HIGHLY RECOMMENDED
Banned TED Talk - The Science of Delusion
Recently stumbled upon Rupert Sheldrake’s talk entitled The Science Delusion at TEDx Whitechapel. The theme for the night was Visions for Transition: Challenging existing paradigms and redefining values (for a more beautiful world).
Recently stumbled upon Rupert Sheldrake’s talk entitled The Science Delusion at TEDx Whitechapel. The theme for the night was Visions for Transition: Challenging existing paradigms and redefining values (for a more beautiful world). In response to protests from two hardcore materialists in the US, the talk was taken out of circulation by TED, relegated to a corner of their website and stamped with a warning label. It’s worth a listen.
Homo Deus
After I finished reading Sapiens I immediately purchased the follow-up book, Homo Deus. In Homo Deus, Harari takes a macro view on the future of humanity and distills it down to the important challenges we face as global species. His writing style is clear, concise, and very well thought out.
Author: Yuval Noah Harari
After I finished reading Sapiens I immediately purchased the follow-up book, Homo Deus. In Homo Deus, Harari takes a macro view on the future of humanity and distills it down to the important challenges we face as global species. His writing style is clear, concise, and very well thought out. Some of the concepts presented in the book definitely challenge conventional thinking, and it's these ideas that we will need to grapple with in the 21st century.
Jordan B Peterson Podcast
This podcast is a collection of interviews & lectures, some of which are recorded specifically for this podcast, and some that are from his university courses, public lectures, documentary interviews, and YouTube videos from his channel.
Podcast
This podcast is a collection of interviews & lectures, some of which are recorded specifically for this podcast, and some that are from his university courses, public lectures, documentary interviews, and YouTube videos from his channel: Jordan Peterson Videos. The podcast offers discussion and information concerning a variety of complex ideas.
Hidden Brain - Creating God
Can artificial intelligence predict how different socioeconomic groups behave when confronted with differing religious beliefs?
NPR - Shankar Vedantam
How did we come to believe in God? In this episode of Hidden Brain, Shankar Vedantam takes an in-depth look at religion from a psychological perspective with the hope of understanding why humanity has put so much faith in religion.
Artificial Intelligence Shows Why Atheism Is Unpopular
Can artificial intelligence predict how different socioeconomic groups behave when confronted with differing religious beliefs?
Author: Sigal Samuel
Can artificial intelligence predict how various socioeconomic groups behave when confronted with differing religious beliefs? Apparently yes. This recent article in The Atlantic explores the current research being conducted in the field of AI, and the implications that could arise from this type of social engineering.
Falling Upward
A deeply insightful and practical look at the importance of myth, story, and mystery. How we can move beyond certainty with grace, and the evolution of human maturity and spirituality.
Author: Richard Rohr
A deeply insightful and practical look at the importance of myth, story, and mystery. How we can move beyond certainty with grace, and the evolution of human maturity and spirituality.
Sapiens
Hands down one of the best books I've read to date. Harari explores the ways in which biology and history have defined us and enhanced our understanding of what it means to be “human”. Not only does this book look to the past for answers, it gives insight on where humanity may be headed in the future.
Author: Yuval Noah Harari
Hands down one of the best books I've read to date. Harari explores the ways in which biology and history have defined us and enhanced our understanding of what it means to be “human". Not only does this book look to the past for answers, it gives insight on where humanity may be headed in the future.
The Tim Ferriss Show
Engaging conversations with world-class performers from eclectic areas (investing, sports, business, art, etc.) to extract the tactics, tools, and routines you can use.
Host: Tim Ferriss
Engaging conversations with world-class performers from eclectic areas (investing, sports, business, art, etc.) to extract the tactics, tools, and routines you can use.
The Pervert's Guide to Ideology
I was sent this recommendation and so far so good. It’s a great exploration of ideology that makes you think. The narrator of the film places himself in different older Hollywood movies and breaks down the ideology. Not sure yet about the origin of the name.
Author: Slavoj Zizek
I was sent this recommendation and so far so good. It’s a great exploration of ideology that makes you think. The narrator of the film places himself in different older Hollywood movies and breaks down the ideology. Not sure yet about the origin of the name.
Crash Course Philosophy
This is an incredibly well-done crash course introduction to philosophy...as the name implies.
PBS
This is an incredibly well-done crash course introduction to philosophy...as the name implies. I love it, I just need to figure out how to play it on 1/2 speed because it is packed with sooooo much information...so I watch them about three times and then I’m good. They seem to approach it from a middle ground and go into many of the foundational arguments for belief and skepticism which I appreciate. So yeah, highly recommended.
How To Be Here
Fantastic and simple read on being present, with practical wisdom on how to live your life in a vibrant creative space, regardless of what you do for a living.
