Mitch Mignano's guest appearances

Mitch Mignano

FUTURE FOSSILS

Conner Habib

Bernie Taylor

Chris Ryan

Becca Tarnas

Stephanie Lepp

Cory Allen

Charles Eisenstein

David Krantz

Eliot Peper

Kevin Kelly

Richard James

Douglas Rushkoff

Jennifer Sodini

Dennis McKenna

Bruce Damer

OwlTail

Naomi Most

This week we bring together Burning Man’s resident philosopher Caveat Magister (the author of The Scene That Became Cities, from Penguin Random House) together with anarchist community organizer Naomi Most of Noisebridge and Playa trickster historian Mitch Mignano for a conversation about the festival’s uneasy but remarkable transition into virtuality — and how holdouts worldwide persisted in “IRL” celebrations that preserved the face-to-face community and presence Burning Man cannot yet replicate online. This discussion was a total treat, and covered everything from complex systems and the evolution of the city to the new and strange ontologies emerging in the blue light of our screen-bound era. • Was Burning Man always just a physicalized version of the World Wide Web? Or is its power and uniqueness in precisely how it ISN’T?• Is Burning Man a kind of virtual reality already, or — like VR — just a not-entirely-successful effort to screen out the world that creates it?• What is the value of culture for culture’s sake, and why should we protect the efforts for it?• Is Black Rock City pointless, or is it an engine for teaching Applied Existentialism…or both, and more?• What happened at the in-person Burning Man(s) this year, when people still decided they would gather during a pandemic?This episode is dedicated to the memory of James Oroc.Writing and videos we mention in this episode: The Case of the Missing Man by Caveat Magister (Read the whole series!) Sand Talk by Tyson YunkaportaThe Garden of Forking Memes by Aaron Z. LewisWilliam Irwin Thompson in 1975 x Burning Man 2013 Through Google Glass [video]Transformational Festivals are a Symptom of Dissociation by MGGiving Into Astonishment: Scenes from Burning Man’s American Dream by MGIf you believe in the value of this show and want to see it thrive, please send your friends to this page and encourage them to support Future Fossils on Patreon. Patrons gain access to over twenty secret episodes, unreleased music, our book club, and whatever else spills out of my overactive imagination. We’d love to have you in our thriving little Discord server, if you’re interested in meeting other members of our awesome scene. And if you’re up for helping edit Future Fossils Podcast transcripts, you’re my hero! Please drop me a line at futurefossilspodcast@gmail.com.Intro music in this episode is “Valles Marineris” from my Martian Arts EP. Outro music is an early mix of “You Don’t Have To Move,” from my forthcoming/in-progress album The Age of Reunion.Dig deeper into these related Future Fossils episodes:25 – DADARA on Art, Virtual Realities, and Flow States31 – Mitch Altman of Noisebridge on Hacking Life for Fun &amp; Profit41 – Hannah Faith Yata on Art, Wilderness, and Rebellion55 – “Creativity and Catastrophe” at Palenque Norte, Burning Man 201761 – Jamaica Stevens on Crisis, Rebirth, and Transformation71 – JF Martel on Sequels &amp; Simulacra76 – “Technology as Psychedelic Parenting” at Palenque Norte, Burning Man 201796 – Malena Grosz on Community-Led Party Culture vs. Corporate “Nightlife”100 – The Teafaerie on DMT, Transhumanism, and What To Do With All of God’s Attention Enjoy and thanks for listening! Get bonus content on PatreonSupport this show http://supporter.acast.com/futurefossils. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week we bring together Burning Man’s resident philosopher <a href="https://journal.burningman.org/2020/09/philosophical-center/the-theme/the-case-of-the-missing-man-part-9-the-quick-and-the-iconographic/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Caveat Magister</a> (the author of <a href="https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/605097/the-scene-that-became-cities-by-caveat-magister-benjamin-wachs/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">The Scene That Became Cities</a>, from Penguin Random House) together with anarchist community organizer <a href="https://medium.com/@nthmost" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Naomi Most</a> of Noisebridge and Playa trickster historian <a href="https://www.synergeticpress.com/team/mitch-mignano/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Mitch Mignano</a> for a conversation about the festival’s uneasy but remarkable transition into virtuality — and how holdouts worldwide persisted in “IRL” celebrations that preserved the face-to-face community and presence Burning Man cannot yet replicate online. This discussion was a total treat, and covered everything from complex systems and the evolution of the city to the new and strange ontologies emerging in the blue light of our screen-bound era. • Was Burning Man always just a physicalized version of the World Wide Web? Or is its power and uniqueness in precisely how it ISN’T?• Is Burning Man a kind of virtual reality already, or — like VR — just a not-entirely-successful effort to screen out the world that creates it?