Life Itself Podcast

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Welcome to The Life Itself Podcast where we sit down to have conversations with thought leaders of the Second Renaissance. Through personal stories, deep enquiry and animated discussions covering culture, wisdom, technology, politics, spirituality, community life and much more, we aim to share wisdom and insight to create a wiser, weller world. news.lifeitself.org

  1. HÁ 1 DIA

    Jim Rutt: From Dotcom Boom to Game A Collapse

    Rufus interviews Jim Rutt on his life journey to becoming chairman of the Santa Fe Institute and a leading pioneer of ‘Game B’. Rutt shares insight into the failures of the Game A financial system. Rufus and Rutt explore the historical context of our ‘Game A’ system and what characteristics a Game B communities need to survive and grow with integrity. About the episode In this Life Itself Podcast, Jim Rutt, a complexity thinker and former tech entrepreneur, recounts his early life hitchhiking across America and his journey to becoming a senior figure in Thomson’s internet transition (1992–1999) and Network Solutions’ $15 billion sale in 2000. Rutt details his early awareness of Game A’s unsustainability and bringing his work on complexity science, markets and social systems to the Santa Fe Institute. Rutt details the founding dialogues with Jordan Hall that led to ‘Game B’ a decentralised societal model to replace Game A—a civilisational mode Rutt and Rufus trace back to the treaty of Westphalia. Rutt describes the intensity of ‘willing to die’ spirit necessary for Game B values to take root & the kinds of meditation structures needed for Game B communities to scale together. Chapters: * 00:01:55 – Jim’s Childhood and 1976 Hitchhiking Adventures * 00:16:23 – Leading Thomson’s Internet Transition (1992–1999) * 00:18:38 – Realizing Game A’s Unsustainability (1994) * 00:27:00 – Joining the Santa Fe Institute * 00:29:25 – Uncovering the Monetary-Finance-Business Nexus (2007–2008) * 00:29:31 – Reflections on Money and the Debt Regime * 00:35:35 – Planning for an Uncertain Future * 00:36:38 – The Treaty of Westphalia and Game A’s Foundations * 01:40:37 – Introducing Game B * 02:02:20 – Defining Game A and Game B * 02:19:00 – The Personal-Institutional Spiral and Game B Communities About the speakers: Jim Rutt is the former CEO of Network Solutions. The New York Times once referred to him as “the Internet’s bad boy” due to his reputation for creative mischief. He sold Network Solutions at the peak of the Dot Com boom and then went into scientific research. Jim has been affiliated with the Santa Fe Institute since 2002, serving as Chairman from 2009 thru 2012. Since that time he has been spearheading the Game B movement and host of the Jim Rutt Show. “Dividend Money” Everything Jim Learned about money The Jim Rutt Show: https://www.jimruttshow.com Substack: Jim Rutt “Dividend Money” Everything Jim Learned about money Rufus Pollock is an entrepreneur, activist and author as well as a long-term zen practitioner. He is passionate about finding wiser, weller ways to live together. He has founded several for-profit and nonprofit initiatives including Life Itself, Open Knowledge Foundation, and Datopian. His book Open Revolution is about making a radically freer and fairer information age. Previously he has been the Mead Fellow in Economics at the University of Cambridge as well as a Shuttleworth and Ashoka Fellow. A recognized global expert on the information society, he has worked with G7 governments, IGOs like the UN, Fortune 500s as well as many civil society organizations. He holds a PhD in Economics and a double first in Mathematics from the University of Cambridge. Find out more about his work on his website: www.rufuspollock.com. Podcast Production: Jacob Kishere of SENSESPACE Studio www.jacobkishere.com Get full access to Life Itself at news.lifeitself.org/subscribe

    1h34min

  2. 7 DE OUT.