Author: Rob Bell
Fantastic and simple read on being present, with practical wisdom on how to live your life in a vibrant creative space, regardless of what you do for a living.
Understanding Patriarchy
Thought-provoking article on the subtle and not-so-subtle pervasiveness of patriarchy in our world and what all of us can do to make things better for all people, regardless of gender.
Understanding Patriarchy
Author: Bell Hooks
Thought-provoking article on the subtle and not-so-subtle pervasiveness of patriarchy in our world and what all of us can do to make things better for all people, regardless of gender.
Braving The Wilderness
The foremost expert on vulnerability and the harmful effects of shame takes on the difficult topic of belonging and gives some fantastic advice on navigating our interactions with other humans without losing our truth and authenticity.
Author: Brene Brown
The foremost expert on vulnerability and the harmful effects of shame takes on the difficult topic of belonging and gives some fantastic advice on navigating our interactions with other humans without losing our truth and authenticity.
How God Changes Your Brain
Fascinating neuroscientists look at how the human conceptualization of God, spirituality, and religion has developed and how it affects each one of us.
Author: Andrew Newberg, MD and Mark Robert Waldman
Fascinating neuroscientists look at how the human conceptualization of God, spirituality, and religion has developed and how it affects each one of us.
Benefit of the Doubt
This book is a great first step in getting the lay of the land if you're honestly questioning with a literal/Fundamental-ish religious system of belief. My wife and I read through this together and it really helped me understand some of the conflicts I was having in my own thoughts and beliefs.
Author: Greg Boyd
This book is a great first step in getting the lay of the land if you're honestly questioning with a literal/Fundamental-ish religious system of belief. My wife and I read through this together and it really helped me understand some of the conflicts I was having in my own thoughts and beliefs.
Coming from a Christian background I always figured doubt was to a thing to be eliminated from my “operating system” as it applied to my faith...but...doubt is there for a reason, a beneficial reason if handled with moderation as all things should be.
This sounds odd to say now, but I still feel that doubts should be done away with, but not by simply dismissing or ignoring them but by honestly accepting that your psyche has placed an investigative task on your mental, philosophical, world view “to do” list.
Give this book a read, it will help clear up that glass in that “through a glass darkly” situation.
The Liturgists Podcast
This podcast goes fairly deep into issues around faith and science in an open, engaging and entertaining way. The two hosts (Mike McHargue & Michael Gungor) have themselves gone through a process of faith deconstruction...
Host: Mike Hargue & Michael Gungor
This podcast goes fairly deep into issues around faith and science in an open, engaging and entertaining way. The two hosts (Mike McHargue & Michael Gungor) have themselves gone through a process of faith deconstruction and are now on the other side of it learning to construct a world view that accommodates science and an openness to the mystery of the divine. The choice of subjects, the conversational approach and the quality of production of this podcast are some of the best you can find...IMO.
Science Mike Podcast
So...I really cant say enough about Mike McHargue and this podcast.
He is genuinely one of the best communicators to bring science and faith together that I have ever listened to.
Host: Mike Hargue
So...I really can't say enough about Mike McHargue and this podcast.
He is genuinely one of the best communicators to bring science and faith together that I have ever listened to. He can breakdown any scientific concept and explain it and relate it to issues and concepts within religious faith and human experience that seem to result in a constant epiphany while listening.
So, yeah...the Science Mike podcast could be described as the “Constant Epiphany podcast”.
Tribe of Mentors
I have been listening to the Tim Ferriss Show podcast for years and this book aligns perfectly with the content on that show.
Tribe Of Mentors
Author: Tim Ferriss
I have been listening to the Tim Ferriss Show podcast for many years and this book aligns perfectly with the content on that show. Tim has interviewed to some of the best thinkers, creators, and authors and distilled down his questions into a book filled with practical and tactical advice from the best in the world. It is a rather thick book with a ton of information. Rather then reading it all at once, I've found myself coming back to it and picking away at a few chapters here and there. It is definitley worth picking up a copy.
Zen Habbits
I stumbled upon this book after reading Leo's blog Zen Habits, which I also highly recommend.
Author: Leo Babauta
I stumbled upon this book after reading Leo's blog Zen Habits, which I also highly recommend. Creating or eliminating habits can be incredibly difficult to maintain as a long term goal. This book lays out easy to follow steps that are accessible to anyone looking to make small but meaningful life changes.
The Book: On the Taboo Against Knowing Who You are
I bought this book because I have been very interested in mediation and the true nature of consciousness.
Author: Alan W. Watts
Watt's provides a much needed answer to the problem of personal identity and the fundamental misunderstanding of who we are.
