UTOKing with Gregg

Ep 34 | UTOKing with Robert Cobbold | The Dawn of Conscious Evolution

In Episode 34, Gregg welcomes Robert Cobbold. He is a philosopher, educator, and public speaker who has delivered transformative educational experiences to over 40,000 young people worldwide (see here for more). He is founding editor of Conscious Evolution, an online publication and podcast aiming to disseminate the evolutionary worldview, and kindle an evolutionary transition. In this episode, Robert narrates how he had a spiritual awakening several years ago that prompted him on this journey of discovery and the production of the Conscious Evolution podcasts and webpage. He and Gregg then sync this up with UTOK, and explore ways to weave a conscious evolutionary thread together.    

Here is the Conscious Evolution podcast series: https://www.consciousevolution.co.uk/
Conscious Evolution Podcast on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC--Bf2k7Gf3Q5N--NO45ECg

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Resources mentioned in this episode:

🌐 $Beach Token: https://beachtoken.io/

🌐 Prosocial World: https://www.prosocial.world/

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📘 The Evolutionary Manifesto 
by John Stewart: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/20341140-the-evolutionary-manifesto
📘 Origin Story: A Big History of Everything 
by David Christian: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/36204285-origin-story
📘 Lila: An Inquiry Into Morals 
by Robert M. Pirsig: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/31093.Lila?ac=1
📘 Enlightenment Now: The Case for Reason, Science, Humanism, and Progress 
by Steven Pinker: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/35696171-enlightenment-now
📘 Factfulness: Ten Reasons We're Wrong About the World – and Why Things Are Better Than You Think 
by Hans Rosling, Ola Rosling, Anna Rosling Rönnlund: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/34890015-factfulness
📘 Rethinking Humanity: Five Foundational Sector Disruptions, the Lifecycle of Civilizations, and the Coming Age of Freedom (RethinkX Sector Disruption)
by Tony Seba, James Arbib
📘 The Battle for Human Nature: Science, Morality and Modern Life 
by Barry Schwartz: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/36038.The_Battle_for_Human_Nature
📃 Generalizing the core design principles for the efficacy of groups
by David Sloan Wilsona, Elinor Ostromc, Michael E. Cox: https://evolution-institute.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/Generalizing-the-Core.pdf

Ep 33 | UTOKing with Alex Ebert | On FreQ Theory and Magnetic Zeros

In Episode 31, Gregg welcomes Alex Ebert. Alex is an American singer-songwriter and composer, best known for being the lead singer and songwriter for the American bands Ima Robot and Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros. He has won a Golden Globe Award and appeared on The Colbert Show (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vQQKvEaq1kI). In this episode, Alex shares his narrative of how his musical career and involvement in the "loudness wars" (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loudness_war) led him to a series of insights about the nature of waves, frequency consolidations, relations between lack and desire, and the nature of emergence from quantity to qualities. He and Gregg then sync this up with UTOK, especially the iQuad coin, memes, and the upcoming singularity.

Here is the episode on podbean: https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-enzst-1112d2a

Here is a clip on "MEmes" and the singularity: https://youtu.be/vMxmO-CoNDY

Here is his Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/alexebertofficial

Here is his Twitter handle: https://twitter.com/EdwardSharpe

 

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Resources mentioned in this episode: 📘 Incomplete Nature: How Mind Emerged from Matter by Terrence W. Deacon: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/10955059-incomplete-nature

Ep 32 | UTOKing with Darcia Narvaez | Morality starts in the Womb

In Episode 32, Gregg welcomes Dr. Darcia Narvaez. She is Professor Emerita in the Department of Psychology at the University of Notre Dame, and has recently been identified as one of the top 2% of scientists worldwide. She is author of many excellent books and articles, including one of Gregg's all-time favorites, Neurobiology and the Development of Human Morality: Evolution, Culture, and Wisdom. In this episode, she describes her conception of the "Evolved Nest," which maps the key social, physiological, and ecological features that foster healthy human socio-emotional and moral development. They explore how this Nest aligns with the UTOK Tree of Life, and the implications for society and human development. 

