In this episode, (part one of our two-part conclusion), we aim to tie together – like a nice bow on a Christmas present, know what we mean? – a number of themes (“thoughtlines”) raised throughout the series that present a diverse number of strategies for thinking the present. We engage the notion of thinking strategically relative to scale, and compassionate readings as preferable to egocentric ones. We recur to the theme of “sitting with” rather than getting things done, a spiritual demand the ego resists. How to affirm community rather than technology; the importance of thinking in critical, two-sided terms rather than in polarized terms; and equally, the importance of identifying resources to deal with the present moment rather than a focus on solutions.
15. Conclusion Part 1: Strategies for Thinking the Present
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3. Thinking at Different Scales: The Great Acceleration
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In this episode we will explore the notion of thinking at different timescales. We will look at four different...
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2. Thinking the Present Moment Part 2: Coronavirus and the Impossible
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In this episode we take a closer look at the COVID-19 global pandemic and corresponding lockdown, discussing what possibilities...
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8. Myth and Worldview
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If key to the modern Western worldview was the discovery of deep space, deep time, deep process, and deep...
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16. Conclusion Part 2: Beyond Hope for the Future: Compassion and Resolve
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We begin with where the podcast started: one of the characteristics of the contemporary world, which is both an...
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14. The Ego and its Discontents
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The identification of the ego with power structures greater than itself, raises a whole host of questions around ego...
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6. The Scientific Revolution and the Modern West
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The scientific, as well as political, and industrial revolutions that are key to the development of the “modern West”...
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7. After Modernity, what? Postmodernity, Ultramodernity, Multiple Modernities
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We discuss different ways to understand the “end” of the modern Western worldview: does it end? Does it entrench...
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Trailer
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Meet your hosts for Afterthought podcast! Dawson Strand, Chris Peet, and Karambir Singh.