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Revolutionizing Personalized Health: Insights on NU's Health-Optimizing Technologies and Precision Medicine

Bold.ly Now — Thu, 01 Feb 2024 09:00:00 -0700

This comprehensive exploration discusses how health optimization and longevity can be achieved by detailed genetic, bloodwork, and microbiome testing. Michael Shaun Conaway and Enej Kuscher dive deep into the advantages of personalized health care, revealing how individual biological data and understanding dietary and lifestyle impacts can shape treatment pathways. The conversation spans insights from personal experiences with these tests, the feasibility in everyday life, to the future possibilities of custom diet and supplement recommendations. This discussion underscores the revolutionary aspect of individualized preventative measures in extending healthspan and lifespan.

This discussion introduces NU, a Dutch bioheal testing service providing comprehensive biomarker data analysis, noting its unique approach of sharing detailed health information with users and future plans to incorporate wearable tech for real-time lifestyle intervention. Further, it focuses on NU's 'digital twin' interface, emphasizing the democratization of complex health science. The conversation also dives deep into the role of genetic predispositions in individual health and the potential for a more personalized healthcare approach. They discuss the future of precise technologies influencing personalized dietary and lifestyle plans, forecasting an era of preventive healthcare empowered by technological breakthroughs and continuous user engagement. Overall, the dialogue highlights the importance of health data understanding, anticipates the evolution of modern food engines, and underscores NU's mission to simplify human biology.

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00:00 Introduction

00:00 Understanding Chronic Inflammation

00:28 Introducing Guest: Enej Kusher, CEO of NU

00:49 The Importance of Biomarker Data for Health

01:24 Enej Kusher's Journey into Biotech

03:42 The Complexity of Human Health

04:13 The Role of Genetics in Health

07:51 The Importance of Integrating Health Data

09:20 The Future of Health Dashboards

12:18 Understanding the Microbiome

27:12 The Role of Genetics in Obesity

38:51 Understanding Epigenetic Age

44:16 The Evolutionary Story of Telomerase

44:51 The Role of Fasting in Stem Cell Production

45:29 The Controversy Surrounding Telomeres and Aging

46:03 The Wild West of Peptides and Longevity

47:26 The Concept of a Digital Twin

48:19 Exploring the Digital Twin Interface

49:09 The Future of Genomic Interpretation

49:17 Understanding Blood Biomarkers

52:05 The Power of Personalized Genomics

01:00:19 The Impact of Gut Microbiome on Health

01:03:37 The Future of Personalized Health Care

01:15:39 The Role of Supplements in Personalized Health

01:19:41 The Future of Personalized Diet Planning

01:22:53 The Exciting Future of Precision Medicine

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BSN32: Sustainable Development and Radical Changes for the UN: A Conversation with Marc Buckley

Bold.ly Now — Fri, 05 May 2023 09:00:00 -0700

Show Summary

Get ready for a riveting and enlightening conversation with Marc Buckley, a distinguished leader in sustainable development and food reform, who has played a critical role in shaping the UN's climate efforts. In this podcast, Buckley offers insights on the pressing need for reform in the United Nations, particularly in climate negotiations, and the obstacles we face in achieving sustainable development goals. He highlights the urgency of a new economic model that prioritizes the well-being of all, not just a select few. Buckley delves into the failures of the UN, COP27, and Paris Agreement and the adverse effects of politics on the climate crisis. This podcast is not just informative but also a powerful call to action. With over 30 years of experience, Buckley provides actionable guidance on how to take action toward a sustainable future. So tune in and discover how we can make a meaningful impact and create a better world for ourselves, our planet, and our future generations!

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In this episode, Marc Buckley shares his story of transformation and highlights his mission of ecological economics to address human suffering on a global scale. He details his educational background, his long professional career that includes writing the UN SDG manifesto, participation in various UN collective systems, and a quick overview of his books.

As we're heading into COP28 this year, Buckley sheds light on what went wrong in the previous huddles. He highlights the significance of the Club of Rome, whose original climate report from 1972 serves as a guiding pillar for the UN's climate efforts. He believes the Club of Rome's work provides a crucial framework for understanding the climate crisis. Looking ahead to COP28, he expresses cautious optimism, noting that the region understands the impact of food shortages and the need to limit growth. However, he also acknowledges the controversies surrounding COP27, which he deems a complete failure due to a lack of action and wasting valuable time.

There's an urgent need for funding to achieve sustainable development goals. While the figure of $95 trillion required to meet these goals set out in the Paris Agreement may seem daunting, Buckley explains that in 2015, we spent $89 trillion on high-carbon emission scenarios, such as gasoline and diesel cars, which could have been redirected towards sustainability efforts.

Buckley points out that the UN is simply a platform to unite member countries and cannot force them to take action on climate change. The current system of negotiations is difficult, slow, and inefficient, with progress being impeded by politics and a lack of political will. There are politics both within and between countries, making it challenging to find a way forward. He highlights the negative impact that leaders like Trump and Bolsonaro have had on the climate agenda, derailing progress and creating further division. He also discusses the economics of the climate crisis, noting that the current economic system is not working and is contributing to the issue. He highlights the need for more discussion and education on economic models that promote sustainability and notes that sustainable organizations have shown resilience during hard economic times.

He further elucidates the need for a new global mission beyond economic growth and globalization. The purpose of existing as a society should be to make the world work for 100% of humanity in the shortest possible time through spontaneous cooperation without ecological offense and disadvantage for anyone. However, our current models are obsolete, and we need to move towards a new model of economics and resource management. Buckley also touches on the fact that many experts are only focused on one facet of a complete system and that we need to bring together leading experts, thought leaders, polymaths, and philosophers in a fellowship to solve problems independently. He believes that the world needs a different model of cooperation and that the current model of global competitive systems is flawed.

Our conversation also delves into the idea that we need to shift our focus from reductionism to promoting equality so that no one has to worry about food, shelter, and other basic human needs. We discuss the concept of global hectares per person and the need for good stewardship of the Earth's resources. Ultimately, humanity needs to break free from the old ways of thinking and move towards a world that works for everyone. Buckley believes that we are still stuck in the Stone Age and that we need to evolve with the exponential rate at which the world is changing.

To achieve this, the world needs symbiosis and collaboration, just like any other living system. Applying models of cooperation in business, organizations, and our daily lives will lead to greater prosperity. Buckley warns that civilization models that rely on hierarchy and divide humans into classes, such as farmers at the bottom and a few elites at the top, always lead to collapse sooner or later. He advocates for three pillars of sustainability: economics, innovation, and consciousness of regenerative futurism. He believes that we need to understand economic models inside out, as they affect us, and be able to speak about alternative models, such as circular economics. He calls for innovation that solves human suffering in grand global challenges and stresses that humanity needs to make six major transformations (digital transformation is just one of them) before achieving sustainoscence.

In the end, Buckley offers insight into the concrete steps we can take to make a difference. While there's no easy solution or silver bullet, a desirable future lies within. We all need to ask ourselves what the world that works for everyone looks like for each of us. Only when we have this vision, can we figure out how to get there as fast as possible.

