Cosmic Tortoise

Tyson Yunkaporta is the author of Sand Talk - a book which examines the modern would through an indigenous lens, weaving together traditional knowledge systems, complex systems theory, dreaming narratives, art and philosophy. In our second yarn we discuss Matariki and the universality of narratives surrounding the Pleiades star cluster; high context vs low context cultures; distribution of violence within civilisation; Tyson’s views on transhumanism; cultural synthesis; sentience in land + more. This conversation is preceded by an excerpt from Sand Talk read by Tyson - something between a Dreaming Story and a meditation - best experienced in a quiet place with intention and focus. The regular discussion begins at 30:52. Follow us for future episodes. To support the podcast, shownotes and more visit thegoodtimeline.com/podcast  

Robin Hanson is an associate professor of economics at George Mason University and a research associate at the Future of Humanity Institute of Oxford University.  He runs the blog Overcoming Bias and is the co-author of Elephant in the Brain. In light of the recent news cycle and Robin’s recent blog posts on the subject we discuss UFOs through the lens of Bayes and Rationalism. If you enjoyed this conversation and are someone who is in the position to contribute to playing with the world and nourishing art/regenerative projects on the ground, you have permission to do so and are welcome to get in touch. Follow us for future episodes. Shownotes available at thegoodtimeline.com/podcast

Michael Ashcroft is a certified teacher of the Alexander Technique, an awareness based educational process that helps people live with greater ease and freedom and is the co-founder of the Carbon Removal Centre. We discuss Alexander Technique, expansion of awareness and ways of being, human advancement and pluralistic utopianism (thanks Tyler Alterman), aesthetics, carbon removal, art incubators and “how to find the others”. If you enjoyed this conversation and are someone who is in the position to contribute to playing with the world and nourishing art projects on the ground, you have permission to do so and are welcome to get in touch. Follow us for future episodes. Shownotes available at thegoodtimeline.com/podcast

Mango joins The Good Timeline to discuss NFTs and DeFi; the redistribution of wealth in crypto, Charged Particles; and the future of art and music in the crypto-space. Follow us for future episodes. Shownotes available at thegoodtimeline.com/podcast Recorded in Lyttelton, New Zealand

Mango takes us on an NFT odyssey as a prelude to our full conversation on NFTs, DeFi, Charged Particles and NFTs in music coming next week. Follow us for future episodes. Shownotes available at thegoodtimeline.com/podcast Recorded in Lyttelton, New Zealand

Benjamins McCarthy is a skydiver, musician and a teacher of yoga and Te Reo Māori.  We discuss the past and future of European and Māori culture in Aotearoa New Zealand, the past synthesis of the two cultures and the new synthesis of the cultures heading into the future.   Follow us for future episodes. Shownotes available at thegoodtimeline.com/podcast Recorded in Kumeu, Auckland, Aotearoa / New Zealand

Frank Yang is a bodybuilder, virtuoso musician, filmmaker, vlogger and arhat (one that has achieved Buddhist awakening/enlightenment). We discuss Frank's journey from physical aesthetics to spiritual/mind aesthetics; psychedelics and how to transcend the dead materialist worldview; metamodernism; the efficiency of meditation retreats; how awakening has changed Franks motivations, autonomy, love and relationships & pain and pleasure.  We talk about the performance and health benefits of awakening; psychopathy and bad gurus; 5 MEO and NN DMT; depersonalisation experiences with meditation and what's next for Frank Yang.  (To get the most out of this conversation I highly recommend listening to episode #16 first, especially if you are unfamiliar with Buddhist/awakening terminology, and Frank Yang's video on YT "Full Enlightenment Happening Live") Follow us for future episodes. Shownotes available at thegoodtimeline.com/podcast Recorded in Christchurch, New Zealand

Tyson Yunkaporta is the author of Sand Talk - a book which examines the modern would through an indigenous lens, weaving together traditional knowledge systems, complex systems theory, dreaming narratives, art and philosophy. We discuss humans as a custodial species; subduing and the role of narcissism; rites of passage; knowledge creation; distributed cognition; the impact of cities; states of non-thinking and the impact releasing the book has had on Tyson. Follow us for future episodes. Shownotes available at thegoodtimeline.com/podcast Recorded in Cologne, Germany

David Pearce is a British Transhumanist philosopher and co-founder of Humanity Plus. We discuss the Abolitionist Project and the importance of suffering in negative utilitarianism; MDMA and gradients of bliss; GTP-3 & AI-generated art; CRISPR gene editing in humans; cultured meat and the end of factory farming; the relationship between happiness, suffering and meaning; identity; David’s views on metaphysics, cryonics and a bunch more. Follow us for future episodes. Shownotes available at thegoodtimeline.com/podcast Recorded in Christchurch, New Zealand

Shasa Bolton is an artist, mechanical engineer, musician and adventurer. Some years ago he completed a 2500km solo circuit of India on nothing but a hand-powered tricyle, raising money to purchase trikes for forgotten people with disabilities he found along the way. We discuss Shasa's adventures, the commonalities of humanity and how they can supersede the fear of the other alongside Shasa’s new podcast, Memory Land. Follow us for future episodes. Shownotes available at thegoodtimeline.com/podcast   Recorded in Christchurch, New Zealand

The episode features The Wizard of New Zealand and his apprentice, Ari Freeman. The Wizard was decreed a living work of art by the NZ Art Gallery Directors’ Council, named the official Wizard of New Zealand by Prime Minister Michael Moore in in 1990, and was awarded the Queens Service Medal in 2009. Ari Freeman is a wizard and musician and is currently writing a book grounding esoteric, magical and occult ideas within the philosophical framework of pragmatism. We discuss the definition of magic and pragmatism, the wizards origin stories alongside romantic revivalism and the importance of love, logic, liberty and fun. Follow us for future episodes. Shownotes available at thegoodtimeline.com/podcast Recorded at The Wizards Garden, Christchurch, New Zealand

