Where do we need boundaries, and where do we need flows? And how can we ensure that we can redistribute them according to the changing needs of any given moment? These are the kinds of questions I would ask if I were trying to meta-solve a meta-crisis, and this is why I’m glad to share this conversation with you. Today’s guest Aishwarya Khanduja, is a fellow living inquiry, an incandescent interrobang just like myself, the founder of The Analogue Group.

Announcements:

* We will book club Federico Campagna’s Prophetic Culture: Recreation for Adolescents on May 3rd, along with pre-game discussion in the Future Fossils Discord Server’s members-only channels. This book is a masterpiece of thinking otherwise and just what we need to attend to as transition from one mode of worlding to another…I can’t wait to talk about it with you and hear everyone’s reflections!

* I am finally publishing “The Big Machine”, my anthem for the Screen Age, and will drop my new single and music video on April 1st, so dive into the show notes and pre-save it on Spotify, follow my YouTube channel for notifications when the song goes live, and prime yourself by meditating on the question:“How long can you go without looking at your phone?”

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Reads

Harnessing the power of our subconscious mind Shaping the future with fictional stories Socratic Salons Airpods are ruining the world A case for strategic ignorance by design Transcendence: An Emergent Career Life How to know what to do Tasty Morsels from Groovy Hubs

The Pathless Path by Paul Millerd

Scatter, Adapt, and Remember by Annalee Newitz

Quarterlife by Satya Doyle Byock

Artificial You by Susan Schneider

The_Human_Roots_of_Artificial_Intelligence_A_Commentary_on_Susan_Schneider's_Artificial_You by Inês Hipólito

Other Mentions

Stephanie LeppAri KushnirSøren KierkegaardPeter Sheridan Dodds Priya Rose of Fractal University Nadia Asparouhova Mark Pesce on Erik Davis’ Expanding Mind Katalin Karikó Jim O’Shaughnessy Evan Miyazono K. Allado McDowell Amber Case & Michael ZarghamPaul GrahamKurt VonnegutSrinivasa RamanujanCharles DarwinAlbert EinsteinWinston ChurchillDaniel KahnemannAlbert ClaudeAlfred AdlerGregor MendelAflred Russel Wallace

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