Key Moments:

● [0:02:24] – The journey and mission of Marc Buckley

● [0:09:22] – The latest updates on the global fight against climate change

● [0:18:07] – Marc's thoughts on the UN and the current state of the climate negotiation process

● [0:22:02] – Why the latest IPCC report from the Club of Rome is so important and what it means for the future of our planet

● [0:27:27] – The problems with the UN

● [0:31:12] – The fractures in the global economic system and how we can address them to create a more sustainable future for all

● [0:44:10] – How to bring all parties together, independently of the UN, on this one-point agenda of sustainability

● [0:59:16] – Dive deep into the concept of the Human Condition and the symbiotic regenerative model for humanity's future

● [1:13:52] – NASA-funded Collapse Study and how we can learn from our past mistakes to create a more resilient future

● [1:21:16] – Concrete steps we can all take to make a difference in the world

Quotes:

The future comes before history.

We need prevention; we don’t need to wait until people are dead and suffering to finally apply for [Loss and Damage] money.

We wait until the last minute, and then we spend up when we absolutely have to.

We don’t have time to wait.

We need to act, and we need to act like our world is on fire.

In a great time of crisis, we need leadership that’s not a traditional consensus-based leadership.

Life is life; we’re not in a pilot project anymore!

I think, in some respects, we are still stuck in the Stone Age; we can’t leave the Stone Age because we ran out of stones.

[Sustainability] is not about whether we have to do less or eat less so that the rest of the world has more; it’s about equality for everyone and everybody.

We get so caught up in how that we lose sight of why.

As long as there’s terrible poverty and terrible suffering, there’s always the possibility that it will happen to me.

Symbiosis is the biggest and the most innovative ecological phenomenon we’ve ever seen in our world before.

In our living systems, one plus one never equals two.

Without symbiosis, we would not be here as species.

It could be a hobby to be rich, but it cannot be a part of our everyday economics.

Broadband is not our silver bullet.

Before past or history came the future.

Once you have the vision, you can figure out how to get there as fast as possible.

Further References:

Marc Buckley

https://www.linkedin.com/in/buckleymarc/

Connect on Instagram

https://www.instagram.com/marcearth/?hl=en

Marc Buckley Website

https://marcbuckley.earth/

Stern Review on the Economics of Climate Change

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stern_Review

Scale by Geoffrey West

https://www.amazon.com/Scale-Universal-Innovation-Sustainability-Organisms/dp/1594205582

Operating manual for Spaceship Earth by Buckminster Fuller

https://www.amazon.com/Operating-Manual-Spaceship-Buckminster-Fuller/dp/3037781262

Global Hectare

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Global_hectare

The Human Condition by Hannah Arendt

https://www.amazon.com/Human-Condition-Second-Hannah-Arendt/dp/022658660X

The Joys and Dilemmas of Wealth – Study

https://bcm.bc.edu/index.html%3Fp=311.html

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GFI05: Cory Doctorow, The Remixed Future

Bold.ly Now — Sat, 19 Mar 2022 11:00:00 -0700

Today, most of our content online is derivative of someone else’s work. It’s a remix and rework of anything and everything. It’s all reflective. It’s all copyrighted. Not that the copyrights are being enforced, but it’s still mindboggling how out of date our copyright system is. Cory Doctorow is one of the earliest adopters of the Creative Commons License for his works. He and his science fiction novels play with this emerging era of creative cynicism. Today, Cory gives us a deep insight into this issue and how the ownership of works and ideas is bound to change in the future.

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Key Moments:

● [00:01:08] – Corey Doctorow Introduction

● [00:01:40] – How did Corey get into Creative Commons and problems with intellectual properties today.

● [00:15:47] – Celebrating the remix culture

● [00:21:00] – Is Remix Creativity?

● [00:26:13] – Extractive Capitalism

● [00:39:50] – Governance

● [00:50:15] – A discussion on Corey’s Novel Walkaway

● [01:01:50] – The way forward

● [01:08:10] – When are Cory’s new books coming out?

Further References:

Corey Doctorow Blog

https://pluralistic.net

Creationists by E.L Doctorow

https://www.amazon.com/Creationists-Selected-1993-2006-L-Doctorow/dp/0812975642

How to destroy Surveillance Capitalism by Cory Doctorow

https://www.amazon.com/Destroy-Surveillance-Capitalism-Cory-Doctorow/dp/1736205900

The Age of Surveillance Capitalism by Shoshana Zuboff

https://www.amazon.com/Age-Surveillance-Capitalism-Future-Frontier/dp/1610395697

The Nature of the Firm by Ronald Coase

https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1468-0335.1937.tb00002.x

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GIF04: The Future of Right or Wrong with Juan Enriquez

Bold.ly Now — Tue, 25 Jan 2022 18:00:00 -0700

Show Summary

Perhaps the biggest challenge looking forward to the future is to see our future selves. How will we change our biology & genetics? How will we make decisions about what we should alter? It's important because technology constantly changes our perceptions of right and wrong. So, what are ethics in regards to human life? Why making strong ethical and moral considerations is bad? What are some of the important ethical fights today that will impact the quality of life of our future generations? And what are some of the things we should be doing today to avoid being judged harshly by our future generations? In this episode of the Boldly NOW Show, academic, author, and futurist Juan Enriquez answers all these questions. He gives us new viewpoints and tools to make choices more wisely in the face of the neo-biological revolution.

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Full Show Notes

Juan Enriquez's latest book "Right/Wrong: How Technology Transforms Ethics, is a lively guide to ethics in a technological age. It's very different from his previous work, "Evolving Ourselves," which was a mind-bending exploration of how humanity is reshaping its genetic future. When the episode starts, he gives us a background of what led him to write his new book. In the rest of the episode, we discuss various aspects of the ethics debate in a technological age.

Ethics is not a very popular subject. Many people consider it boring. After all, most of us already know what’s right and wrong in our current social construct. We are familiar with how to behave with others, etc. However, what if there’s a 180 degrees shift in what’s right and wrong? Today, a lot of the changes in ethics are driven by technology. And when the change in technology accelerates, the change in ethics will also accelerate. Are we ready to face that challenge?

Juan believes technology will enable humanity to accept any such shift in ethics. There are a lot of things that technology makes faster, better, and cheaper. For instance, most humans are not vegetarian today. Once synthetic meat becomes cheaper than natural meat, killing billions of animals for meat will become a much harder position to defend. It will force humanity to rethink its ethics regarding killing animals. We rationalize ethics, and once we have an alternative, change will come easy.

But, to do that, we need to learn to hold two conflicting theories in mind. We may not always be right. Therefore, we should have an open mind about people with opposing views. Just like we judge the actions and beliefs of people from 30 years ago through the realities of today, we will be judged in the future by our future generations. Right and wrong can change. Most people believe if the other half disagrees with a viewpoint, they are such and such (a label). In reality, 98 percent of the people are decent human beings trying to do the right thing. Labeling them makes it easy to “otherize’ them. That's why in the heart of cultural wars today, you will find strong moral declarations.

The discussion then shifts to important ethical fights of the present. Juan considers nuclear proliferation, climate change, wealth concentration, and wealth inequality the biggest ethical struggles today. Unfortunately, nuclear proliferation has gotten off the minds of many people. In a time when more people can proliferate, the rise of fanatical actors has rendered MAD ineffective. The traditional architecture of stability has fallen apart. Similarly, there are the problems of climate change and wealth inequality. The time to do something about it is now because we have options to move forward globally. Otherwise, our future generations will judge us harsher than we judge our past generations.