• What is the value of culture for culture’s sake, and why should we protect the efforts for it?• Is Black Rock City pointless, or is it an engine for teaching Applied Existentialism…or both, and more?• What happened at the in-person Burning Man(s) this year, when people still decided they would gather during a pandemic?This episode is dedicated to the memory of James Oroc.Writing and videos we mention in this episode: <a href="https://journal.burningman.org/2020/09/philosophical-center/the-theme/the-case-of-the-missing-man-part-9-the-quick-and-the-iconographic/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">The Case of the Missing Man</a> by Caveat Magister (Read the whole series!) <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/45449501-sand-talk" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Sand Talk</a> by <a href="https://www.deakin.edu.au/about-deakin/people/tyson-yunkaporta" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Tyson Yunkaporta</a><a href="https://aaronzlewis.com/blog/2020/07/07/the-garden-of-forking-memes/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">The Garden of Forking Memes</a> by Aaron Z. Lewis<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IZwaI_Wcp6o" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">William Irwin Thompson in 1975 x Burning Man 2013 Through Google Glass</a> [video]<a href="https://medium.com/@michaelgarfield/transformational-festivals-are-a-symptom-of-dissociation-3c09337b59ab" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Transformational Festivals are a Symptom of Dissociation</a> by MG<a href="https://michaelgarfield.blogspot.com/2008/09/giving-in-to-astonishment.html" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Giving Into Astonishment: Scenes from Burning Man’s American Dream </a>by MGIf you believe in the value of this show and want to see it thrive, please send your friends to this page and encourage them to <a href="https://patreon.com/michaelgarfield" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">support Future Fossils on Patreon</a>. Patrons gain access to over twenty secret episodes, unreleased music, our book club, and whatever else spills out of my overactive imagination. We’d love to have you in <a href="https://discord.gg/anQAsM8" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">our thriving little Discord server</a>, if you’re interested in meeting other members of our awesome scene. And if you’re up for helping edit Future Fossils Podcast transcripts, you’re my hero! Please drop me a line at <a href="mailto:futurefossilspodcast@gmail.com" rel="noopener noreferrer">futurefossilspodcast@gmail.com</a>.Intro music in this episode is “Valles Marineris” from my <a href="https://michaelgarfield.bandcamp.com/album/martian-arts-ep" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Martian Arts EP</a>. Outro music is an early mix of “You Don’t Have To Move,” from my forthcoming/in-progress album <a href="https://michaelgarfield.bandcamp.com/album/the-age-of-reunion" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">The Age of Reunion</a>.Dig deeper into these related Future Fossils episodes:<a href="https://shows.acast.com/futurefossils/episodes/25" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">25 – DADARA on Art, Virtual Realities, and Flow States</a><a href="https://shows.acast.com/futurefossils/episodes/31" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">31 – Mitch Altman of Noisebridge on Hacking Life for Fun &amp; Profit</a><a href="https://shows.acast.com/futurefossils/episodes/41" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">41 – Hannah Faith Yata on Art, Wilderness, and Rebellion</a><a href="https://shows.acast.com/futurefossils/episodes/55" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">55 – “Creativity and Catastrophe” at Palenque Norte, Burning Man 2017</a><a href="https://shows.acast.com/futurefossils/episodes/61" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">61 – Jamaica Stevens on Crisis, Rebirth, and Transformation</a><a href="https://shows.acast.com/futurefossils/episodes/71" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">71 – JF Martel on Sequels &amp; Simulacra</a><a href="https://shows.acast.com/futurefossils/episodes/76" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">76 – “Technology as Psychedelic Parenting” at Palenque Norte, Burning Man 2017</a><a href="https://shows.acast.com/futurefossils/episodes/96" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">96 – Malena Grosz on Community-Led Party Culture vs. Corporate “Nightlife”</a><a href="https://shows.acast.com/futurefossils/episodes/100" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">100 – The Teafaerie on DMT, Transhumanism, and What To Do With All of God’s Attention </a>Enjoy and thanks for listening! <a href="https://open.acast.com/public/patreon/fanSubscribe/155925" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Get bonus content on Patreon</a>Support this show <a href="http://supporter.acast.com/futurefossils" rel="payment nofollow" target="_blank">http://supporter.acast.com/futurefossils</a>. 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153 - Burning Man VR x IRL with Caveat Magister, Naomi Most, and Raven Mitch Mignano