Daniel M Ingram is a high level meditation practitioner and emergency medicine physician. We discuss a bunch of higher level Buddhist practice, experience and theory including jhanas; stream entry; trauma processing and metta / cultivation of joy. Daniel places a rational / pragmatic lens on chakras & anatomy; death & reincarnation; entity experiences; belief structures & mythical thinking; MDMA & 5 MEO DMT; time, matter & consciousness; and parallels between bipolar disorder & spirituality. Other topics include "silent experiencers"; psychopathy; God & Highest Value; AI; Neuralink; and futurist Transhumanism. Follow us for future episodes. Shownotes available at thegoodtimeline.com/podcast

What do Burning Man, Fight Club and the San Francisco Salmon Run have in common? Mango Dogwood joins The Good Timeline to converse on the fundamental importance of play, expression and how to ride in the cultural edge - hopefully without getting arrested. Shownotes available at thegoodtimeline.com/podcast  

Noah Gundersen is an American indie folk singer-songwriter from Seattle. We discuss: truth and meaning within art; the value of intuition in songwriting; America and Modernity; self determination and free will; balancing peace and achievement; what freedom means to Noah; the age of physical and digital identity; spirituality and finding meaning outside the church; mortality; Noah’s experience with psychedelic mushrooms; future fear and optimism and relating to technology; Noah's creative process and a typical day at his writing cabin + more. Spotify playlist of songs we explore can be found at thegoodtimeline.com/podcast Songs: So What Heavy Metals After All (Everything All The Time) Audrey Hepburn Wild Horses New Religion Robin Williams .     Connect with Noah at noahgundersen.com Photo by Catherine Powell Recorded in Napier, New Zealand

Part 3 of 3 of our chat with Andres Gomez Emilsson (part one here & part two here) We discuss: DMT Entities, so called "possessions" and how we might determine experimentally whether the entities are real (in the sense of other) or not (in the sense of self rendered); memetic hazard of weird discoveries; epistemological optimism; carriers of identity and universality of near death experience; mind uploading; the one electron theory; brain harmonic dating tech; freewheeling hallucinations and Steven Lehar; how Andres sources information and his thoughts on speed reading; blogs Andres regularly reads; tips on avoiding the hedonic treadmill; interesting lesser-known psychoactive compounds + more. Corrections : at 38:30 James refers to ‘The Egg’, being written by Steven Binch- it is actually written by Andy Weir (author of The Martian also). Andre's Work and Collaborations: Qualia Computing Qualia Research Institute OpenTheory.net Recorded in Christchurch, New Zealand  

Part 2 of 3 of our chat with Andres Gomez Emilsson of the Qualia Research Institute (part one here) We discuss: game theory of mainstream open individualism; the politics of paradise engineering; selection pressures on ancient societal modes of being; stroboscopic brain entrainment tech + leads on actual tech-facilitated mind melding (based on leads from the Hogan twins); non-invasive brain stimulation; Neuralink; dark futures; AIs as gods + more.   Andre's Work and Collaborations: Qualia Computing Qualia Research Institute OpenTheory.net Recorded in Christchurch, New Zealand

Andres Gomez Emilsson is a consciousness researcher and data science engineer with a Master's in computational psychology from Stanford University. He is a core member of the Qualia Research Institute and curates the blog Qualia Computing. James and I chat to Andres and catch up on developments at the QRI in the past 18 months. In part one we discuss: 5 MEO DMT and why it might be the most important tool for consciousness research; Valence Realism vs Nihilism; the man who wants to paint the whole world yellow; Andres' thoughts on Techno-Buddhism; Alpha Wave Coherence in meditation; the Schmidt Pain Scale, Effective Altruism and long-tails of pleasure and pain. In Parts 2 and 3 we will discuss: the politics of paradise engineering; leads on actual tech-facilitated mind melding (based on leads from the Hogan Twins); non-invasive brain stimulation tech; Neuralink; Dark Tech Futures; AIs as Gods; psychedelic entities; the science of NDE’s; Freewheeling Hallucinations + more. Andre's Work and Collaboratio

Jeremy Sherman is the author of “Neither Ghost Nor Machine: The Emergence and Nature of Selves”. We discuss: superorganisms; why we shouldn't trust woke movements; humanities quest for immortality; which universal truths might actually exist; definition of + potential origins of life; the origin of purpose from pure chemistry and it’s link to love; humanity as a symbolic species and the utility of escapism.   Connect: Neither Ghost nor Machine (Goodreads Entry) Jeremy on Psychology Today Neither Ghost nor Machine Youtube Recorded in Cologne, Germany and Christchurch, New Zealand  

Mike Gilliland and Euvie Ivanova are the hosts of the Future Thinkers Podcast. We chat life in Bulgaria; sovereignty of mind; Jungian archetypes; identity and embodiment of older limbic system modes; modern vs archaic rites of passage; learning how to learn; what spirituality is, why it's important; nihilism; psychedelics; democracy and transhumanism. Connect: futurethinkers.org Recorded in Christchurch, New Zealand and Cologne, Germany.

Part 2 of the deep dive into Marijuana covers the issues and societal impacts of legalisation + we hear from Jack Reed of Colorado state, author of the impact report. Read the full blog post in the new writings section here. Recorded in Cologne, Germany and Christchurch, New Zealand