Juan also talks in detail about big ethical considerations in neo-biology. We are going through a neo-biological revolution period. New discoveries are opening up new debates and new avenues of moral considerations. For example, we can freeze sperms today and have identical twins 20 years apart. If you bring a couple from 30 years ago to the present, the mere idea of frozen sperms will give them a huge shock. Likewise, if your grandchildren bring you forward 30 years in the future, you will be gobsmacked by how fast technology moved.

Today, we know it's a lot safer to bring a baby to term in a synthetic womb. You can bring a baby to term far earlier. It's a lot easier to temper with the genetic code and take out the cancerous genes, etc. These advancements are opening a new Pandora box of ethical debates, but the way we adopt these moral changes will determine the future of humanity.

The world and humanity evolve with evolving technology. For thousands of years, we believed the earth was flat. Then Galileo's telescope radically changed our entire perception of the universe. Such radical changes are now occurring within 2 to 3 years. So, we need to stop and ask ourselves these questions. How do we want to move forward? Sure, we may not come up with solid answers yet, but it's still a conversation worth having. At the same time, we need to approach this topic with humility. There aren't always two sides to a label. In fact, there's an entire spectrum to accurately outline the complexity of a given topic. As right and wrong can change, we should also be more flexible with our viewpoints.

Key Moments:

● [00:46] – Juan Enriquez Introduction

● [01:58] – What made him write “Right/Wrong: How Technology Transforms Our Ethics?

● [04:08] – Ethics as a functional conversation for people

● [05:09] – How technology flips our notions of right and wrong

● [15:04] – Why making strong ethical and moral declarations today is bad

● [23:18] – Important ethical fights today that will impact the quality of life of our future generations

● [33:18] – Big ethical considerations in neurobiology today

● [43:56] – Things we should be doing in evolving our biology

Quotes:

There are a lot of things technology makes faster, better, cheaper

Most of us are not vegan because the alternative is very difficult for a lot of people

Rules change, and if you are not educated in a way that you keep learning… you end up on the wrong side of history faster and faster…

When you are so busy judging the present and past, you don't look at possibilities of the future.

Why let people starve when you can feed them? This is the biggest ethical question of our time.

The stuff that will come back to bite you the hardest is the stuff that you take for granted today.

The choices that my children or grandchildren will make may look horrifying to me, but to them, they will look normal and natural.

There's not two sides to a label. There's a damn kaleidoscope of stuff which we have bracketed and allowed ourselves to stereotype so that it’s us or them.

Further References:

Juan Enriquez

https://twitter.com/EvolvingJuan

Right/Wrong: How Technology Transforms Our Ethics

https://www.amazon.com/Right-Wrong-Technology-Transforms-Ethics/dp/0262044420

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GFI03: Adah Parris, Being a Good Ancestor

Bold.ly Now — Wed, 15 Dec 2021 09:00:00 -0700

Show Summary

How do we learn lessons from the past? How can we leave behind our global problems and create a new era for humanity? What are the technologies and behaviors we need to adapt to make sustainable change, and how do we bring all that back to the people who can take action to change the world? These are the questions polymath tech Futurist Adah Parris has been grappling with in the face of the challenges we have today. In this episode of the Boldy Now show, Adah shines a light on these questions and gives us ways to recognize new patterns that can lead to a better future.

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The episode starts with a discussion on what it means to be a futurist. Adah gives a detailed insight into the term and how she came to be recognized as one. A futurist systematically explores the present to predict the future while considering the past. However, a futurist doesn't just have to be a mere predictor of patterns. The real task of a Futurist is to create stories that can help humanity pull into a better future.

Adah is also a systems thinker. Her framework “Cyborg Shamanism” provides a lens through which we can look at the world and decode everything that happens around us. Cyborg Shamanism consists of five phases:

1. Leave – First Phase: How do we leave these problems/ old ways behind?

2. Breathe – Second Phase: How can we remove these tensions in the system to create a hypothesis for change?

3. Grow – Third Phase: What are the tools/technologies/rituals/behaviors to try to make this true? (i.e., How to stress test it)

4. Flow – Fourth Phase: Thinking long-term, what type of answers make it sustainable?

5. Ground – Fifth Phase: How do we ground that down to create a sense of kinship?

All living systems are self-operating mechanisms. But, we always learn some lessons in one world that can be brought into the other. Binaries create competition and division. Whether it's spirituality, philosophy, physics, mechanics, or metaphysics, bringing different worlds together can help humanity cooperate rather than compete.

Today, we need new technologies that are capitalistic but still provide a positive impact on humanity and the world. We need businesses that operate less like machines and more as living organisms. There's a lot to learn from nature. We can replicate how nature creates no waste. Perhaps a new hierarchy of needs would be appropriate in which the base level is “We” rather than “I." The rules of the game have already been broken by COVID. It's the right time to shift and change and create new, better and sustainable technologies.

The same can be said about our political systems. We are still using a 100-200 years old top-down authoritarian approach to manage countries. Our politics is politics of divide and conquer. However, borders have become more fluid in this digital day and age. Organizations have become more influential like we see different organizations taking steps about vaccine passports. Humanity needs to figure out how to stop technology from enabling these old colonial structures.

An important question – in this regard – is to ask yourself, "What type of ancestors do you want to be?" At any moment, we are already an ancestor for the next generations. If anything, the pandemic has shown that we are all in this together. If we are to survive, we have to survive together. If we are to thrive, we have to thrive together. Therefore, we need to change our storytelling framework, recognize the value a person brings and take a more altruistic approach to tackle problems.

The biggest lottery in the world is where we are born. Think about it, we don't choose our nationality or race. Luck gives some of us an unfair advantage and deprives others. Racism is a strategy to maintain the same process of colonization and colonialism. So when the system offers preferential treatment, we need to recognize our privilege and think about a positive contribution. The more people recognize their privilege, the more things will change.

This brings us to the final question, what’s the solution to disentangle this Gordian knot? Answer: Make people think. Make them think differently. Value those who are born different. Appreciate those who think differently. Everyone can become a critical thinker, problem-solver, innovator, and futurist. It's just that we don't lean in on these abilities. Only through collective efforts will we leave a better world for our future generations. In the final moments of the podcast, Adiah talks about her latest venture, "Living Library." It’s an attempt to look deeply at micro and meta-narratives, i.e., how we use words to validate ourselves.

Key Moments:

● [00:47] – Adah Parris Introduction

● [01:30] – What is a Futurist

● [06:11] – Cyborg Shamanism

● [12:04] How to look for technologies that are a capitalistic but still positive impact on each other and the world

● [18:00] Technologizing of human beings

● [23:54] The need for a living systems approach

● [25:40] political systems in the digital age

● [31:32] money, philanthropy, and effective altruism

● [34:44] The need for a new storytelling approach

● [42:17] The biggest lottery in the world

● [50:30] How to change?

● [55:10] Adah’s Future Project: Living library

Quotes:

Technology is not just something digital or algorithmic. It comes from the words of crafts, art, and process. So we have always had some form of tech. We may not recognize them as back. It is just that they weren’t digital.