Darcia's Homepage: https://darcianarvaez.com/
Darcia on Twitter: https://twitter.com/morallandscapes
Darcia's Moral Landscape PT Blog: https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/moral-landscapes
The Evolved Nest: https://evolvednest.org/
Breaking the Cycle - Reclaiming Our Humanity with Our Evolved Nest: https://breakingthecyclefilm.org/
the 6-min. Film is on YouTube with subtitles in 15 languages: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d_f4fzzFc8A
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Ressources mentioned in this episode:
📘 Neurobiology and the Development of Human Morality: Evolution, Culture and Wisdom by Darcia NARVAEZ: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18378036-neurobiology-and-the-development-of-human-morality

📘 In a Different Voice by Carol Gilligan: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/101880.In_a_Different_Voice

📘 Ethical Sensitivity: Nurturing Character in the Classroom EthEx Series Book 1 by Darcia Narvaez & Leilani Gjellstad Endicott: https://shop.nd.edu/C21688_ustores/web/product_detail.jsp?PRODUCTID=1112&SINGLESTORE=true

📘 Ethical Judgment: Nurturing Character in the Classroom, EthEx Series Book 2 by Darcia Narvaez & Tonia Bock: https://shop.nd.edu/C21688_ustores/web/product_detail.jsp?PRODUCTID=1113&SINGLESTORE=true

📘 Ethical Motivation: Nurturing Character in the Classroom EthEx Series Book 3 by Darcia Narvaez & James Lies, C.S.C.: https://shop.nd.edu/C21688_ustores/web/product_detail.jsp?PRODUCTID=1114&SINGLESTORE=true

📘 Ethical Action: Nurturing Character in the Classroom EthEx Series Book 4 by Darcia Narvaez: https://shop.nd.edu/C21688_ustores/web/product_detail.jsp?PRODUCTID=1115&SINGLESTORE=true

📃 Human Flourishing and Moral Development: Cognitive and Neurobiological Perspectives of Virtue Development by Darcia Narvaez: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Darcia-Narvaez/publication/313100734_Human_flourishing_and_moral_development_Cognitive_science_and_neurobiological_perspectives_on_virtue_development/links/6075d3384585151ce182e427/Human-flourishing-and-moral-development-Cognitive-science-and-neurobiological-perspectives-on-virtue-development.pdf

📘 The Master and His Emissary: The Divided Brain and the Making of the Western World by Iain McGilchrist: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6968772-the-master-and-his-emissary

🎞️ Breaking the Cycle - Reclaiming Our Humanity with Our Evolved Nest: https://breakingthecyclefilm.org/

📘 Becoming Human: A Theory of Ontogeny by Michael Tomasello: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/39217056-becoming-human

📘 Mothers and Others: The Evolutionary Origins of Mutual Understanding
by Sarah Blaffer Hrdy: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6251387-mothers-and-others

📘 The Western Illusion of Human Nature: With Reflections on the Long History of Hierarchy, Equality and the Sublimation of Anarchy in the West, and Comparative Notes on Other Conceptions of the Human Condition
by Marshall Sahlins: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2430265.The_Western_Illusion_of_Human_Nature

🌐 The Journal of Ecopsychology (JoE): https://joe.nationalwellbeingservice.com/

📘 Last Child in the Woods: Saving Our Children from Nature-Deficit Disorder
by Richard Louv: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/156599.Last_Child_in_the_Woods

📘 Restoring the Kinship Worldview: Indigenous Voices introduce 28 Precepts for rebalancing Life on Planet Earth by Wahinkpe Topa (Four Arrows) and Darcia Narvaez: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/690771/restoring-the-kinship-worldview-by-wahinkpe-topa-four-arrows/

📘 Fearless Engagement of Four Arrows: The True Story of an Indigenous-Based Social Transformer by R. Michael Fisher: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/37953948-fearless-engagement-of-four-arrows

🌐 Four Arrows ( Wahinkpe Topa) aka Don Trent Jacobs, Ph.D, Ed.D: www.fourarrowsbooks.com

📘 Indigenous Sustainable Wisdom: First-Nation Know-How for Global Flourishing by Darcia Narváez, Four Arrows, Eugene Halton, Brian Collier, Brian S Collier, Georges Enderle: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/44675209-indigenous-sustainable-wisdom

📘 Humankind: A Hopeful History by Rutger Bregman: 
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/52879286-humankind

📘 The Web of Meaning: Integrating Science and Traditional Wisdom to Find Our Place in the Universe by Jeremy Lent: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/55836847-the-web-of-meaning

Ep 31 | UTOKing with Jim Rutt | UTOKing Game B

In Episode 31, Gregg welcomes Jim Rutt. He is the former CEO of Network Solutions and served as Chairman of the Sante Fe Institute from 2009 thru 2012. He is a futurist and leading thinker who is well-known in this space for his podcast and playing a founding role in "Game B." In this episode, Jim Rutt shares his narrative and tells the story of the emergence of Game B. He also discusses his upcoming book, and he and Gregg riff on the relationship and synergy between Game B and UTOK, such that the 5th Joint Point can be framed as "UTOKing Game B". 

