The Power of Gods with Daniel Schmachtenberger [S2 Ep.16]

Conversations with Coleman

The Free Press

Philosophy, Society & Culture

4.5 • 614 Ratings

🗓️ 27 May 2021

⏱️ 94 minutes

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Welcome to another episode of Conversations with Coleman. My guest today is Daniel Schmachtenberger. Daniel is a founding member of The Consilience Project, aimed at improving public sensemaking and dialogue. His writing is focused on ways of improving the health and development of individuals and society, with a focus on catastrophic and existential risk, civilization and institutional decay, collective action problems, social organization theories, and the relevant domains in philosophy and science. Daniel and I spend a lot of time talking about the effect of new technology on our ability to problem solve as a society, the disadvantages of democracy relative to autocracy, how much of our behavior can be attributed to human nature and how much to culture and much more. #Ad Hiring is one of those things you don’t want to mess up. You can find the right people to help you complete your vision with Indeed. Indeed is the jobsite that makes hiring as easy as 1, 2, 3. Post, screen, and interview - all on Indeed. Get your quality shortlist of candidates whose resumes on Indeed match your job description faster, only pay for the candidates that meet must-have qualifications, and schedule and complete video interviews in your Indeed Dashboard. Get started RIGHT NOW with a free 75$ sponsored job credit to upgrade your job post at indeed.com/CONVERSATIONS The Offer is valid through JUNE 30th. Terms and conditions apply. #Ad ExpressVPN hides your IP address and lets you control where you want sites to think you’re located. You can choose from almost 100 different countries, giving you access to a diverse range of Netflix libraries you can enjoy! But it’s not just Netflix. ExpressVPN works with any streaming service; Hulu, BBC iPlayer, YouTube and much more. If you visit my special link right now EXPRESSVPN .com/Coleman you can get an extra three months of ExpressVPN for free! Support the show, watch what you want, and protect yourself at EXPRESSVPN .com/Coleman Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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1:03.7	Welcome to another episode of Conversations with Coleman.
1:07.0	My guest today is Daniel Schmockenberger.
1:09.6	Daniel Schmockenberger is a founding member of the Consilience Project aimed at improving
1:14.0	public sensemaking and dialogue.
1:16.6	His writing is focused on ways of improving the health and development of individuals in society
1:21.0	with a focus on catastrophic and existential risk, civilization and institutional decay,
1:27.4	collective action problems, social organization
1:30.1	theories, and the relevant domains in philosophy and science. Daniel and I spend a lot of time
1:36.2	talking about the effect of new technology on our ability to problem solve as a society.
1:41.3	We talk about the disadvantages of democracy relative to autocracy. We talk about how much
1:46.7	of our behavior can be attributed to human nature and how much to culture, and much more.
1:52.2	So without further ado, Daniel Schmockdenberger.
2:00.1	Okay, Daniel, thanks so much for coming on my show.
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