We, as a society, tend to get stuck in binaries.

Its everybody’s responsibility to make sure the planet is safe.

Are you gonna be the next Facebook? We have already got those. Why need more?

The pandemic has enabled us to recognize that people need each other.

We have to change our approach to understanding how we operate.

I think we need to be fluid, agile, and ready to adapt to be proactive rather than reactive when something happens.

The goal of a caterpillar is not to win the game of leaf-eating. It's to play out its lifecycle… contribute become butterfly which contributes to pollination, which contributes to more butterflies…

Systems themselves continue to replicate themselves, almost as if the survival of ideology is more important than the flourishing of the people. – Michael Shaun Conaway

The link between colonialism, capitalism, and climate change is the ego.

The purpose of a storyteller is not to tell you how to think but to give you questions to think upon.

Further References:

Adah Parris

https://www.adahparris.com/

Sojourner Truth: Ain’t I A Woman?

https://thehermitage.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/Sojourner-Truth_Aint-I-a-Woman_1851.pdf

Maslow Hierarchy of Needs

https://www.simplypsychology.org/maslow.html

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GFI02: Transcending the Climate Crisis with Kim Stanley Robinson

Bold.ly Now — Thu, 11 Nov 2021 17:30:00 -0700

GFI02: TRANSCENDING THE CLIMATE CRISIS with Kim Stanley Robinson

Show Summary

Tune into the Bold.ly Now Show featuring Kim Stanley Robinson, the Hugo and Nebula winning author of the Mars Trilogy. He is known as a realistic, science-based highly-literary science fiction author with over 20 books published. Stan's work often focuses on themes like sustainability, economic & social justice, climate change, and speculative futures. Today, we discuss these themes covered in Stan’s atypical sci-fi novel, The Ministry for the Future. Stan uses the book to demonstrate a vision of a new future for humanity and investigate what it might take to survive and transcend the climate crisis.

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Full Show Notes

The world is on track to miss the target of keeping the global average temperature within 2 degrees celsius of the warming limit. That means humans will have to adapt to a higher temperature. But, how much can we adapt? It's a well documented fact that humanity cannot survive a high heat index – a combination of high heat and high humidity. So, no matter the eco-modernist's view, humanity faces more of an emergency than we think.

Kim Stanley Robinson’s novel “The Ministry for the Future” runs wild with this idea. The book aims not just to transform people's thinking but also the culture itself. While his atypical approach to “novel writing” may seem borderline blasphemous, it's not something new. Stan believes he was inspired by the USA trilogy (by John Dos Passos) and Moby Dick (Herman Melville). Here, he talks in detail about his novel writing approach, entertainment VS education aspect, and how he manages to “tell” just as much as “show” to keep the novel fun and engaging for the readers.

We live in a nation-state global capitalist world. To write a realistic plausible novel, discussing capitalism and how it exacerbates the climate problem is inevitable. This system favors a few, but the climate is a zero-sum game. Paris agreement was, therefore, a great step in the right direction. We need better pricing of our relationship to the biosphere. Only then can we attempt to morph the system into better treatment of people and the biosphere.

Stan’s novel extracts a lot from the current economic conditions and gives us a viable picture of the future. The Carbon coin, introduced in the book, strikes a chord with the crypto-revolution currently taking place. Similarly, the targeted asymmetrical violence reminds of the occupy movement. Along the way, the book asks some very pertinent questions making a case for neoliberal capitalism. Unlike the often held view, neoliberal capitalism is not a hands-off approach to governance. It's still a very strong governance model that is indispensable for a socially just political economy.

It's a mixed picture in the world right now. On the bright side, we have the EU commission announcing plans for forced labor import ban, the successes of the 30 x 30 movement, the Paris accord and similar steps taken by governments in the USA, China and India. On the negative side, we have the reactionary capitalist businesses which exploit the natural resources to death and would not go without a fight. This discursive battle is but just one aspect of the larger political and physical battle.

Biological diversity is just important as human cultural diversity. We are part of nature. Our body cells are part of the biosphere – from the cradle to the grave. Whenever there has been a mass extinction event, about 70 per cent of the species don't make it through the churn. If it happens now, chances are, we won’t be able to make it, so there is no success for humans without success for the whole biosphere. They are knitted into one.

In the final moments of the podcast, we discuss the bare minimum that humanity needs to work on now in order to have a desirable, viable, thriving future for humanity. This includes women rights, social justice, balanced biosphere, push for democracy worldwide, neoliberal economics and growth expansion that translates into a better quality – rather than quantity – of life. Humanity co-evolved with this planet, and only here can we thrive. That’s why human life in space is just a fantasy of escape, offering no real solution to the problem.

"We are an extraordinary expression of the complexity of life…Possibly the biggest leap we could make to have a thriving future for humanity is by actually being just an Earthling. Sure, there are other worlds out there, but we are expressions of this world alone."

Key Moments:

● [00:36] – Kim Stanley Robinson’s introduction

● [08:06] – Stan’s atypical writing style and the audience reaction

● [11:51] – Novel as a way to transform culture and people’s thinking

● [18:13] – Economics and capitalism

● [33:38] – Neoliberalism as an alternate to capitalism

● [38:52] – Is there any hope for Europe?

● [48:08] – A desirable, viable, thriving future for humanity

● [53:18] – De-growth and post-capitalism

● [1:00:20] – Is human civilisation off-planet possible?

Quotes:

I myself am a novelist, and I don’t know what a novel is, but I know it’s bigger than what they were thinking about.

Central bankers are not really the drivers [of capitalism], but they are the clutch.

Power is a drug, and wealth is power.

Instrumentation already exists (the rule of law, legislation, tax regulations) and can be applied to make a much flatter, biosphere-friendly, socially just political economy.

Biological diversity is easily as important as human cultural diversity.

We have to pay ourselves as humans to take care of – in a steward’s way – the rest of the biosphere.

There's no success for humans without success for the whole biosphere.

It will never be a question of human welfare vs environmental welfare. They are knitted into one.

The notion of growth expansion should be translated into the level of quality [of life] rather than quantity.

I don't think humans can prosper off the earth, over the long haul.

The fact that we can’t get to the stars does not make the solar system less beautiful and un-interesting.

Further References:

The Ministry for the Future by Kim Stanley Robinson:

https://www.amazon.com/Ministry-Future-Kim-Stanley-Robinson/dp/0316300136

USA trilogy (by John Dos Passos)"

https://www.amazon.com/USA-42nd-Parallel-1919-Money/dp/1883011140

Neo-liberalism:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neoliberalism

The 30 x 30 Movement:

https://www.wilderness.org/key-issues/30-x-30-movement

Little, Big by John Crawley:

https://www.amazon.com/Little-Big-John-Crowley/dp/0061120057

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BN27: The Magic of Surrender with Kute Blackson

Bold.ly Now — Fri, 07 May 2021 09:00:00 -0700

In this week's podcast we speak with Author Kute Blackson about his just released book, The Magic of Surrender. When Kute’s mother was passing away she was unafraid and at peace. Kute was deeply moved by her courage and began a deep inquiry into what was at the heart of our courage. Led by her he discovered the magic of surrender in his own life and is now sharing that magic with us in his book and in this conversation with Bold.ly NOW Show host Michael Shaun Conaway.

