Voicecraft

An exploration of AI, human intelligence, dangers of cognitive atrophy, and lines of flight in response to teritorialisation. Welcoming the creator of the Cynefin Framework and iconoclastic generalist thinker Dave Snowden, who argues that AI represents artificial or algorithmic inference rather than true intelligence. He joins Tim Adalin for a dialogue that also broaches metacrisis vs polycrisis, religion and identity, economic and political systems, warfare and complexity.Dave's previous conversation on Voicecraft "Civilisation, Science & Spirituality" https://youtu.be/uXvWQzGcNCo---Access the shownotes & learn more about Voicecraft podcasts, events, courses and membership network @ https://www.voicecraft.io/content/e131-artificial-intelligence-vs-human-reasoning-w/-dave-snowdenTimestamps00:00 Intro00:15 The Nature of Intelligence08:05 Artificial Inference vs. Artificial Intelligence12:50 Extended Consciousness & Embodied Intelligence24:40 Education, Measurement & Cultural Atrophy31:48 Warfare, Complexity & Game Theory47:35 Religion, Identity & Collective Meaning57:10 Economic Systems & Gifting Cultures01:14:35 Technology, Design & Emergence01:25:39 Boundaries, Safety & System Design01:39:35 Power, Manipulation & Lines of FlightLearn more about Dave and Cynefin @ https://thecynefin.co/team/dave-snowden/ Listen to the full intro song by Cantrips titled 'The Big Break' @ https://youtu.be/Qaj-stBL4W0

Philosopher Cadell Last joins Tim Adalin for a dialogue working with core themes from Last's new book: 'Real Speculations: Thought Foundations, Drive Myths, and Social Analysis. This is a comprehensive journey into core philosophy and psychoanalysis, intended for a network of networks engaging in common effort to understand and participate in the becoming of our time.---Access the shownotes & learn more about Voicecraft podcasts, events, courses and membership network @ https://www.voicecraft.io/content/beyond-the-myths-of-our-time-hegelian-philosopher-cadell-last-in-dialogue-with-tim-adalinFind Cadell's Philosophy Portal @ https://philosophyportal.online/Real Speculations @ https://www.amazon.com/Real-Speculations-Thought-Foundations-Analysis/dp/B0F5NV3821Cadell's conversation with @O.G.Rose.Michelle.and.Daniel @ https://youtu.be/Q92oh-iXvqI?si=hdHEEOtWKAllXO1k---Listen to the full intro song by Cantrips titled 'The Big Break' @ https://youtu.be/Qaj-stBL4W0

Dr Michael Levin's pioneering research on bioelectricity, morphogenesis, and cognition is reshaping our understanding of how living systems self-organize and regenerate. He explores how cells and tissues communicate through bioelectrical signals, guiding the formation of complex structures without relying solely on genetic instructions. He is a Distinguished Professor in Biology at Tufts University, working at the intersection of biology, computer science, and cognitive science.This dialogue explores meanings of influence, value, transhumanism, minds, collective intelligence, and the philosophical and scientific implications of Dr. Michael Levin's work. ---Access the shownotes & learn more about Voicecraft podcasts, events, courses and membership network @ https://www.voicecraft.io/content/e129-influence-value-transhumanism-questions-for-the-frontiers-of-biology-and-technology-w/-dr-michael-levin-tim-adalinSUPPORT the channel on Patreon @ https:///www.patreon.com/voicecraft0:00 Introduction, Influence and Approach1:19 TAME Framework and Mind Everywhere10:07 The Spectrum of Persuadability 18:43 Creating Novel Beings and Personal Transformation24:09 We Don't Create, We Participate32:56 Intelligence vs Cognition Key Differences39:31 Value Is Primary, Not Emergent45:51 Transhumanism vs Hyperhumanism Discussion52:55 The Cognitive Light Cone Concept57:10 Technology & ValueListen to the full intro song by Cantrips titled 'The Big Break' @ https://youtu.be/Qaj-stBL4W0

