John Thatamanil on Circling the Elephant: Religion, Porosity, and the Promise of Pluralism | Silk Road Seminar
What if the problem isn't that religions disagree, but that we invented the idea that you can only belong to one?
In this Silk Road Seminar, John Vervaeke sits down with theologian John J. Thatamanil, author of Circling the Elephant: A Comparative Theology of Religious Diversity. Thatamanil traces…
Cognition, Religion, and the Trust Apocalypse Are More Connected Than You Think
What if religion was never really about belief, but about how we make meaning?
Trust in institutions like religion, law, science, and journalism is collapsing, yet some of the most demanding traditions, like Eastern Orthodoxy and the traditional Latin Mass, are growing as people seek ritual, disci…
Andrew M. Davis & Matt Segall on Process, Relational Ontology, and Seeing God Again | Silk Road Seminar
What if God isn't a finished substance standing outside the world, but a living process we participate in?
In this Silk Road Seminar, John Vervaeke is joined by process philosophers Andrew M. Davis and Matt Segall. John opens with the core moves of Seeing God Again for the First Time and the Philo…
Minter Dialogue (in English) trailer
Welcome to Minter Dialogue, conversations with top business leaders, authors and entrepreneurs about leadership, brand strategy and transformation, hosted by Minter Dial since 2010.
With 670+ episodes and guests including Seth Godin, Brian Solis, Charlene Li, Mark Schaefer, David Meerman Scott and…
No Bad Parts? Dick Schwartz and John Vervaeke on IFS, the Self, and Spiritual Guides (hosted by Seth Allison)
What happens when the founder of Internal Family Systems and a cognitive scientist of meaning sit down to compare notes on parts, Self, and the guides that show up when the inner world quiets?
In this Lectern dialogue, psychotherapist Seth Allison takes the host chair so John Vervaeke can talk pee…
2021 Annual Review — Core Theorems, Scientific Rigor, and Enduring Systems Lessons
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The rapid pace of machine learning tooling and algorithmic releases creates a persistent distraction: technical practitioners frequently optimize for ephemeral framework releases while neglecting the foundational mathematical, psychological, and engineering invariants that dictate long-te…
Dr. John Vervaeke — Cognitive Science & The Meaning Crisis: Relevance Realization, Combinatorial Explosion, and Artificial Wisdom
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The central computational challenge confronting both biological cognition and autonomous artificial intelligence is not memory storage or calculation speed: it is combinatorial explosion. In any real-world environment, the search space of possible connections, propositions, and actions is…
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Paul VanderKlay on What Jordan Peterson Got Wrong, Why AI Is Demonic, and the Orthodox Boom
What did Jordan Peterson get wrong? Why are so many people converting to Orthodoxy? Is AI demonic? Pastor and YouTuber Paul VanderKlay joins Dan Leibrandt to talk about the meaning crisis, ritual, the Orthodox moment, AI chatbots competing with the church, and why in-person community matters more t…
From Alien Invasions to Zombie Apocalypses (Clip)
Vervaeke et. al. trace the progression of secular apocalypses from HG Well's "The War of the Worlds," through the zombie variety.
We break down what this progression might mean, and what we can do about it.
(From a discussion on “Zombies in Western Culture: A Twenty-First Century Crisis,”…
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