Learn More:

· Facebook: boldlynow

· Instagram: bold.lynow

· Website: bold.ly

· Podcast:https://boldly-now.captivate.fm/listen

· PROOF Digital Magazine: proofofathrivingfuture.com

The Magic of Surrender: https://themagicofsurrender.com/

BN26: The Soul of Money with Lynne Twist

Bold.ly Now — Mon, 29 Mar 2021 09:00:00 -0700

This week’s guest Lynne Twist has worked her entire career looking at the soul of money and how it manifests in our lives due to a culture of money. She is founder of the Soul of Money Institute and has dedicated her life to alleviating hunger and poverty. Today, she is going to set the record straight on a lie we have all been living and help us find a future where we can thrive in our own life with regards to our finances. Lynne’s myths of scarcity, surprising truth of sufficiency, and a very simple solution to our predicament are sure to knock your socks off.

Learn More:

· Facebook: boldlynow

· Instagram: bold.lynow

· Website: bold.ly

· Podcast:https://boldly-now.captivate.fm/listen

Key Moments:

● [01:43] – The toxicity of the Money Culture

● [07:16] – The scarcity paradigm: How we make “the scarcity” real

● [12:40] – The three toxic myths of scarcity

● [16:49] – The Surprising Truth of Sufficiency

● [22:44] – Rich people, poor people

● [26:47] – How to ease the constriction of this “Scarcity lie” and have a prosperous life

● [40:49] – Life as an opportunity to learn, strengthen and grow in times of a global pandemic

Quotes:

"We’re swimming in a culture that lies about money and that creates a lot of suffering for us”

“If you tell your body I didn’t get enough sleep, you will be tired”

“We are building units for our stuff, but not for our people”

“More more and more does not get you to true prosperity”

“What we appreciate, appreciates”

“Sufficiency is not actually an amount… it’s an experience of being in touch with who you are”

“Prosperity isn’t a function of accumulation; it’s a function of sharing”

“True abundance comes from sufficiency, not more”

Further References:

Gratitude and Grateful living

https://gratefulness.org/

Buckminister Fuller and a You or Me world

https://gratefulness.org/resource/buckminster-fuller-world/

Doughnut Economics by Kate Raworth

https://www.amazon.com/Doughnut-Economics-Seven-21st-Century-Economist-ebook/dp/B01BUOGF58

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GF01: The Neo-Biological Revolution & the Future of Humanity with Jane Metcalfe

Bold.ly Now — Tue, 09 Mar 2021 10:00:00 -0700

This week on the Boldly Now Show, we have a Generative Conversation with Jane Metcalfe, co-founder of WIRED magazine and founder of Neo Life a digital publication that focuses on the Neo-biological revolution. Being at the forefront of the technological revolution for the past three decades, Jane talks in length about the Neo-biological transformation to imagine a better future for human beings as a species. We also discuss where things go wrong with our vision of the future and the need for interdisciplinary understanding of technological advancements and what the future may hold for humanity in general.

Learn More:

Website: https://bold.ly
Bold.ly YOU App: https://bold.ly/you
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Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/boldlynow
Twitter: https://twitter.com/boldlynow
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Podcast: https://boldly-now.captivate.fm/listen
Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/c/TheBoldlyNOWShow
Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/boldlynow

Key Moments:

● [02:10] – Jane reflects back on how the era influenced Wired magazine

● [08:18] – From a computer scientist to a visionary artist in a magazine, Jane talks the transformation

● [13:00] – Being at the front-row of technological transformation, how Jane witnessed the divergence between the technological utopia imagined in the 90s and today’s technological reality.

● [20:10] – Is the lack of regulations in technological advancement responsible for everything that went wrong in the past few decades?

● [33:57] – Are we having more future forward conversations today than we had in the past?

● [45:58] – The need for interdisciplinary understanding for technological advancements

● [45:58] – The future for Jane Metcalfe and humanity in general

Quotes:

"We, on balance, tend to look for disaster as humans. It is an evolutionary trait that has served us as well. If we are analyzing for potential threats, then we are better prepared to dodge or defeat them.”

“It’s journalism’s job to comfort the afflicted and afflict the comfortable”

“The corrupting influence of money is bound to work its way into any human endeavor”

“technology itself is ingenious, [it’s just that the] regulators don’t understand it”

“What’s happening now is the next stage of digital revolution”

“Not that there’s good to say about coronavirus, but if that’s all it took to wake us up to our potential – as one specifies, one planet – to work together and focus on one thing and find solution, then may be all of this horrible sacrifice would have been worth it”

“I think about what could go right”

“There is a tremendous risk when it comes to moving science forward, but if we never try then we will never know”

“Even evolution evolves”

Further References:

Is Your DNA Data Safe in Blackstone’s Hands?

https://neo.life/2021/01/is-your-dna-data-safe-in-blackstones-hands/

Right/Wrong: How Technology Transforms Our Ethics

https://www.amazon.com/Right-Wrong-Technology-Transforms-Ethics/dp/0262044420

Neo Life

https://neo.life/

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BN 25: The Future of Healthcare with Dr: David Tusek

Bold.ly Now — Mon, 01 Mar 2021 17:00:00 -0700

BN 25: The Future of Healthcare with Dr: David Tusek

Show Summary

Tune in to the Boldy Now Show featuring Dr. David Tusek, Direct Care and Health Exchange Pioneer, to forever change the way we think about personal and community health. Dr. Tusek is the founder of Cloud Medical, and a founding partner of Ravel Health, an alternative marketplace based upon healthcare vs. sick-care. Looking at health from a broader perspective, Dr. Tusek asks for a deeper understanding of the body, reconnection with ourselves, people around us, and nature, so that we can transform our healthcare system to help us to thrive rather than merely survive.

Learn More:

Website: https://bold.ly
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Full Show Notes

Modern healthcare and medicine is a framework modeled to understand how things go wrong in our bodies. However, it doesn't address the deeper, more central questions of our lives: How to live life to the fullest, live in coherence with what we are here to do, and what it means to live your best life? Finding answers to these questions is essential to understanding the full capacity of our health.

The map that can help us unlock this full capacity is "reconnecting to the four disconnections." During the podcast, Dr. David Tusek explains what these four disconnections (or quadrants of reality) are. He further elucidates how reconnection can lead to a greater awareness of the fundamental parts of our body – not just the structural elements that comprise our organism.

The first step to health and fitness is consciousness. Consciousness not just to our body but also to the people around us, our community, and planet earth. Sure, exercising and staying fit is a way to health, but it's a reductionist solution, to measure health by a measure of consumptive units. To thrive we need a profound connection with ourselves to experience fully being human. For this we may need coaches that have a rather holistic sense of the body and human consciousness.

In Dr. David Tusek’s words, we need the “Bruce Lee” move to transform our healthcare system. Take all of the best parts of today’s system, add stuff that we are missing and remove anything that isn’t working. We also need mentors who can help us re-establish connection with our body and our loved ones for meaningful relationships. We are what we eat. Therefore, we don't just need doctors who prescribe medicine. We should also incorporate our food producers into the healthcare system. Provide them incentives to have a hyper-local food ecosystem.