    Sylvie Barbier: Charlie Kirk, Forgiveness & The Power of Words

    Sylvie Barbier brings sensemaking to bear on the polarization that followed the Kirk assassination and explores the significance of the Kirk memorial in an interview hosted by Jacob Kishere. The dialogue delves into the profound importance of speech, cycle-breaking forgiveness, non-violence, and remembering the sanctity of life. About the episode: In this episode of the Second Renaissance Podcast, we make sense of the polarization following the assassination of Charlie Kirk. Sylvie speaks to the power and necessity of forgiveness in breaking cycles of retaliation and explores what leadership can look like amid escalating division. We reflect on the nature of speech and the importance of recognizing the power of our words. The conversation closes with an appreciation of the existential importance of becoming joyfully alive in these times. Chapters: 00:02:11 – Erika Kirk’s Forgiveness of the Killer00:08:00 – Why Our Words Matter00:16:50 – Sacred Anchoring & Breaking Cycles of Violence00:18:50 – Challenges Around “Speech as Violence”00:26:00 – Intention in Speech00:29:00 – Thich Nhat Hanh on Non-Violence & the Seeds of Hatred00:31:00 – Committing to Something Greater & the Joy of Being Alive Speakers Sylvie Shiwei Barbier is a French-Taiwanese performance artist, entrepreneur and educator. She co-founded Life Itself to build a wiser future through culture, space and community. https://lifeitself.org/people/sylvieshiweibarbier Jacob Kishere is a dialogue facilitator, rapper, philosopher and writer. He is the creator of SENSESPACE podcast, author of Culturepilgrim and co-founder of The Resonant Man Initiative. www.jacobkishere.com Discussion about this video Get full access to Life Itself at news.lifeitself.org/subscribe

    39min

  3. 8 DE SET.

    Layman Pascal: Born to Go Beyond (A Post-modern World)

    Rufus dives into the life story of the one and only Layman Pascal: exploring his unique childhood, what he found in Wilber’s Integral, his relationship to intentional communities and what it means to live beyond a post-modern world. About the episode: In this interview with Layman Pascal and Rufus Pollock, Layman recounts his upbringing and the unique childhood in the Canadian Pacific Northwest that disposed him to become one of the metamodern scenes most interesting thinkers. Layman delves into the experience of the post-modern milieu of the late 1990s and efforts to find ways beyond it. They explore the value and limits of Ken Wilber's integral and the formation of his approach to dialogue and community in 'The Integral Stage' project. He closes envisioning precisely what's needed to move beyond culture war dynamics. Chapters: 04:43 Layman’s childhood in the Canadian Pacific Northwest 15:00 From college to living in Belize 16:48 Early Spiritual Teachers 27:00 Layman’s experience of the Post-Modern and Post-Post Modern 35:00 Story of Ken Wilber, Integral and The Integral Stage 45:24 going beyond post-modernism 52:53 Rufus’s View on Integral 57:50 Integralist vs Integralites 1:02:00 What Layman looks for in communities 1:08 Culture War & What we need to build coherence Speakers Layman Pascal was incarnated on a remote island in the Pacific Northwest. He used to be a meditation teacher, yoga instructor & public speaker—but he’s feeling much better now. He is a writer on themes of cultural philosophy, shamanism and organic spiritual development. www.laymanpascal.substack.com/ Rufus Pollock is an entrepreneur, activist and author as well as a long-term zen practitioner. He is passionate about finding wiser, weller ways to live together. He has founded several for-profit and nonprofit initiatives including Life Itself, Open Knowledge Foundation, and Datopian. His book Open Revolution is about making a radically freer and fairer information age. Previously he has been the Mead Fellow in Economics at the University of Cambridge as well as a Shuttleworth and Ashoka Fellow. A recognized global expert on the information society, he has worked with G7 governments, IGOs like the UN, Fortune 500s as well as many civil society organizations. He holds a PhD in Economics and a double first in Mathematics from the University of Cambridge. Get full access to Life Itself at news.lifeitself.org/subscribe

    1h16min

  4. 31 DE JUL.

