Becoming Conscious
Becoming Conscious
#47 - The Mass Manipulation of Attention
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#47 - The Mass Manipulation of Attention

Why there's a war on wisdom and what you can do about it
  • Why is advertising inherently corrupted, and what are some alternatives?

  • How do we create We-spaces that reduce the degree that we delude ourselves?

  • Steelmanning modernism, postmodernism & metamodernism.

  • Core insights of the metamodern approach to politics & a summary of Hanzi Freinacht’s Listening Society

    • Supporting the internal needs of everyone in society

  • Mass manipulation of people’s attention on social media

    • the importance of reaching global empathy

  • How can we act from our core values in deeper and more profound ways?

    • Wisdom = overcoming fear

    • Most of the evil in the world is a byproduct of insecurity and fear.

  • What is wisdom?

    • and how it relates to integrity

    • congruence with one’s deepest values and not easily be swayed by bullshit

    • as self-knowledge

    • wisdom as the degree to which one can reconcile their conflicting identities

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Becoming Conscious
Becoming Conscious
Becoming Conscious is a podcast about understanding our inner nature and challenging the status quo. On this podcast we discuss nonduality, enlightenment, and self-inquiry as well as freedom, travel and living a fulfilling life. You can check out comprehensive show notes at www.becomeconscious.org