The pandemic has blown the cover off of our wounds. In the words of Dr. David Tusek, the pandemic showed us that “"We are sicker than we even realize." That we are in the midst of multiple simultaneous pandemics. It has given us a chance to change course and heal the deep core traumas that needed healing for a long time. Our fundamental societal framework needs new framing. Only a healthcare system that takes a holistic approach – one that looks at the wellness of people, soil, and our relationships as well – can contribute and heal the body of our life.

Key Moments Podcast:

[02:05] – Dr. David Tusek explains what is health and fitness
[08:03] – Is there a map to health?
[08:54] – The four disconnections and the need for a deeper understanding of the body
[15:27] – The pathways to aspects of health that can help us reconnect with ourselves
[25:21] – The Bruce Lee move to upgrade our healthcare system
[36:33] – The lessons of 2020 and our way forward

Quotes:

"Our body is the vehicle of the self-expression of our life."

“I believe that the deepest form of health that we can experience is by reconnecting to the four disconnections."

"It's never been about you. It's always about what is your gift to offer to the others."

“We can actually be golden mirrors for one another."

"Who are the real healers in our community? Not doctors or the people who prescribe medicine…. These have to be people who grow our food."

"We have to be more conscious about how the way we use money relates to our health."

“Our CSAs, organic farms, farm to table restaurants are fundamentally related to whether we have a healthy community or not”

"We are trying to reconnect this idea of regenerative agriculture to regenerative health and regenerative economics."

"2020 was the unveiling of all the ways in which we - not only as an individual but also as a society - were unhealthy, were vulnerable & fragile and deep core traumas & wounds that need to be healed".

"We are sicker than we even realize."

"The pandemic exposed that we are in the midst of multiple simultaneous pandemics."

Further References:

Fight Club (1999)

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0137523/

The Four Quadrant Model

https://www.integralhealthresources.com/integral-health-2/the-four-quadrants/

The Greatest Generation Opportunity for Millennials

https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/greatest-generation-opportunity-millennials-dave-chase

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BN 24: Creating Planetary Embassies with Lucian Tarnowski

Bold.ly Now — Mon, 11 Jan 2021 09:00:00 -0700

This curious conversation with Lucian Tarnowski sounds like the realms of futuristic fantasy gaming. In reality, the conversation twists and turns into a practical explanation of the generative futurist practices, UP Games, in Ibiza. Lucian describes the specific action-based solutions being exercised in Ibiza to create regenerative, sustainable changes to food-growing, health and well-being and more all through exercising the collective intelligence for the benefit of the collective. He describes his vision of prototyping a planetary embassy to rise to meet the challenge on the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals by 2030.

Show Notes:

9:25 - largest wealth transfer in history happening now

13:10 - wholesale commons, use of collective intelligence in the interest of collective

16:15 - UP Games in practice in Ibiza

29:22 - crisis of hope

32:48 - Civana House, planetary embassies & 100 lighthouses around the world

References:

To follow Lucian’s work check out his website here

Lucian is the founding curator of the United Planet Game

Co-Founder of Civana House

-Steven Brooks and his work in Costa Rica

-ecoversity

BN 23: Committed & Curious: The Gateway to Innovative Ideas With Tom Chi

Bold.ly Now — Tue, 29 Dec 2020 09:00:00 -0700

Tom Chi is an innovator, investor, visionary and Chairman of the Board of the Buckminster Fuller Institute. His work with innovative technologies like Google glass and tree planting drones has shaped a new generation of revolutionary thinking aimed at tackling the climate crisis. In this episode, Tom describes a phenomena of our generation that he calls “charging the trauma battery”, offers advice on what it takes to be a flexible (thus successful) innovator and offers pragmatic tools for instigating local change.

Show Notes

[3:03]using overwhelm as a catalyst for ideas

[15:00] “Climax Foods” (technologies for making plant-based foods)

[22:00] - growing outdoors, are you repairing soil?

[30:40] - rapid pro-typing in atoms, bits & neurons

[44:22] - commitment versus attachment to a project

[54:07] - “charging your trauma battery”

References

- Dendra Systems (drone tree planting)

- Cimax Foods - a data science company who has been testing and producing plant-based foods that mimic animal-based foods

- At One Ventures - Finds, funds and grows teams to catalyze a world where humanity is net positive to nature (Tom Chi is a Founding Partner)

-a book called “A Finer Future” by Hunter Lovins

-a documentary called “Kiss the Ground” on soil health

BN 22: Living the Life of Greatest Value with John Demartini

Bold.ly Now — Sun, 06 Dec 2020 01:15:00 -0700

John Demartini is considered one of the world's leading authorities on human behaviour and personal development.In this episode you will receive a personal and intimate, inquiry around defining what your values are, and how those values show up in your behaviour and in your financial destiny.

(4:14) Comparing yourself relative to others vs. comparing your daily actions to your own highest values.

(6:14) Why your purpose is an expression of your highest value and why its important to fill up your day with your highest priority actions.

(9:50) How your hierarchy of values dictates your financial destiny

(20:02) The importance of asking questions & being authentic

(42:57) The Value Determination Process

BN 21: Female Entrepreneurs: Burn Out, Being a Force of Love & Not Doing It Alone with Meghan French Dunbar

Bold.ly Now — Sun, 22 Nov 2020 09:00:00 -0700

This thoughtful conversation with Meghan French Dunbar explores the many barriers womxn face when confronted with starting and maintaining a business. From burnout to sharing resources amongst other womxn, Meghan has dedicated her life to reorienting the understanding of achievement to one that expresses love & purpose.

4.08- How can we make workplaces a place of healing?

9.20-Systemic issues for women in business

17:11 -Purpose: Get Clear

29:17 -Burn Out: Exhausting your purpose

34:48 -The Seed to Authentic Purpose

To follow Meghan French Dunbar’s work, go to her website

BN 20: How to Live a Life of Authentic Service with Yogi Activist Seane Corn

Bold.ly Now — Mon, 09 Nov 2020 09:00:00 -0700

In this refreshing deep dive with internationally acclaimed yoga teacher and public speaker Seane Corn, she explores how seemingly small action can shape our current culture and how dismantling systems of oppression can start on a personal level.

Mindful Inquiry: Question Your Agenda & Shape Your Impact in the World. How can we take bold action (it doesn’t have to be huge to be bold) and what tools can we use to identify that action? What can being of service look like and why are you driven to that service?

Seane dives into:

3:00 - How dismantling systems of oppression starts w/ you

3:29 - Bold Action: investing your skills or resources

12:56 Seeing mistakes/reorienting towards vision

27:35 Being of service: why do you want to and who are you serving?

33:33 The hierarchy of service

Check out Seane Corn’s website

BN 19: Our Future on the Planet & Our Ability to See Humanity in “the Other” with Sarah Drew

Bold.ly Now — Thu, 22 Oct 2020 09:00:00 -0700

This conversation with author, former VR content creator and polymath Sarah Drew started off on the topics of equanimity, discernment and seeing humanity in “the other” before it seamlessly spiralled its way into consciousness and humanity’s future on the planet.

