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๐๐ฝโฉ๐ค 219 - Joshua Schrei on Embodied Ethics in The Age of A.I.
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This week marks the beginning of Embodied Ethics in The Age of A.I., a six-week online course led by writer and teacher Joshua Schrei, host of The Emerald Podcast. This course is, in large part, inspired by an episode he wrote last year called โSo You Want To Be A Sorcerer in The Age of Mythic Powersโ โ exploring the mythic dimensions of tech innovation and calling for a reclamation of initiatic mystery schools in order to provide us with the requisite self-mastery to wield tools like generative language models. Iโm honored to be part of the all-star crew lined up to co-facilitate this course and as part of our pre-game sync and prep, I met with Josh to talk about the forces weโve unleashed and how to live responsibly in a world where tech is, in Arthur C. Clarkeโs words, now undoubtedly โindistinguishable from magic.โ We explore the need to pace ourselves and anchor novelty production in ecologies of accountability; what it means to raise kids well amidst the A.I. revolution; and why humans cannot seem to stop invoking power and powers greater than our understanding.
If you enjoy this conversation, join us โ and several dozen other awesome people โ from 4/18-5/16 to learn and grow together and answer the call to better ourselves in service of this great historical unfolding!
(Big big thanks to former Center for Humane Technology Innovation Lead Andrew Dunn, founder of The School of Wise Innovation, for everything youโve done to help inspire and organize all of thisโฆ)
Right after this course I will be in Denver for the 2024 ICON Future Human Conference and would love to see you there! Use my link to grab yourself a conference pass and spend 5/16-5/19 with me and folks like Daniel Schmachtenberger, Marianne Williamson, Ken Wilber, Jeremy Johnson, Layman Pascal, and many moreโฆ
โจ Support This Show & The Family It Feeds:
โข Subscribe on Substack or Patreon for COPIOUS extras, including private Discord server channels and MANY secret episodesโข Make one-off donations at @futurefossils on Venmo, $manfredmacx on CashApp, or @michaelgarfield on PayPalโข Buy the music on Bandcamp. This episode features:
Tรฅlmodighed (from Live at The Chillout Gardens, Boom Festival 2016)Gamma Pavonis (from Pavo: Music For Mystery)The Cartographers (from Get Used To Being Everything)โข Buy the books we discuss at the Future Fossils Bookshop.org page and I get a small cut from your support of indie booksellersโข Browse and buy original paintings and prints or email me to commission new work
โจ Mentioned & Related Links:
โModern culture is โahead of the one.โ Modern culture is rushing to get somewhere.โ
* Josh Schrei on Howl In The Wilderness Podcast Episode 120
Sam Arbesmanโs Cabinet of Wonders
Determined: A Science of Life Without Free Will by Robert Sapolsky
Rick Rubin and Dan Carlin discuss magic
Michael Garfield w/ host Kiki Sanford on This Week In Science Episode 965
โInformation overload is a personal and societal dangerโ by Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
The Glass Cage by Nicholas Carr
The Age of Em by Robin Hanson
โScan Loversโ from How to Live in The Future by Michael Garfield at Boom Festival 2016
โThe Techno-Optimist Manifestoโ by Marc Andreessen
Iron John by Robert Bly
โThe Model Isnโt The Territory, Eitherโ by Douglas Rushkoff
Darwinโs Pharmacy: Sex, Plants, and The Evolution of The Noosphere by Richard Doyle
โChief Philosophy Officerโ by Peter Limberg
โThe Next Tech Backlash Will Be About Hygieneโ by Jonnie Penn at TIME Magazine
Douglas Rushkoff at Betaworks in 2023: โI Will Not Be Automatedโ
Zohar Atkins (Website, Twitter)
โFor The Intuitivesโ (Part 1, Part 2) on The Emerald Podcast
This is a public episode. If youโd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit michaelgarfield.substack.com/subscribe
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Manage episode 412658713 series 2407639
This week marks the beginning of Embodied Ethics in The Age of A.I., a six-week online course led by writer and teacher Joshua Schrei, host of The Emerald Podcast. This course is, in large part, inspired by an episode he wrote last year called โSo You Want To Be A Sorcerer in The Age of Mythic Powersโ โ exploring the mythic dimensions of tech innovation and calling for a reclamation of initiatic mystery schools in order to provide us with the requisite self-mastery to wield tools like generative language models. Iโm honored to be part of the all-star crew lined up to co-facilitate this course and as part of our pre-game sync and prep, I met with Josh to talk about the forces weโve unleashed and how to live responsibly in a world where tech is, in Arthur C. Clarkeโs words, now undoubtedly โindistinguishable from magic.โ We explore the need to pace ourselves and anchor novelty production in ecologies of accountability; what it means to raise kids well amidst the A.I. revolution; and why humans cannot seem to stop invoking power and powers greater than our understanding.
If you enjoy this conversation, join us โ and several dozen other awesome people โ from 4/18-5/16 to learn and grow together and answer the call to better ourselves in service of this great historical unfolding!
(Big big thanks to former Center for Humane Technology Innovation Lead Andrew Dunn, founder of The School of Wise Innovation, for everything youโve done to help inspire and organize all of thisโฆ)
Right after this course I will be in Denver for the 2024 ICON Future Human Conference and would love to see you there! Use my link to grab yourself a conference pass and spend 5/16-5/19 with me and folks like Daniel Schmachtenberger, Marianne Williamson, Ken Wilber, Jeremy Johnson, Layman Pascal, and many moreโฆ
โจ Support This Show & The Family It Feeds:
โข Subscribe on Substack or Patreon for COPIOUS extras, including private Discord server channels and MANY secret episodesโข Make one-off donations at @futurefossils on Venmo, $manfredmacx on CashApp, or @michaelgarfield on PayPalโข Buy the music on Bandcamp. This episode features:
Tรฅlmodighed (from Live at The Chillout Gardens, Boom Festival 2016)Gamma Pavonis (from Pavo: Music For Mystery)The Cartographers (from Get Used To Being Everything)โข Buy the books we discuss at the Future Fossils Bookshop.org page and I get a small cut from your support of indie booksellersโข Browse and buy original paintings and prints or email me to commission new work
โจ Mentioned & Related Links:
โModern culture is โahead of the one.โ Modern culture is rushing to get somewhere.โ
* Josh Schrei on Howl In The Wilderness Podcast Episode 120
Sam Arbesmanโs Cabinet of Wonders
Determined: A Science of Life Without Free Will by Robert Sapolsky
Rick Rubin and Dan Carlin discuss magic
Michael Garfield w/ host Kiki Sanford on This Week In Science Episode 965
โInformation overload is a personal and societal dangerโ by Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
The Glass Cage by Nicholas Carr
The Age of Em by Robin Hanson
โScan Loversโ from How to Live in The Future by Michael Garfield at Boom Festival 2016
โThe Techno-Optimist Manifestoโ by Marc Andreessen
Iron John by Robert Bly
โThe Model Isnโt The Territory, Eitherโ by Douglas Rushkoff
Darwinโs Pharmacy: Sex, Plants, and The Evolution of The Noosphere by Richard Doyle
โChief Philosophy Officerโ by Peter Limberg
โThe Next Tech Backlash Will Be About Hygieneโ by Jonnie Penn at TIME Magazine
Douglas Rushkoff at Betaworks in 2023: โI Will Not Be Automatedโ
Zohar Atkins (Website, Twitter)
โFor The Intuitivesโ (Part 1, Part 2) on The Emerald Podcast
This is a public episode. If youโd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit michaelgarfield.substack.com/subscribe
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