The Cosmic Codex
3. Intentional Evolution and the Future of Humanity with John Stewart
[Podcast previously entitled Sacred Wisdom]
Today's guest is John Stewart, an Australian-based systems theorist, evolutionary philosopher and activist who is a core member of the Evolution, Complexity and Cognition Research Group of the Free University of Brussels. As an evolutionary theorist, his focus is the trajectory of evolution. His work on the directionality of evolution and its implications for humanity has been published in various international science journals. These include papers on the potential for humans to enhance their psychological capacities through the future evolution of consciousness, and he is the author of the internationally acclaimed book ‘Evolution’s Arrow: the direction of evolution and the future of humanity’.
In this episode, we discuss what it means to be an evolutionary philosopher and systems theorist; the meaning of the material world and how it correlates to system; the emergence of human intelligence and cultural evolution; the concept of enlightenment, and how it can be understood as an evolutionary faculty; how sociopathy is rewarded by our economic paradigm, while co-operative altruists are not; and why more and more human beings need to come to understand intentional evolution.
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Please consider supporting me on patreon
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https://www.arabellathais.com
http://www.evolutionarymanifesto.com/JCS.pdf
[Podcast previously entitled Sacred Wisdom]
Today's guest is John Stewart, an Australian-based systems theorist, evolutionary philosopher and activist who is a core member of the Evolution, Complexity and Cognition Research Group of the Free University of Brussels. As an evolutionary theorist, his focus is the trajectory of evolution. His work on the directionality of evolution and its implications for humanity has been published in various international science journals. These include papers on the potential for humans to enhance their psychological capacities through the future evolution of consciousness, and he is the author of the internationally acclaimed book ‘Evolution’s Arrow: the direction of evolution and the future of humanity’.
In this episode, we discuss what it means to be an evolutionary philosopher and systems theorist; the meaning of the material world and how it correlates to system; the emergence of human intelligence and cultural evolution; the concept of enlightenment, and how it can be understood as an evolutionary faculty; how sociopathy is rewarded by our economic paradigm, while co-operative altruists are not; and why more and more human beings need to come to understand intentional evolution.
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Please consider supporting me on patreon
https://www.patreon.com/sacredwisdom
https://www.arabellathais.com
http://www.evolutionarymanifesto.com/JCS.pdf