Follow Sarah Drew’s work through her website at https://www.sarahdrew.net/

BN 18: Society is Optimized to Fail, So Now What? With Philosopher, Forrest Landry

Bold.ly Now — Sun, 13 Sep 2020 09:00:00 -0700

You might know him as the founder and CEO of Magic Flight, a company among the first to introduce the portable vaporizer to the world, but Forrest Landry is really a philosopher, writer, researcher, scientist, engineer, craftsman, and teacher who has been studying and practicing the varied High Arts since the mid 70’s.

Shownotes

[5.18]The sonar effect and how they are trying to create a long-term sense-making process for our species.

[12:03]The trustworthiness of information sources and the current state of the market.

[17:01]How to cooperate and respond to situations that require a response at a community level.

[27:42] The relationship between the human race and machine technology and the potential for growth. How we need to recognize our biases and build technology that is in service to nature.

[52:48] The history of voting and governance.

[54:42] How to identify the characteristics of a solution if you want things to change.

Recommended Resources in this episode

The book 'Finite and Infinite Games' the book is about shifting from finite games zero sum, win-loose games to infinite games, win-win, omni-win where every player is benefited by another player's win.

BN 17: Causing Collaboration at Scale with Suzanne Frindt

Bold.ly Now — Mon, 31 Aug 2020 11:00:00 -0700

Burning Desire. Big Ideas. Bold Action

Suzanna Frindt is no stranger to these concepts. Through her work as the former CEO of the Hunger Project and as a global leader in developing leadership with an expertise in community led development, she has been on the leading edge of cultivating a sense of self-resilience and dignity to 14,000 communities worldwide.

What could communities, across the globe, look like if all women were educated, trained and empowered?

How much more effective could hyper-local change be if all parties advocating considered context, local beliefs, and opinions about governments, leadership, training and culture as a part of their advocacy strategy?

BN 16: What Does It Mean to Be a Generative Futurist? With Pablo Jenkins

Bold.ly Now — Tue, 25 Aug 2020 09:00:00 -0700

In this week’s episode of The Boldly Now Show, we speak with Pablo Jenkins and Doug Fisher, founders of the Generative Futures Initiative (parent organization of Bold.ly NOW), who explain what Generative Futurism is, how it works and how it can be employed to instigate and shape a healthy future.

They disambiguate a generative future from a predictive future, and offer a success story of a generative futurist approach in the Costa Rican rainforest that resulted in massive environmental, ecological and economic benefit.

BN 15: A Fatal Blow to an Already Dead System with Daniel Schmachtenberger

Bold.ly Now — Thu, 20 Aug 2020 09:00:00 -0700

Together with social philosopher and founding member of The Consilience Project, Daniel Schmachtenberger, we explore the global reactions to coronavirus that are reshaping the world we live in and the widening gap between the problems faced and the average person’s willingness to accept them. Daniel offers his perspectives on how the shift in information ecology is creating a world of misinformation and offers some basic steps to building good sense-making. He discusses how the mass closure of small businesses represents one of the most severe consolidations of wealth possibilities we’ve ever seen and ways to rethink our current social structures.

Resources

See a culmination of Daniel’s public work on his website
Daniel is the CEO, Co-Founder and Director of Research & Development of the Neurohacker Collective
Daniel mentions the book: The Dictator’s Handbook by Alastair Smith & Bruce Bueno de Mesquita
Daniel mentions the The YouTube video “The Rules for Rulers”

Daniel's Bio

Daniel is a founding member of The Consilience Project, aimed at improving public sensemaking and dialogue. The throughline of his interests has to do with ways of improving the health and development of individuals and society, with a virtuous relationship between the two as a goal. Towards these ends, he’s had particular interest in the topics of catastrophic and existential risk, civilization and institutional decay and collapse as well as progress, collective action problems, social organization theories, and the relevant domains in philosophy and science.

BN 14: Post-Covid Respect & Reverence for Essential Workers with Lynne Twist

Bold.ly Now — Mon, 17 Aug 2020 09:00:00 -0700

Who needs you now? Who can you serve? Who needs childcare? Who needs a meal? Who needs a zoom call?

In this episode of The Boldly Show, we speak with author and global visionary, Lynne Twist who shares her perspectives on the value placed upon essential workers in these times and how we as a society are being offered an opportunity to rethink our adoration of what she calls “fake jobs”. She provides beautiful outside-the-box suggestions for supporting your vulnerable neighbours and maximizing your voice in changing times.

Resources

Lynne is the author of the book “The Soul of Money: Transforming Your Relationship with Money and Life”
Lynne is the founder of the Soul of Money Institute
Watch Lynne’s TedX Talk, “Our Collective Dream”
Lynne is one of the founders and board members for The Pachamama Alliance
Lynne is one of the founding members of the founder of the The Hunger Project
Lynne recommended the book “Biomimicry: Innovation Inspired by Nature” by Janine Benyus
Lynne recommended the book “Donut Economics” by Kate Raworth

BN 13: Bold Solutions for a Net Positive Humanity with Tom Chi

Bold.ly Now — Mon, 10 Aug 2020 09:00:00 -0700

Tom Chi has dedicated his life’s work to making humanity net positive...this is no small undertaking. His approach is calm, grounded and factual. He’s an engineer, a developer and an inventor who is the chair of the Buckminster Fuller Institute, managing partner at At One Ventures and was one of the founding members of the Google X team.

His work finds creative solutions to the damaging effects of human interference in the natural cycles. Put simply, Tom believes that there should be a core set of things that are essential or sacred that should not be allowed to be maximized for profit.

BN 12: How to Use Disruptive Creativity to Change the World with Miki Agrawal

Bold.ly Now — Wed, 05 Aug 2020 09:00:00 -0700

Miki Agrawal is a social entrepreneur known for breaking taboos and disrupting the status quo.

Shownotes:

[6:23] How you can start questioning the constructs that you live in.

[11:10] Miki discusses creativity and the importance of creativity

[12:43] Miki shares her new invention called Hero Diapers that will be breakdown by mycelium.

[17:32] Miki discuss how to start activating the burning desire to make big ideas happen

[18:57] Why the communication of ideas within your network bring about change and action

[26:35] Miki discusses how fear and creativity go hand in hand

BN 11: Planetary Reorientation and Doing What you Love With Price Ea

Bold.ly Now — Mon, 03 Aug 2020 09:00:00 -0700

If there is one person on this planet who lives and breaths the importance of love and unity as the driving force for change on this planet, it’s spoken word artist, motivational speaker and filmmaker, Prince Ea.

With crystal clarity he offers people an opportunity to stay home and reformulate their energy, take a pause and consider a new way of doing things that leaves the old paradigm of anger behind.

Prince Ea, has touched the hearts, minds and souls of millions of people worldwide. By producing creative, inspirational and thought provoking content, Prince has accumulated over 1 billion views on Facebook alone and even more on a combination of other platforms.

Today, when he’s not creating, he speaks at conferences and gives lectures to high school/university students nationwide, on the topics of self-development and living your passion.

BN 10: Rewriting the Narratives of Our Time with Samantha Sweetwater

Bold.ly Now — Tue, 28 Jul 2020 09:00:00 -0700

“What’s an unmet niche in my neighbourhood? Or what’s an unmet niche in my country that’s actually about a movement that isn’t here or that needs my voice?”