    Theo Dawson: Beyond Teach to Test—Designing Educational Metrics That Work

    Following our interview with Lectica Co-founder Zak Stein, Rufus interviews Theo Dawson, Lectica’s founder and executive director, about her journey into transforming education and the complex and critical science of measuring educational development. Listen above or watch the episode here: About the episode: In this interview Theo Dawson, award-winning educator, scholar, & founder of Lectica Inc. speaks to her rich life story from drop out to conscious birthing doula to working inside of America's premier educational institutions. In her decades long journey, Theo has focused on realising a form of testing that actually supports students—recognising that contemporary 'education' often works in contra to natural learning processes. We 'teach to test' and education as a field often 'memory holes' decades of work to adopt the latest fashion. Join us to explore development and how Lectica have, over three decades, developed new metrics for student development in K-12 which are also offered to professional organisations. Corrections: At 22:39 Theo refers to ‘Dopamine’ but means ‘Opioid’ At 44:58 Theo refers to 'Abstract Mappings' but Means 'Representational Mappings' Chapters: 1:28 Theo’s story of growing up during the Vietnam War, leaving home and running with draft dodgers. 3:47 Becoming a mother and organising conscious doulas 6:57 How her life brought her to focus on the injustice of limiting education system 12:00 The ‘memory holing’ shadow in education and developmental science 15:00 The contra-Piaget movement in education, new ideas of ‘fairness’ in education 18:00 ‘Teaching to the test’ 19:41 How learning really works, the role of the dopaminergic system, and how education undermines natural learning 26:19 Developmental science as very recent 36:00 Hierarchical complexity as development 50:00 The dangerous shift in education 59:29 Points of leverage in systems 01:02:57 A new system of measurement 01:17:00 Higher complexity does not equate to ethical participation 01:24:45 Is there a limit to human development? Theo Dawson is founder and executive director of Lectica, Inc, a non-profit organization that develops and administers evidence-based, diagnostic, and formative developmental assessments; offers research and assessment services to clients in the private and public sectors; and builds knowledge about learning and its role in the future of society. She received her master's and PhD from University of California at Berkeley and has published widely in the field of cognitive developmental psychology. https://theo-dawson.medium.com/ https://lectica.org/about/cv-theo Rufus Pollock is an entrepreneur, activist and author as well as a long-term zen practitioner. He is passionate about finding wiser, weller ways to live together. He has founded several for-profit and nonprofit initiatives including Life Itself, Open Knowledge Foundation, and Datopian. His book Open Revolution is about making a radically freer and fairer information age. Previously he has been the Mead Fellow in Economics at the University of Cambridge as well as a Shuttleworth and Ashoka Fellow. A recognized global expert on the information society, he has worked with G7 governments, IGOs like the UN, Fortune 500s as well as many civil society organizations. He holds a PhD in Economics and a double first in Mathematics from the University of Cambridge. Find out more about his work on his website: www.rufuspollock.com. Podcast Production: Jacob Kishere of SENSESPACE Studio Get full access to Life Itself at news.lifeitself.org/subscribe

    1h35min

  5. 17 DE JUL.

    Awaken Your Spiritual Warrior: Shadow Work, Sovereignty & Accountability

    Sylvie Shiwei Barbier Co-founder of Life Itself and Ritual Artist calls upon the necessity of re-imagining and committing deeply to the role of the spiritual warrior. A path of vows, communal bonds, shadow work and ethical restoration. Listen above or watch the episode here: About the episode: In this interview with Jacob Kishere, Sylvie presents new work on why we need spiritual warriorship and what that means in community. Sylvie shares about her undertaking of spiritual warrior vows and we dive into what role mutual accountability takes in creating powerful communities. She foregrounds the importance of both shadow work and contexts for ethical restoration that can heal victim-perpetrator dynamics in culture and community. This dialogue connects with The Second Renaissance Manifesto and The Life Guild Chapters: 1:33 Why the spiritual warrior? 3:41 The feminine, the mother, and warrior energy 4:00 The creation of the Life Guild 5:47 Spiritual warrior vs spiritual person 9:10 Boundaries and sovereignty 10:35 Taking spiritual warrior vows 12:48 Receiving and forming bonds of accountability as a spiritual warrior 16:51 Victim and oppressor dynamics, responsibility, and shadow work 18:29 Shadow work must account for, heal, and integrate our experiences as both victims and oppressors 20:50 Call out culture and #MeToo 21:11 We must heal both perpetrators and victims 26:30 Confession without the possibility of forgiveness 29:54 Spiritual community, spiritual bypass, and shadow work 38:23 Why I’m excited about the second renaissance 48:41 Men and women’s work About Sylvie Shiwei Barbier: Sylvie Barbier is a French-Taiwanese performance artist, entrepreneur and educator. She co-founded Life Itself to build a wiser future through culture, space and community. https://lifeitself.org/people/sylvieshiweibarbier About Jacob Kishere: Jacob Kishere is a dialogue facilitator, rapper, philosopher and writer. He is the creator of SENSESPACE, author of Culturepilgrim and co-founder of The Resonant Man. www.jacobkishere.com Production by Jacob Kishere & SENSESPACE Studio Get full access to Life Itself at news.lifeitself.org/subscribe

    55min

  6. 19 DE JUN.

