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Currents 080: Joe Edelman and Ellie Hain on Rebuilding Meaning

Posted January 30, 202301:20:27

Jim talks with Joe Edelman and Ellie Hain about their new movement, Rebuilding Meaning, and two recent talks introducing ideas towards a better world....

EP 173 Hanzi Freinacht on Metamodern Self-Help

Posted January 17, 202301:52:10

Jim talks with Hanzi Freinacht about his book 12 Commandments: For Extraordinary People to Master Ordinary Life. They discuss the book as a response...

EP 172 Brendan Graham Dempsey on Emergentism

Posted January 9, 202302:07:48

Jim talks with Brendan Graham Dempsey about his book Emergentism: A Religion of Complexity for the Metamodern World. They discuss the meaning crisis...

Currents 079: Douglas Rushkoff on Tech Escapism and Critiques of GameB

Posted January 5, 202301:25:41

Jim talks with Douglas Rushkoff about the ideas in his essay series, "What's a Meta For?" They discuss Facebook's renaming to Meta, the semantic web,...

Currents 078: John Ash on AI Art Tools

Posted January 3, 202301:06:20

Jim talks with John Ash about his use of AI art tools and their implications for society. They discuss the basics of how the latest models work, using...