Karl Friston and Anna Lembke: Why Society Is at a Major Turning Point

Theories of Everything with Curt Jaimungal

Curt Jaimungal

Physics, Philosophy, Society & Culture, Science

4.6 • 606 Ratings

🗓️ 21 March 2024

⏱️ 81 minutes

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Karl Friston and Anna Lembke argue that we must urgently reassess personal and societal habits amid environmental, mental‑health, and addiction crises, using the active inference framework. They explore how this perspective can guide more resilient and compassionate responses.SPONSORS:- Patreon: https://patreon.com/curtjaimungal (early access to ad‑free audio episodes!)- Crypto: https://tinyurl.com/cryptoTOE- PayPal: https://tinyurl.com/paypalTOE- TOE Merch: https://tinyurl.com/TOEmerchRESOURCES:- Get my 'Top 10 TOEs' PDF + Weekly Personal Updates: https://www.curtjaimungal.org- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/theoriesofeverythingpod- TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@theoriesofeverything_- Twitter: https://twitter.com/TOEwithCurt- Discord Invite: https://discord.com/invite/kBcnfNVwqs- iTunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/better-left-unsaid-with-curt-jaimungal/id1521758802- Pandora: https://pdora.co/33b9lfP- Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/4gL14b92xAErofYQA7bU4e- Subreddit r/TheoriesOfEverything: https://reddit.com/r/theoriesofeverything Theories of Everything with Curt Jaimungal features long-form, technically detailed interviews with leading researchers in physics, mathematics, consciousness, and philosophy, exploring topics at the level of active research. For academics, graduate students, and anyone seeking depth beyond popular science. SPONSOR: I personally subscribe to The Economist. TOE listeners get 35% off the annual subscription. No other podcast has this! https://economist.com/TOE FOLLOW: Substack | Spotify | YouTube | Twitter Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:45.2	Now we're at a point where there's a whole generation of people that are coming to grips
0:49.1	with the fact that we need to change everything about everything that we do and we need to do it
0:53.7	fast.
1:08.8	And I think that's just a wonderful frame or concept for all of us living in the world to periodically just take a moment and take these models and just say, you know, everything I think I know about the world, I'm going to temporarily suspend it and I'm just going to be open.
1:11.8	And when that happens, we can be present and learn in a way that it's not possible when we're just trying to reinforce our model.
1:16.8	I was invited by the innovative and prestigious Active Inference Institute to host an all-star
1:22.4	academic panel where questions explored are what's the difference between building a model
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