What does progress mean? How does it influence consciousness and our notions of value, quality and story? Can we think beyond it?Dialoguing with meanings of progress, mythos, conceptions of time, and the becoming of identity and culture. Welcoming paleontologist-futurist Michael Garfield and integral philosopher Jeremy D Johnson, author of Seeing Through the World: Jean Gebser and Integral Consciousness and philosopher Tim Adalin. For the video to see the screenshare, head over to https://youtu.be/tMd5dhEAj1o ---ACCESS the shownotes & learn more about Voicecraft podcasts, events, courses and membership network @ https://www.voicecraft.io/content/e128-mythos-after-progress-jeremy-d-johnson-michael-garfield-tim-adalinSUPPORT THE CHANNEL on PATREON @ https:///www.patreon.com/voicecraft---Timestamps:00:00 Introduction & The Problem of Progress06:19 Fitness Landscapes & Evolutionary Navigation16:06 Value, Mythos, Soul, Image-making23:28 Embodied Time & Spatial Metaphors32:00 Digital Hauntology & Indigenous Temporalities42:57 Choosing What We Give Life To55:28 Finding Home Through Slowing Down01:02:41 Belonging & Context Windows01:13:57 Embassy & Cultural Navigation01:17:17 Living From the Future Present---Listen to the full intro song by Cantrips titled 'The Big Break' @ https://youtu.be/Qaj-stBL4W0

With influence from philosophy and psychonautic experience, this dialogue explores the forking path of humanity’s relation with technology. One way proposes hyperhumanism, which seeks to enhance humanity through the mindful use of technology. The other, transhumanism, promises 'transcendence' as an escape from the lack in humanity. Featuring Carl Hayden Smith, founder of the Museum of Consciousness, hyperhuman theorist and extended state DMT pioneer, in a Voicecraft dialogue with philosopher and consciousness theorist Cameron Duffy.---ACCESS the shownotes & learn more about Voicecraft podcasts, events, courses and membership network @ https://www.voicecraft.io/content/e127-are-we-human-yet-dmtx-the-future-of-consciousness-carl-hayden-smith-in-dialogue-with-cameron-duffySUPPORT THE CHANNEL on PATREON @ https:///www.patreon.com/voicecraftTimestamps:00:00 Intro01:58 The central question: "Are we human yet?"03:14 The problem with transhuman and post-human theories06:35 Species in amnesia and technological context15:13 Mycelium networks and sharing wisdom21:20 Learning to die before you die26:07 Practical hyperhumanism and technology use 30:35 Context engineering and sensory awareness40:00 DMTx, Cybernaut and psychonaut exploration46:17 Healing from healing culture50:30 Entities and consciousness exploration1:10:57 Jean Gebser's stages of consciousness1:13:58 Strife, love, and creating beautiful contextsListen to the full intro song by Cantrips titled 'The Big Break' @ https://youtu.be/Qaj-stBL4W0

A philosophical exploration into the weird of magic, aliens and altered states with the neo-Jungian thinker, psychotherapist and baby wizard, neo-Jungian Anderson Todd and Tim Adalin.---Access the shownotes & learn more about Voicecraft podcasts, events, courses and membership network @ https://www.voicecraft.io/content/e126-magic-aliens-w/-anderson-todd-tim-adalinSupport Voicecraft @ https://www.patreon.com/c/voicecraftTimestamps00:02 - Introduction02:20 - Jungian Perspective on UFOs & the Psychoid09:00 - How do we participate in understanding magic and aliens22:00 - Frameworks for understanding anomalous phenomena48:56 - Psychedelic Entity Encounters01:00:21 - Channeling and Historical Magic01:37:56 - DMT Experiences and Entity Encounters01:40:37 - Certainty vs. Skepticism in Mystical Experiences01:43:19 - Magic as Experimental Psychotechnology01:48:22 - Re-enchantment and Ethical Transformation02:08:46 - Ayahuasca and the Mythic "Duh" Moment02:27:39 - Symbolic Manipulation and Propaganda02:37:36 - Pluralism and CommunicationListen to the full intro song by Cantrips titled 'The Big Break' @ https://youtu.be/Qaj-stBL4W0

