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Kyle Kingsbury Podcast

#420 The Last Book Written by a Human: The Balance of AI and Humanity w/ Jeff Burningham

Kyle Kingsbury Podcast

Kyle Kingsbury

Fitness, Health & Fitness, Health & Fitness:fitness

4.71.4K Ratings

🗓️ 26 August 2025

⏱️ 71 minutes

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Summary

In this episode, we have Jeff Burningham, author of a The Last Book Written by a Human. Jeff shares his intriguing background, growing up as a Mormon in Utah, and how his spiritual journey through plant medicines has reshaped his worldview. The discussion delves into Jeff's experience with psychedelics, his mission work and entrepreneurial ventures, and his attempt to run for governor. Jeff highlights the importance of human connection, embodiment, and nature in the digital age. The conversation also touches on the ethical implications of AI, the potential challenges of job displacement, disinformation, and human augmentation, emphasizing the need to imbue technology with wisdom, love, and grace. Ultimately, the episode underscores the central themes of spiritual awakening, human flourishing, and the transformative potential of AI.   Connect with Jeff here: Website Check out the book! Linkedin Instagram   From Kyle: The Community is coming! Click here to learn more The Rising Retreat w/ Conor Milstein: https://www.therisingretreat.com/   Our Sponsors: Let’s level up your nicotine routine with Lucy. Go to Lucy.co/KKP and use promo code (KKP) to get 20% off your first order. Lucy offers FREE SHIPPING and has a 30-day refund policy if you change your mind. If there’s ONE MINERAL you should be worried about not getting enough of... it’s MAGNESIUM. Head to http://www.bioptimizers.com/kingsbu now and use code KINGSBU to claim your 15% discount. These are the b3 bands I was talking about. They are amazing, I highly recommend incorporating them into your movement practice.   Connect with Kyle: I'm back on Instagram, come say hey @kylekingsbu Twitter: @kingsbu Our Farm Initiative: @gardenersofeden.earth Odysee: odysee.com/@KyleKingsburypod Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@Kyle-Kingsbury Kyle's Website: www.kingsbu.com - Gardeners of Eden site   If you enjoyed this podcast, please subscribe & leave a 5-star review with your thoughts!

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0:00.0

Welcome to today's episode. We've got Jeff Burningham. Jeff just wrote a book on AI, and it's a

0:06.3

fantastic, fantastic book that's coming out here soon. I've had a chance to peek at it since.

0:11.5

Since this podcast was done, it is out now. So you can get it. We'll link to it in the show notes

0:17.0

for you to go purchase. What a cool, fascinating story. Jeff's background is a Mormon,

0:23.2

a guy from Utah who blows his own spiritual understanding wide open through plant

0:29.9

medicines and other vehicles that we talk about on the show quite often. And he just has a

0:34.7

wonderful heart, you know, something I love. A lot of people, I talk about this on

0:38.5

the podcast too. A lot of people go the psychedelic route and they want to become shaman or

0:44.6

maestroes, they even change their name or they have a different persona come out of this thing

0:49.4

because they're still searching for who they are. But you can tell when somebody's really

0:52.8

found themselves and how heart-centered they are. And Jeff is absolutely heart-centered in the best way possible,

0:59.2

not in an airy, fairy, loose way, but in a grounded, connected way. And I loved having this conversation

1:05.3

with Jeff. We'll definitely do it again in the future. Check his book out. Leave us a five-star

1:10.0

reading with one or two ways the show

1:11.1

helped you out in life and support our sponsors. They make this show possible. All right,

1:14.9

without further ado, Jeff Burningham. Jeff, welcome to the podcast. Kyle, it's good to be here.

1:22.9

This is awesome. I've been super stoked on your writing and a lot of people that I love and appreciate

1:29.8

are hype in your work, right? Greg McCown, who wrote Essentialism as one of the fundamental

1:36.0

books that changed my life, changed the way that I work. It came at a time when I was in a corporate

1:40.6

setting and I couldn't have needed it more. And so I really love, and I also love how deep his book is. You know, there's a lot of spiritual lessons and things that are kind of just woven into that. So when I saw that he was, you know, writing about your book and type, talking about how awesome it is, I was like, man, I got to get a hold of this. This looks. Yeah, I love great. Yeah, that's great. His work is awesome.

2:01.9

Yeah, he's up there.

2:03.3

He's on these.

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