    Manda Scott: Weaving Thrutopias Beyond Climate Crisis and Capitalism’s Collapse

    In this interview with author Manda Scott we explore Manda’s journey as bestselling fiction author into the realms of the shamanic and her subsequent search for new and ancient narratives that can lead us through and beyond collapse. Listen above or watch the episode here: About the episode: In this interview, award-winning novelist and the host of Accidental Gods Podcast Manda Scott explores humanity’s precarious position at the edge of chaos and transformation. She introduces "thrutopia," a visionary framework for crafting hopeful, actionable paths to flourishing futures amidst the climate crisis and broader metacrisis. Scott highlights how fear paralyzes our ability to act, urging us to embrace empowering narratives that move beyond trauma culture toward a culture rooted in myth, hope, and imagination. Through discussions on participatory democracy, citizens’ assemblies, and regenerative economics, she calls for a cross-generational movement to reimagine systems and mobilize toward sustainable, thriving futures. Chapters: 01:20 – Ursula K. Le Guin and the Non-Inevitability of Capitalism 04:35 – Defining Thrutopia 06:26 – Overcoming Fear in the Climate Crisis 07:50 – Alternative Futures Already Possible 16:05 – Manda Scott’s Background 21:00 – Economics and the Need for a New Collective Story 25:00 – Achieving Escape Velocity from the Current System 28:45 – Trauma Culture vs. Initiation Culture 46:56 – Participatory Democracy in Thailand 49:27 – The Power of Citizens’ Assemblies 53:00 – Urgency for a Cross-Generational Political Movementecological collapse. 54:00 – The Inner Work Required for Change 56:00 – Understanding the Dark Triad About Manda Scott: Manda Scott is an award-winning novelist, podcaster, and visionary thinker renowned for her pioneering work in "thrutopian" fiction, which maps plausible paths from our current crises to flourishing futures we’d be proud to leave for future generations. A former veterinary surgeon with an MA in Regenerative Economics, she blends myth, technology, and radical compassion in her mytho-political thriller Any Human Power. As host of the chart-topping Accidental Gods podcast and co-creator of the Thrutopia Masterclass, Scott inspires writers and creatives to craft stories that bridge divides and foster collective action for a sustainable world. About Rufus Pollock: Rufus Pollock is an entrepreneur, activist and author as well as a long-term zen practitioner. He is passionate about finding wiser, weller ways to live together. He has founded several for-profit and nonprofit initiatives including Life Itself, Open Knowledge Foundation, and Datopian. His book Open Revolution is about making a radically freer and fairer information age. Previously he has been the Mead Fellow in Economics at the University of Cambridge as well as a Shuttleworth and Ashoka Fellow. A recognized global expert on the information society, he has worked with G7 governments, IGOs like the UN, Fortune 500s as well as many civil society organizations. He holds a PhD in Economics and a double first in Mathematics from the University of Cambridge. Find out more about his work on his website: rufuspollock.com. Production: Podcast Production by Jacob Kishere & SENSESPACE Studio Get full access to Life Itself at news.lifeitself.org/subscribe

    1h

  7. 4 DE JUN.

    The Sacred Ethics of Measurement & A New Archetype of Wise Agency: Zak Stein & Rufus Pollock