On this week’s episode of the Boldly Now Show we speak with Soulucent coach, ceremonial guide, author and founder of Dancing Freedom and Peacebody Japan, Amanda Sweetwater who offers multiple perspectives on how to be an agent for change on a hyperlocal and global scale. She speaks with us about the current world shake-up, humanity’s awakening to its global purpose and the call to rewrite the narratives of our time.

Watch the video on Youtube here

BN 9: How to Claim Self Sovereignty Post-Covid with Charles Eisenstein

Bold.ly Now — Tue, 21 Jul 2020 09:00:00 -0700

On this week’s episode of Bold.ly Now, we speak to author and philosopher Charles Eisenstein whose essay, “The Coronation”, has become a viral piece of literary magic during covid. He discusses deprogramming the conditioned understanding of ‘normal’ in our current world, the notable totalitarian control being exercised globally and the opportunities being presented. From making choices about where society is to go next, to employing self efficacy at the end of coronavirus, Charles illuminates possible messages coronavirus is uncovering.

Charles Eisenstein is an American public speaker and author. His work covers a wide range of topics, including politics, economics, spirituality, and the ecology movement. Key themes explored include anti-consumerism, interdependence, and how myth and narrative influence culture.

BN 8: A Global Truth & Reconciliation Process with Amanda Joy Ravenhill

Bold.ly Now — Mon, 20 Jul 2020 09:00:00 -0700

According to Amanda Joy Ravenhill’s reading, almost all past collapsed civilizations had two things in common:

1. Natural resources weren’t respected

2. Radical wealth inequality happened right before collapse.

As Amanda sees it, the signs are here and humanity needs to take a 180 degree turn, NOW.

“We’re so on the edge, I don’t think incremental change will be much different than the worst case scenario.”

Read the Blog article here

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Amanda Joy Ravenhill is Executive Director of the Buckminster Fuller Institute, which is dedicated to accelerating the development and deployment of strategies that radically regenerate Earth’s ecosystems. She previously held the role of Co-Founder and Executive Director of Project Drawdown, the comprehensive plan ever proposed to reverse global warming. She is an advisor to The Mushroom Farm and on the board of Islesford Boatworks and Regen.Network Foundation.She is an active member of the international community focused on addressing imminent global challenges and welcomes you to join her in weaving the tale of our planet’s regenerative metamorphosis.

BN 7: Redesigning the System to Benefit the 99% with Alison Tate

Bold.ly Now — Fri, 17 Jul 2020 09:00:00 -0700

What brings value to society? What does a world that considers human rights for all look like? And what does a world that engages all members in visioning a new economic system look like?

In this episode Alison walks us through some of the economic and human impacts (a projected death toll of 250 million people due to lack of access to food) COVID19 is having on the world, such as a projected death toll of 250 million people due to lack of access to food . She offers insightful new ways of rethinking social value, new economic systems that benefit all people from all countries, and the new legal framework for companies called mandatory due diligence coming into effect in the EU in 2021.

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Alison Tate

Alison’s current role includes representing unions at the UN, the G20 and international financial institutions. She serves on numerous boards including Better Work (a partnership between the International Labour Organisation and the International Finance Corporation), the Business and Human Rights Resource Centre and the Ethical Trading Initiative, and as a Commissioner on the Financial Sector Commission on Modern Slavery and Human Trafficking.

BN 6: Planetary Intelligence with Rachel Morrison & Michael-Shaun Conaway

Bold.ly Now — Wed, 15 Jul 2020 09:00:00 -0700

There's a unique opportunity to live into the prophecies that actually create a generative future as opposed to a predictive future that many of us assume is going to happen.

Now is the time where we get to actually transcend our current view of the world and realize that we are not separate from the world. We are in reciprocity with the world and from that place of reciprocity we can open up into a universal intelligence that allows us to build bridges as opposed to creating walls.

Michael Shaun is the founder of the Generative Futures Initiative. His personal mission is to empower and accelerate redesign of our failing systems to create an anti-fragile, anti-rival world, one that works for all. Michael Shaun’s work has been focused on the culture shifts we need to generate a benevolent sustainable future.

Rachel Morrison specializes in Internal and Global Strategies with an emphasis in spirituality, wellness and sustainability education.

BN 5: Innovator: From Iron Man to the Indian Black Panther to the X-Fellows with Kunal Sood

Bold.ly Now — Thu, 09 Jul 2020 09:00:00 -0700

Kunal takes us on a journey from bullying victim to the bully of the bullies to guardian of all showing us how our traumas can forge us into becoming Iron Man ready to heal the world. His story asks us how we can transform ourselves to transform the world.

Kunal Sood is an internationally renowned social entrepreneur, impact investor, and curator of the future, who has made transforming the world his life’s purpose by helping positively impact the lives of a billion people by the year 2030. Sood is the Founder of X Fellows, X Summit, and X Impact Group. He is focused on positively disrupting the human experience by creating a league of extraordinary citizens and experiences that make the impossible possible on Earth.

BN 4: How to be a Good Ancestor to Future Generations With Atossa Soltani

Bold.ly Now — Tue, 30 Jun 2020 09:00:00 -0700

When did society become subservient to money? At what point in history did fame and the acquisition of money become the marker of personal or collective success? At what cost are we willing to continue in this way? The obsession is real and the cost, the cost is undeniably life. This week’s Bold.ly Now guest, Atossa Soltani describes this relationship with crystal clarity with Michael- Shaun Conaway and Rachel Morrison .

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Atossa Soltani is widely recognized for her leadership over the past two decades working to support indigenous peoples in their efforts to protect their rights to self-determination, territories, natural resources, culture and way of life.

BN 3: A Revolution Of Mindset With Dr. Zach Bush

Bold.ly Now — Mon, 29 Jun 2020 09:00:00 -0700

With peaceful ease Dr. Zach Bush explains how humanity has just proven to itself that it is capable of making dramatic cultural, social, financial and environmental shifts simultaneously, as in the case of global cooperation surrounding coronavirus. “Whatever we think is impossible only remains that if we keep telling ourselves that.”

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Zach Bush MD is a renowned, multi-disciplinary physician of internal medicine, endocrinology, hospice care and internationally recognized educator on the microbiome as it relates to human health, soil health, food systems, and a regenerative future.

BN 2 : Resurrect the Feeling of Play With Jason Silva

Bold.ly Now — Sat, 27 Jun 2020 09:00:00 -0700

During this episode Silva channels the age old technique of imagination and play as a form of wellbeing and the gateway that leads a life of purpose and bold action.

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Jason Silva is an Emmy-nominated and world renown TV personality, storyteller, filmmaker, and sought-after keynote speaker and futurist.

His inspirational videos, Shots of Awe, have received over 100 million views across social platforms. The videos explore topics such as futurism, technology, creativity, the science of awe, disruptive innovation, relationships and mental health.

BN 1 : The Ethos of Bold.ly Now

Bold.ly Now — Thu, 18 Jun 2020 09:00:00 -0700

Generative Futurists and founders of Bold.ly Now, Michael-Shaun Conaway and Doug Fisher, discuss the vision behind Bold.ly Now and how to contribute to a 100 year future.

Find out more by checking out the Bold.ly Now website @ http://bold.ly/