When should we make the unconscious conscious in social contexts? Welcoming Voicecraft members O.G. Rose (philosopher) and Dr Aspasia Karageorge (psychologist) in dialogue with Tim Adalin. We speak with questions of emotional maturity, AI & human complexities, cultural shamanism, societal structures, and the balance between individual and collective transformation, blending philosophy, psychology, and spirituality. ---Access the shownotes & learn more about Voicecraft podcasts, events, courses @ https://www.voicecraft.io/content/e125-making-the-unconscious-conscious-cultural-shamanism-w/-og-rose-tim-adalin-aspasia-karageorgeLearn how to become a Voicecraft member @ https://www.voicecraft.io/networkSupport this channel with a small contribution @ https://www.patreon.com/c/voicecraftThe previous Cultural Shamanism conversation which expands on the notion more explicitly is E114.---Timestamps (mostly AI gen)00:00 - Introduction 00:30 - Cultural Shamanism & Making the Unconscious Conscious07:19 - Discerning Unconscious Influences 16:15 - Role of Art and Parables in Awareness 25:20 - Belonging and Societal Precarity 34:03 - AI and the Outsourcing of Relationships 47:28 - Attentionalism and Cultural Dynamics 58:13 - Emotional Maturity in Historical Crises 01:13:48 - Navigating Anger and Emotional Nuance 01:31:47 - Stories vs. Participatory Contexts Listen to the full intro song by Cantrips titled 'The Big Break' @ https://youtu.be/Qaj-stBL4W0

Welcoming the return of the neo-Jungian thinker, psychotherapist and cog-sci wizard, Anderson Todd, centered on the phenomenon of synchronicity—those moments of meaningful coincidence that seem to transcend causality. He joins Tim Adalin to dialogue on how synchronicity can be nurtured through trust, intentional design, and a willingness to engage with life’s mysteries, even as technology challenges our sense of reality.---Access the shownotes & learn more about Voicecraft podcasts, events, courses and membership network @ https://www.voicecraft.io/content/e124-designing-for-synchronicity-w/-neo-jungian-anderson-todd-tim-adalin00:00 - Introduction 00:10 - Synchronicity & Alignment 07:55 - Designing for Serendipity 25:00 - Synchronicity as Magic 39:00 - Hacking Synchronicity 45:00 - Trust, Intimacy, Risk01:07:09 - Jung, Archetypes in Modernity 01:15:00 - The Magic Circle 01:30:00 - Artificial Intelligence & MagicAbout Anderson:Anderson Todd is an Assistant Professor, Teaching Stream, at the University of Toronto, where he has taught in the Cognitive Science programme, Interdisciplinary Courses on Jungian Theory, and Buddhist Psychology and Mental Health programme. He teaches on Consciousness and The Unconscious, focusing on the techniques and technologies of intentional self-transformation. He consults internationally with individuals and organizations, in private practice as a Registered Psychotherapist, and as an enrichment education specialist. His research interests include altered states, insight and intelligence enhancement, non-invasive brain stimulation, attentional neurofeedback, roleplaying games, neo-Jungian lucid dreaming, practical psychotechnology, and the mechanics of psychotherapeutic efficacy. He has been an avid roleplaying game enthusiast, writer, and storyteller for nearly 40 years. His library has become immense. He has learned from his videos just how much he talks with his hands.You can find his YouTube channel here:https://www.youtube.com/@AndersonToddFind previous dialogues with Anderson on Voicecraft here: https://youtu.be/ztuNGOZ6N5AListen to the full intro song by Cantrips titled 'The Big Break' @ https://youtu.be/Qaj-stBL4W0

What if the feminine also calls for war? Exploring the primal, cultural, and psychological dimensions of war through the interplay of masculine and feminine energies. Pamela von Sabljar, Adriana Forte, Simon van der Els and Tim Adalin continue Voicecraft’s series exploring the meaning of the feminine and masculine.---Participate in conversational alchemy at the Voicecraft Network: https://www.voicecraft.io/networkAccess the shownotes & learn more about Voicecraft podcasts, events, courses and membership network @ https://www.voicecraft.io/content/e123-men-women-and-war-w/-pamela-von-sabljar-adriana-forte-simon-van-der-els-tim-adalin

Beyond causation: exploring the deep philosophy of technology and design, in consideration of the needs of vitality and life. For those with serious interest in thinking through the creation of structures that support thriving—and who want to incorporate more than just thinking in that process. Welcoming Eric Harris-Braun, pioneering co-founder of Holochain and other software technologies, alongside Forrest Landry, philosopher and master craftsman. They’re joined by Voicecraft members Tom Lyons in the opening position, and the philosopher Daniel Garner of O.G. Rose.---Access the shownotes & learn more about Voicecraft podcasts, events, courses and membership network @ https://www.voicecraft.io/content/e122-transcendent-design-w/-forrest-landry-eric-harris-braun-og-rose-tom-lyonsThe Voicecraft Network @ https://www.voicecraft.io/networkListen to the full intro song by Cantrips titled 'The Big Break' @ https://youtu.be/Qaj-stBL4W0