Erik Davis

Tony Blake

We’re extra lucky to have not one but three amazing guests this week: culture critic and religious scholar Erik Davis, philosopher and author Tony Blake, and trickster historian Mitch Mignano.We planned to have a completely different conversation but due to the overbearing reality of the COVID19 crisis it ended up being a deep dive into the mythic and mystical dimensions of our moment — including nonhuman agency, the virus as teacher, Pan and panic and pandemics, solutionism isn’t the solution, the danger of efficiency logic, and a media diet for meditation on the darkness of nature. We talk Marshall McLuhan, G.I. Gurdjieff, Tanya Harrison, J.G. Bennett, Weird Studies, Acyuta-bhava Dasa, Santa Fe Institute, and a whole lot else. I would ordinarily make more of an effort to provide an exhaustive list of the books, people, and other resources mentioned in this episode, but there are so many — and I am so eager to make this conversation available while it’s still fresh and gooey. Besides, last week’s show notes were heroic in scope.Feel free to tweet at me (@michaelgarfield) if you want more info to help you follow up on anything.For more Erik Davis, check out episodes 99 &amp; 132. For more Mitch Mignano, check out episodes 57 &amp; 98.Erik’s latest book High Weirdness is now available as an author-read audiobook.Support this show on Patreon for secret episodes, the Future Fossils book club, and more awesome stuff than you probably have time for.Grab the books we talk about on Future Fossils and Amazon will chip me a little of the proceeds, at no cost to you.Theme Music: “God Detector” by Evan “Skytree” Snyder (feat. Michael Garfield)Additional Intro Music: “Lambent” by Michael Garfield Get bonus content on PatreonSupport this show http://supporter.acast.com/futurefossils. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We’re extra lucky to have not one but three amazing guests this week: culture critic and religious scholar <a href="http://techgnosis.com" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Erik Davis</a>, philosopher and author <a href="http://www.duversity.org/home" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Tony Blake</a>, and trickster historian <a href="http://deathlessmusic.bandcamp.com" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Mitch Mignano</a>.We planned to have a completely different conversation but due to the overbearing reality of the COVID19 crisis it ended up being a deep dive into the mythic and mystical dimensions of our moment — including nonhuman agency, the virus as teacher, Pan and panic and pandemics, solutionism isn’t the solution, the danger of efficiency logic, and a media diet for meditation on the darkness of nature. We talk Marshall McLuhan, G.I. Gurdjieff, Tanya Harrison, J.G. Bennett, Weird Studies, Acyuta-bhava Dasa, Santa Fe Institute, and a whole lot else. I would ordinarily make more of an effort to provide an exhaustive list of the books, people, and other resources mentioned in this episode, but there are so many — and I am so eager to make this conversation available while it’s still fresh and gooey. Besides, <a href="https://shows.acast.com/futurefossils/139" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">last week’s show notes</a> were heroic in scope.Feel free to tweet at me (<a href="https://twitter.com/michaelgarfield" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">@michaelgarfield</a>) if you want more info to help you follow up on anything.For more Erik Davis, check out episodes <a href="https://shows.acast.com/futurefossils/episodes/99" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">99</a> &amp; <a href="https://shows.acast.com/futurefossils/episodes/132" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">132</a>. For more Mitch Mignano, check out episodes <a href="https://shows.acast.com/futurefossils/episodes/57" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">57</a> &amp; <a href="https://shows.acast.com/futurefossils/episodes/98" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">98</a>.Erik’s latest book High Weirdness is now available as <a href="https://www.audible.com/pd/High-Weirdness-Audiobook/1541437039?qid=1584977333&amp;sr=1-1&amp;ref=a_search_c3_lProduct_1_1&amp;pf_rd_p=e81b7c27-6880-467a-b5a7-13cef5d729fe&amp;pf_rd_r=1P2MEEHGBG0WN1E2J50A" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">an author-read audiobook</a>.<a href="https://patreon.com/michaelgarfield" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Support this show on Patreon</a> for secret episodes, the Future Fossils book club, and more awesome stuff than you probably have time for.<a href="https://amazon.com/shop/michaelgarfield" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Grab the books we talk about on Future Fossils</a> and Amazon will chip me a little of the proceeds, at no cost to you.Theme Music: <a href="https://skytree.bandcamp.com/track/god-detector-ft-michael-garfield" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">“God Detector” by Evan “Skytree” Snyder (feat. Michael Garfield)</a>Additional Intro Music: <a href="https://michaelgarfield.bandcamp.com/album/little-bird-the-eschaton" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">“Lambent” by Michael Garfield</a> <a href="https://open.acast.com/public/patreon/fanSubscribe/155925" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Get bonus content on Patreon</a>Support this show <a href="http://supporter.acast.com/futurefossils" rel="payment nofollow" target="_blank">http://supporter.acast.com/futurefossils</a>. Hosted on Acast. See <a href="https://acast.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