    In this conversation, Rufus interviews Zak about his early learning journey, exploring the corruption of graduate education, the sacredness of measurement for ancient man and what kind of new wise agency is needed amidst existential risk and all pervasive information warfare. Listen above or watch the episode here: About the episode: In their second interview, Rufus explores Dr. Zak Stein's formative experiences of education, music and standardised testing. They explore the sacred and esoteric history of measurement in the pre-modern world compared with today. Zak Shares on what he learned conducting research into the all-pervasive landscape of propaganda and information warfare for the Consilience Project. They close exploring the possibility of 'a new archetype of wise agency' which, unlike previous monastic wisdom traditions, is deeply responsive and engaged with worldly agency, politics, power and strategy. This conversation supports the recent book First Principles and First Values: Forty-Two Propositions on CosmoErotic Humanism, the Meta-Crisis, and the World to Come. See detailed notes on the book and our summary here. Chapters 00:00 Zak’s Early Education Experience 09:46 Zak’s Journey Through Jazz Musicians 14:33 Ken Wilber and Developmental Psychology 17:44 The Creation of Lectica & Entering Harvard Without a GPA 24:02 What Happened to Developmental Psychology at Harvard? 28:00 The Academy Is Broken & the Frame of Institutional Decay 31:47 Government and Industry Cannibalize Graduate Education 39:29 The Problem of Metrication & Civilizational Collapse 45:35 The Magic of Measurement for Ancient Man & Measurement as a Sacred Act 58:18 Consilience Project’s Findings on Psychological Warfare 1:01:00 Rufus: Culture War, Printing Press, and the Modern Age 1:03:45 Information War Erodes the Possibility of Truth 1:20:00 How Can a Second Renaissance Counter Propaganda Culture? 1:22:45 The “Long Game” of Wisdom in the Past vs. the Need for Active Engagement in the Metacrisis 1:24:12 The New Archetype of “Wise Agency” 1:32:00 How Do We Use Power Wisely? About Zak Stein Dr. Zachary Stein is co-founder of the Civilizational Research Institute, the Center for World Philosophy and Religion and Lectica, Inc, and is a widely sought after and award winning speaker. Zak is a leading authority on the future of education and contemporary issues in human development. He was trained at the interface of philosophy, psychology, and education, and now works in fields related to the mitigation of global catastrophic risk. Dr. Stein is the author of several books and many peer-reviewed papers, including most recently First Principles and First Values: Forty-Two Propositions on CosmoErotic Humanism, the Meta-Crisis, and the World to Come, by Zak Stein, Marc Gafni and Ken Wilber writing under the name David J. Temple. About Rufus Pollock Rufus Pollock is an entrepreneur, activist and author as well as a long-term zen practitioner. He is passionate about finding wiser, weller ways to live together. He has founded several for-profit and nonprofit initiatives including Life Itself, Open Knowledge Foundation, and Datopian. His book Open Revolution is about making a radically freer and fairer information age. Previously he has been the Mead Fellow in Economics at the University of Cambridge as well as a Shuttleworth and Ashoka Fellow. A recognized global expert on the information society, he has worked with G7 governments, IGOs like the UN, Fortune 500s as well as many civil society organizations. He holds a PhD in Economics and a double first in Mathematics from the University of Cambridge. Find out more about his work on his website: rufuspollock.com. Production by Jacob Kishere & SENSESPACE Studio Get full access to Life Itself at news.lifeitself.org/subscribe

    1h44min

  8. 19 DE MAR.

    The Future of Education with Boaz Feldman

    In this podcast series Jacob Kishere interviews key speakers on themes of education, metacrisis, transformation and the possibility of a Second Renaissance. On May 2-3rd the corresponsing conference 'Education For Flourishing: In a time of Metacrisis and Second Renaissance' will be held in partnership with Life Itself at Harvard Graduate School of Education. In this first dialogue with conference co-lead and co-founder Boaz Feldman, they lead a broad and deep exploration into these questions & introduce the conference itself. More information about the conference here: https://www.sfwhgse.com/ About Boaz Boaz Feldman is a researcher and clinical psychologist, ordained as a Buddhist monk in Thailand, completed over 7 years of silent meditation retreats, led numerous war-zone humanitarian missions, and presented at over 30 international conferences. At Harvard University, he is a Research Scholar (at HGSE), an Education Ambassador (at HCCRC), and the European Director for the Harvard Alumni for Education. http://boazfeldman.com/home/ About Jacob Jacob Kishere is a professional dialogue facilitator, the rapper, philosopher and writer behind Culturepilgrim and The Resonant Man Initiative. In 2020 he founded SENSESPACE Podcast—a dialogos journey into the heart of wisdom bringing together leading philosophers, artists and practitioners to address a collective phase shift. www.jacobkishere.com Watch the episode here Get full access to Life Itself at news.lifeitself.org/subscribe

    41min
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Welcome to The Life Itself Podcast where we sit down to have conversations with thought leaders of the Second Renaissance. Through personal stories, deep enquiry and animated discussions covering culture, wisdom, technology, politics, spirituality, community life and much more, we aim to share wisdom and insight to create a wiser, weller world. news.lifeitself.org

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  • Criado por
    Life Itself
  • Anos de atividade
    2024 - 2025
  • Episódios
    61
  • Classificação
    Explícito
  • Copyright
    © Rufus Pollock
  • Site do podcast
    Life Itself Podcast