Education, politics, and Western Civilization all cry out for the intelligent discussion of many questions: “What can we trust? Why is the 'information ecology' so damaged, and what would it take to make it healthy? [These are] fundamental question[s], because without good sensemaking, we cannot even begin to act in the world. It is also a central concern in what many are calling the "meaning crisis", because what is meaningful is connected to what is real.”
The War on Sensemaking… (Rebel Wisdom on YouTube, 1:48:49) Premiered on Aug 19, 2019. There's a lot to unpack and think about in this video. I took three or four distinct (but rewarding) sessions to listen to it all, but I plan to see it again in the near future.
“Daniel Schmachtenberger [a new discovery for me] is an evolutionary philosopher - his central interest is civilization design: developing new capacities for sense-making and choice-making, individually and collectively, to support conscious sustainable evolution.”
For more from Daniel, he blogs on these topics at https://civilizationemerging.com/
He’s also the director of Research and Development at Neurohacker Collective https://neurohacker.com/ethos
As ever, I cannot live up to my own ideals and goals. There is not enough time. However, my recent pursuits (and our "interesting times" *) lead me to share some of what I learn and experience (and that may be of use to others) in sorting through the chaos. I welcome constructive feedback and other reactions. Here are a couple of videos from David Fuller's Rebel Wisdom, a group that I am finding increasingly informative and thought provoking:
* Ancient Chinese curse (reportedly): "May you live in interesting times!"