140 - Pandemic Perspectives with Erik Davis, Tony Blake, and Mitch Mignano

Subscribe: Apple Podcasts /  Stitcher /  Spotify Join the Facebook Discussion Group This week I’m lucky to sit with two extremely cool occultist philosophers: gay porn star Conner Habib &amp; our mutual old friend, professional gambler turned journalist and record producer Mitch Mignano. We have a conversation about how life is observed and understood by occult philosophies - how organisms are perceived in, as, of, and beyond spacetime; the human and inhuman forms of evil in a discarnate taxonomy; and the very existence of that hidden ecosystem… Conner: http://connerhabib.comhttp://twitter.com/connerhabib Mitch:  http://realitysandwich.com/u/mitch-mignano/https://www.facebook.com/mitch.mignano.77 (http://shamanikagenda.com coming soon) In this episode we reference an episode of Conner’s podcast in which he had a portentous chat with comedian Duncan Trussell – who it happens is a friend of new Mitch’s also, and convinced him he should start a podcast – and the metaphysical implications of this are at the beginning of their excavations… Actually, don’t think about that yet. Topics What Conner learned from studying under legendary biologist Lynn Margulis – while in school for creative writing… Gaia Theory and the Earth as a self-regulating super-organism… The battle between holism and reductionism: organismal biology versus molecular biology… Conner’s introduction to the work and worldview of Rudolf Steiner and Goethian Science… New ways to see, perceive, conceptualize, and encounter living beings… How to understand the living world through the lens of Anthroposophy… The Gnostic view that the material world is just the corpse of goddess Sophia, and how that relates to latencies in the nervous system that forbid us from encountering the world “right now”… How we experience time differently depending on our size… The role of psychedelics (or “ecodelics”) in the cultivation of etheric and astral senses/knowing – help or hindrance…? Steiner’s prophecy about the end of the 20th Century developing an “Ahrimanic school” of people with profound powers that are not concerned with the health or benefit of organic evolution… How do we engage nonphysical “entities” we believe are service-oriented but might be manipulating us…? What do occultist philosophy and ketamine have in common? The objective reality of evil, and Conner’s concern about Duncan Trussell’s light-only spirituality might be playing fast and loose with the dark forces… How our gods reflect the attitudes we bring to them… …and our demons often simply want redemption (even if they go about it the wrong way). Is evil time-bound? The hidden connection between Dracula and The Matrix!? And we go DEEP on reincarnation. Conner Quotes “Molecular biology is kind of a phony biology. It’s not really about life.” “The problem with these kind of sciences…they’re difficult to encapsulate in ten-minute soundbites. ‘The gene is the driving force of evolution!’ That’s easy. You can talk about that in two seconds – like you can flush the toilet in two seconds.” “The thought is just sort of the dead husk of the movement of thinking. So can we get into the actual movement of thinking itself, apprehend and understand that?” “Organisms are not spatial beings. They’re not temporal beings either. They’re sort of movements, or dynamic evolutions expressed to us through time. The only way to determine an organism’s existence spatially is to kill it.” “If you really want to understand an organism, you look at its growth throughout its life cycle and life history. You don’t just see what’s in front of you in that moment and extrapolate.” “We often encounter death and think it’s life.” “When we encounter things, we encounter them in process…and it might be the end of the process.” “It’s not up to me to say whether people should do psychedelics. What I WANT is a different cultural conversation about them, that allows different information in, aside from, ‘These are terrible and should be illegal’ versus, ‘These are bringing me spiritual awakening, bro.’ I don’t find either of those satisfactory.” “I think our desire to speed up our spiritual development is, like, first of all, sort of aspiritual.” “No one wants the machine elves to threaten them.” “Not having any risk is a really dangerous thing.” “If you have a god of demands – ‘Show yourself to me!’ – you’re going to get demands.” “Don’t say ‘BE better,’ say ‘DO better”…because I know it’s coming for me. I know I’m going to be changed again, and again, and again, and again, into different bodies.” “I’m not tooting my own horn here, but that’s why people think that I’m evil, or porn is evil, sexuality is evil: because it’s pushing sexuality forward because it’s demanding people look, think, encounter it. Books Richard Doyle - On Beyond Living Lynn Margulis &amp; Dorion Sagan - Microcosmos Craig &amp; Henrika Holdrich? - Genetics &amp; The Manipulation of Life: The Forgotten Factor of Context Grant Morrison – The Invisibles Kurt Vonnegut – Slaughterhouse Five Kevin Kelly – What Technology Wants Mossimo Something? - The Light We See Is The Light That Has Died William Irwin Thompson - Coming Into Being: Artifacts &amp; Texts in the Evolution of Consciousness Richard Doyle - Darwin’s Pharmacy: Sex, Plants, &amp; The Evolution of the Nöosphere Daniel Pinchbeck - Breaking Open The Head Gordon White - The Chaos Protocols John C. Wright - The Eschaton Sequence Get bonus content on PatreonSupport this show http://supporter.acast.com/futurefossils. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Subscribe: <a href="https://bit.ly/future-fossils" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Apple Podcasts</a> / <a href="http://stitcher.com/podcast/michael-garfield/future-fossils" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> Stitcher</a> / <a href="https://open.spotify.com/show/2eCYA4ISHLUWbEFOXJ8C5v" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> Spotify</a><a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/futurefossils" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> Join the Facebook Discussion Group</a> This week I’m lucky to sit with two extremely cool occultist philosophers: gay porn star Conner Habib &amp; our mutual old friend, professional gambler turned journalist and record producer Mitch Mignano. We have a conversation about how life is observed and understood by occult philosophies - how organisms are perceived in, as, of, and beyond spacetime; the human and inhuman forms of evil in a discarnate taxonomy; and the very existence of that hidden ecosystem… Conner: <a href="http://connerhabib.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://connerhabib.com</a><a href="http://twitter.com/connerhabib" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://twitter.com/connerhabib</a> Mitch: <a href="http://realitysandwich.com/u/mitch-mignano/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> http://realitysandwich.com/u/mitch-mignano/</a><a href="https://www.facebook.com/mitch.mignano.77" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.facebook.com/mitch.mignano.77</a> (<a href="http://shamanikagenda.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://shamanikagenda.com</a> coming soon) In this episode we reference an episode of Conner’s podcast in which he had a portentous chat with comedian Duncan Trussell – who it happens is a friend of new Mitch’s also, and convinced him he should start a podcast – and the metaphysical implications of this are at the beginning of their excavations… Actually, don’t think about that yet. Topics What Conner learned from studying under legendary biologist Lynn Margulis – while in school for creative writing… Gaia Theory and the Earth as a self-regulating super-organism… The battle between holism and reductionism: organismal biology versus molecular biology… Conner’s introduction to the work and worldview of Rudolf Steiner and Goethian Science… New ways to see, perceive, conceptualize, and encounter living beings… How to understand the living world through the lens of Anthroposophy… The Gnostic view that the material world is just the corpse of goddess Sophia, and how that relates to latencies in the nervous system