What makes men and women different? Pamela von Sabljar joins Tim Adalin to continue Voicecraft’s exploration into the energetic, cultural, scientific and metaphysical depths of this question and its related implications. Pamela is a new breed of speaker, facilitator, and mentor working at the evolutionary edge. She practices dialoguing, sensing, creating, and leading from this ever-emergent edge. She calls this Living from Eros. --- Access the shownotes & learn more about Voicecraft podcasts, events, courses and membership network @ https://www.voicecraft.io/content/e121-what-makes-men-women-different-w/-pamela-von-sabljar-tim-adalin Listen to the full intro song by Cantrips titled 'The Big Break' @ https://youtu.be/Qaj-stBL4W0

How does the way we think about communication.. influence the technologies.. that influence our social and economic horizons? This dialogue explores the meaning of Grammatics, a term coined by Holochain co-founder and pioneering technologist Eric Harris-Braun. It’s a way of thinking about design and communication at a fundamental level. Also welcoming Josh Field, founder and leading contributor to the Infinite Reality Engine and contributor to Voicecraft, alongside Tim Adalin. --- Access the shownotes & learn more about Voicecraft podcasts, events, courses and membership network @ https://www.voicecraft.io/content/e120-grammatics-how-change-happens-w/-eric-harris-braun-josh-field-tim-adalin --- Listen to Eric's interview on 'Aliveness and the Weave' @ https://youtu.be/kh1UVlIKvNg @zippy3145 Listen to the full intro song by Cantrips titled 'The Big Break' @ https://youtu.be/Qaj-stBL4W0

How do ideas shape the appearance of reality? How can metaphysics open or close us to deeper participation with nature? What is the significance of a philosophy of consciousness? Renowned philosophers of mind Bernardo Kastrup and Peter Sjöstedt-Hughes join Tim Adalin for a dialogue informed by Kastrup’s analytic idealism, and Sjöstedt-Hughes’ thinking on Bergson, Whitehead, Huxley, Spinoza, and others. Access the shownotes & learn more about Voicecraft podcasts, events, courses and membership network @ https://www.voicecraft.io/content/e119-mind-reality-nature-w/-bernardo-kastrup-peter-sjostedt-hughes --- GUESTS Dr Peter Sjöstedt-Hughes is a Philosopher of Mind and Metaphysics who specializes in the thought of Whitehead, Spinoza, Nietzsche, and Bergson – and in fields pertaining to panpsychism, pantheism, mental causation, and altered states of consciousness. He is a lecturer at The University of Exeter where he is a lead on the new postgraduate courses in Psychedelics: Mind, Medicine, and Culture. Peter is co-director of Europe’s largest psychedelics conference, Breaking Convention, and is on the board of breathwork charity Dreamshadow. He is on the advisory board of the Tyringham Institute, and is a member of the drugs advisory committee group, Drug Science, as well as being on the team of the underground UK independent publisher, Psychedelic Press. Dr Sjöstedt-Hughes is the author of Noumenautics (2015), Modes of Sentience (2021), co-editor and contributor of Bloomsbury’s Philosophy and Psychedelics (2022), and author of Bloomsbury’s forthcoming Psychedelic Metaphysics Manual (2025). As well as the TEDx Talker on ‘psychedelics and consciousness’, Peter is an inspiration to the recreation of inhuman philosopher Marvel Superhero, Karnak. Find Peter’s website here: https://www.philosopher.eu/ Bernardo Kastrup is the executive director of Essentia Foundation. His work has set off the modern renaissance of metaphysical idealism, the notion that reality is essentially mental. He has a Ph.D. in philosophy (ontology, philosophy of mind) and another Ph.D. in computer engineering (reconfigurable computing, artificial intelligence). As a scientist, Bernardo has worked for the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) and the Philips Research Laboratories (where the 'Casimir Effect' of Quantum Field Theory was discovered). He has also been creatively active in the high-tech industry for almost 30 years now, having co-founded parallel processor company Silicon Hive (acquired by Intel in 2011) and worked as a technology strategist for the geopolitically significant company ASML. Bernardo has most recently started AI hardware company Syncthetics B.V., currently in stealth mode. Formulated in detail in many academic papers and books, Bernardo's ideas have been featured on Scientific American, the Institute of Art and Ideas, the Blog of the American Philosophical Association, and Big Think, among others. Bernardo's 11th book, coming in 2024, is "Analytic Idealism in a Nutshell: A straightforward summary of the 21st-century's only plausible metaphysics." For more information, freely downloadable papers, videos, etc., visit his website at https://www.bernardokastrup.com --- Listen to the full intro song by Cantrips titled 'The Big Break' @ https://youtu.be/Qaj-stBL4W0