Here is the episode on podbean:
https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-t3p46-10fe8c2

Here is his podcast, the Jim Rutt Show: 
https://www.jimruttshow.com/

Here is the Game B Facebook page:
https://www.facebook.com/groups/gamebcore/

and the Game-B Homepage:
https://www.game-b.org/

Ep 30 | UTOKing with Robert Conan Ryan | World Systems 3.0

In Episode 30, Gregg welcomes Dr. Robert Ryan. Dr. Ryan holds a PhD in Business Administration, University of Pittsburgh with emphasis on strategic management, business ethics, and organizational learning and human cognition. His scholarly works explore competitive industry dynamics, grey market economics, the history of technology, Neo-Schumpeterian economics, artificial vs. natural cognition, and how sense-making systems evolve and change. In this episode, he lays out the basics of his World Systems 3.0 vision and he and Gregg explore how it aligns with UTOK and the 5th joint point. 

Here is a 15 minute clip on World Systems and the future fluctuations Robert is seeing:
https://youtu.be/qyNDAp5Iiy4

Here is Robert's Facebook page:
https://www.facebook.com/robert.ryan.9279

Ep 29 | UTOKing with Gregg | iQuad Coin Edition | with Bruce Alderman Part 2

In Episode 29, Gregg and Bruce continue to explore the various facets of the iQuad Coin. In this episode they move from the Human Identification Matrix into the four sub-functions of the Coin, which expands the view from the subject into the world. Specifically, this includes the Q2 function (quantity/quality), the Conscious Field Function (the 4 easily accessed fields of conscious awareness), the Q4 function (the quadrant quadratic that bridges Ken Wilber's epistemology with UTOK's ontology), and the Formal Function, which links the subjective experience of the imaginary and real with the complex unit circle that grounds the Coin in mathematical concepts (i.e., i4 = 1). 

Bruce's Facebook page:
https://www.facebook.com/bruce.alderman.14

Bruce on his work on Integral Grammatology:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6WvnbrKe_aU

Ep 28 | UTOKing with Gregg | iQuad Coin Edition | with Bruce Alderman Part 1

In Episode 28, Gregg welcomes back Bruce Alderman. Bruce is a philosopher and spiritual seeker who has deep knowledge of many Eastern traditions and Integral Theory, and he cohosts the Integral Stage with Layman. In this episode, Gregg starts giving Bruce a tour of the iQuad Coin. The iQuad Coin a key construct in UTOK, as it works with the Tree of Knowledge System to generate a new wholistic metaphysical frame for both first person and third person empirical positions. However, it needs more development and so Bruce is helping Gregg elaborate on the construct. Next week, Part II will be shared, which deepens the tour. The goal is to start metaphorically distribute coins to cultivate the currency of wisdom energy. 

Here is the episode on podbean:

https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-e5d2d-10e35b1

 

Bruce's Facebook page:

https://www.facebook.com/bruce.alderman.14

 

Bruce on his work on Integral Grammatology:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6WvnbrKe_aU

Ep 27 | UTOKing with Kirk Schneider |

Ep 26 | UTOKing with Jordan Hall | 5th Dimensional Paragliding

In Episode 26, Gregg welcomes Jordan Hall. He is co-founder and Executive Chairman of the Neurohacker Collective. He has a long and successful history of building disruptive technology companies, and has interests in contemporary philosophy, artificial intelligence and complex systems science, and the coevolution of human civilization and technology. He has been a frequent guest on Rebel Wisdom and is in the process of launching The Civium Project. In this episode, he and Gregg "sync up" their vocabularies regarding the evolution of complexification, "dive" into the metaphor of paragliding, and discuss the unfolding wave of causation and how and why now is the time to wake up and start the process of consciously evolving into a new way of being in the 21st Century.

The Neurohacker Collective:
https://neurohacker.com/about

Here is Jordan's YouTube Channel:
https://www.youtube.com/c/JordanGreenhall/about

here is his Medium blog Deep Code:
https://medium.com/deep-code

Ep 25 | UTOKing with Adriana Forte Naili | Transcend and ”Yinclude”

In Episode 25, Gregg welcomes the facilitator and coach Adriana Forte Naili. Adriana has been teaching workshops on feminine empowerment and leadership for years. She is a coach and a qualified Integral Semantics Facilitator. She co-founded Fully Human and the Good Cycle, and currently facilitates developmental retreats in Brazil, coaches individual clients, holds online groups and facilitates online programs for women. In this conversation, she and Gregg explore her journey into the feminine, and her philosophy for being and for understanding the menstrual cycle. They also explore the relation between masculine and feminine energies and ways of being in the world.

See here for a clip on the masculine and feminine:
https://youtu.be/5Wzs8rqu01Q

See here for the podcast on podbean.
https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-sde56-10d16da
 
See here for the Fully Human website:
https://www.fullyhuman.net.au/who-are-we

and here for the Good Cycle:
https://www.facebook.com/thegoodcycle/