewart Alsop II)December 3, 2018
- —What happens when your expectations don't match reality?November 5, 2018
- —What sources of stress are the same for people from Mexico and people from the US? What are some different sources?October 15, 2018
- —What can taxes teach us about stress?October 1, 2018
- —How can we use stress to speak more effectively? John Block of Effective PresentationsSeptember 24, 2018
- —Can you build a company with minimal stress? Andy Alsop - CEO of The ReceptionistAugust 27, 2018
- —Does the process of migration make you a better entrepreneur? - Ana María Alvarez MongeAugust 20, 2018
- —How do labels confuse our perception of reality? - Cecilia Tham of MOB coworking spaceAugust 6, 2018
- —How do you make sure to disconnect? - Marie Schneegans of WorkwellJuly 30, 2018
- —What is the role of stress in elite performance? Julia Dujmovits - Olympic Gold WinnerJuly 23, 2018
- —How do you deal with the anxiety that comes from being on stage? - Joey Greiner: CEO of WoojoJuly 16, 2018
- —How does meditation help you to find balance while creating something new? Anders Jones - CEO of Facet WealthJuly 9, 2018
- —Is enlightenment contagious? Andy Richter - Photographer of YogisMay 27, 2018
- —How do you act when surrounded by stress and difficulty? - Julia VasquezMay 16, 2018
- —Does following your bliss lead to more success in work and life? - Bill Tai of BitfuryMay 8, 2018
- —This is your Brain on Nature - Julia Plevin Founder of the Forest Bathing ClubApril 23, 2018
- —Michelle Tsng - Can a robot love a human better than another human can?April 15, 2018
- —Aldric Negrier - CEO of ZenVow: Can you build a technology product that supports a meditation practice?April 6, 2018
- —Corvas Brinkehoff, CTO & Cofounder of Meow Wolf - How does mindfulness set the conditions for creativity?March 27, 2018
- —Francis Pedraza of Invisible Technologies - What do most people get wrong about meditation?March 22, 2018
- —Hannah Knapp of Within Meditation - How does Meditation help us to evolve as an individual and as a species?March 20, 2018
- —Andrew Murray Dunn, CEO of Siempo, How can mindfulness and software help us to remain more present in times of rapid technological change?March 13, 2018
- —Dave Fontenot of Mission Control - What are the benefits of ADD when it comes to making music?February 23, 2018