An opening to questions, blind spots, and revelations of sexuality, biology, culture, psychology, nature, politics and metaphysics, drawn together by the meaning of the masculine and the feminine. Access the shownotes & learn more about Voicecraft podcasts, events, courses and membership network @ https://www.voicecraft.io/content/e118-meanings-of-the-masculine-and-the-feminine --- About the speakers: --- Adriana is a cultural architect, philosopher, and writer dedicated to bringing the cyclical nature of women’s minds into collective awareness. Through dialogue, writing, workshops, retreats, online group work, and one-on-one mentoring, she aims to create spaces for provocative thinking, reflection and transformation. Above all, she’s a mother to two amazing girls, a partner to an awesome guy, and an apprentice gardener living off-grid in a community in Australia. She has a substack where she posts articles, reflections and holds occasional group conversations: https://theclab.substack.com/ Find C-lab's YouTube channel: @theC-Lab --- Aspasia Karageorge is a clinical psychologist in private practice in Australia, a qualitative researcher, and a writer of some kind. She grew up in small town New Zealand wedged between a mountain and a volcanic black-sand coast. She is curious about practice-based wisdom, the creative process, languages of the unconscious, and some intersection of wonder/beauty/mystery/connection. Her therapy approach is greatly informed by Intensive Short Term Dynamic Psychotherapy (ISTDP). As a research consultant, she is broadly focused on clinical complexity, innovation, and workforce development. Longstanding literary loves include Camus, Kazantzakis, Seferis, Anaïs Nin, Plato, Borges, Kafka, Balzac, Jung, Paz, Sartre, Nietzche, Gertrude Stein, Hemingway… a ridiculous list of names. In her downtime, you’ll currently find her in the water, writing something that won’t make sense until later, daydreaming with campari, and/or dancing to some wild Greek 70s pop records with her kids. She is also a core contributor at Voicecraft. You can connect with Aspasia @ aspasiapsychology.com She also shares conversations on her YouTube channel here: @aspasiapsychology Joining Adriana are Voicecraft members Tom Lyons (Ecofo) and Tim Adalin of the Voicecraft Network. --- Listen to the full intro song by Cantrips titled 'The Big Break' @ https://youtu.be/Qaj-stBL4W0

In this follow up to 'Is The Earth Enough?', Layman Pascal, Cadell Last, Sean Kelly and Simon van der Els extend the conversation with reference to the concepts of the Anthropocene, Global Brain, and the Noosphere. They consider the influences upon humanity, and our influences in turn, on this hyperconnected Earth. --- Access the shownotes & learn more about Voicecraft podcasts, events, courses and membership network @ https://www.voicecraft.io/content/e117-is-the-earth-enough-part-2-anthropocene-global-brain-noosphere-cadell-last-layman-pascal-sean-kelly-simon-van-der-els Layman Pascal is well known in integral and metamodern networks as the host of the @theintegralstage8140 podcast, author of Gurdjieff For A Time Between Worlds, insightful general thinker and spiritual teacher. Cadell Last is a philosopher and author of Systems & Subjects, Global Brain Singularity: Universal History, Future Evolution and Humanity’s Dialectical Horizon, among other works, and founder of @PhilosophyPortal , teaching courses on great works, great thinkers, and critical concepts in community. Sean Kelly is a Professor in the Philosophy, Cosmology, and Consciousness program at the California Institute of Integral Studies. He is the author of Coming Home, and Becoming Gaia: On the Threshold of Planetary Initiation, which draws on big history, comparative religion, transpersonal psychology and integral philosophies. Simon is a shamanic healing practitioner and ceremonialist working together with the living Earth in bringing people home. He holds a PhD in molecular microbiology. Along with Cadell, he is a valued member of the Voicecraft Network. --- KEYWORDS: Anthropocene, Global Brain, Noosphere, Ecology, Human Relationships, Overshoot, Consciousness, Planetary Civilization, Technology, Enjoyment, excess, lack, religion, embodiment, network subjectivity, global structures, overshoot, rewilding, metacognition, Anthropocene Listen to the full intro song by Cantrips titled 'The Big Break' @ https://youtu.be/Qaj-stBL4W0