that forbid us from encountering the world “right now”… How we experience time differently depending on our size… The role of psychedelics (or “ecodelics”) in the cultivation of etheric and astral senses/knowing – help or hindrance…? Steiner’s prophecy about the end of the 20th Century developing an “Ahrimanic school” of people with profound powers that are not concerned with the health or benefit of organic evolution… How do we engage nonphysical “entities” we believe are service-oriented but might be manipulating us…? What do occultist philosophy and ketamine have in common? The objective reality of evil, and Conner’s concern about Duncan Trussell’s light-only spirituality might be playing fast and loose with the dark forces… How our gods reflect the attitudes we bring to them… …and our demons often simply want redemption (even if they go about it the wrong way). Is evil time-bound? The hidden connection between Dracula and The Matrix!? And we go DEEP on reincarnation. Conner Quotes “Molecular biology is kind of a phony biology. It’s not really about life.” “The problem with these kind of sciences…they’re difficult to encapsulate in ten-minute soundbites. ‘The gene is the driving force of evolution!’ That’s easy. You can talk about that in two seconds – like you can flush the toilet in two seconds.” “The thought is just sort of the dead husk of the movement of thinking. So can we get into the actual movement of thinking itself, apprehend and understand that?” “Organisms are not spatial beings. They’re not temporal beings either. They’re sort of movements, or dynamic evolutions expressed to us through time. The only way to determine an organism’s existence spatially is to kill it.” “If you really want to understand an organism, you look at its growth throughout its life cycle and life history. You don’t just see what’s in front of you in that moment and extrapolate.” “We often encounter death and think it’s life.” “When we encounter things, we encounter them in process…and it might be the end of the process.” “It’s not up to me to say whether people should do psychedelics. What I WANT is a different cultural conversation about them, that allows different information in, aside from, ‘These are terrible and should be illegal’ versus, ‘These are bringing me spiritual awakening, bro.’ I don’t find either of those satisfactory.” “I think our desire to speed up our spiritual development is, like, first of all, sort of aspiritual.” “No one wants the machine elves to threaten them.” “Not having any risk is a really dangerous thing.” “If you have a god of demands – ‘Show yourself to me!’ – you’re going to get demands.” “Don’t say ‘BE better,’ say ‘DO better”…because I know it’s coming for me. I know I’m going to be changed again, and again, and again, and again, into different bodies.” “I’m not tooting my own horn here, but that’s why people think that I’m evil, or porn is evil, sexuality is evil: because it’s pushing sexuality forward because it’s demanding people look, think, encounter it. Books Richard Doyle - On Beyond Living Lynn Margulis &amp; Dorion Sagan - Microcosmos Craig &amp; Henrika Holdrich? - Genetics &amp; The Manipulation of Life: The Forgotten Factor of Context Grant Morrison – The Invisibles Kurt Vonnegut – Slaughterhouse Five Kevin Kelly – What Technology Wants Mossimo Something? - The Light We See Is The Light That Has Died William Irwin Thompson - Coming Into Being: Artifacts &amp; Texts in the Evolution of Consciousness Richard Doyle - Darwin’s Pharmacy: Sex, Plants, &amp; The Evolution of the Nöosphere Daniel Pinchbeck - Breaking Open The Head Gordon White - The Chaos Protocols John C. Wright - The Eschaton Sequence <a href="https://open.acast.com/public/patreon/fanSubscribe/155925" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Get bonus content on Patreon</a>Support this show <a href="http://supporter.acast.com/futurefossils" rel="payment nofollow" target="_blank">http://supporter.acast.com/futurefossils</a>. Hosted on Acast. See <a href="https://acast.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

57 - Conner Habib & Mitch Mignano (Occult Biology)