Living in the Metacrisis

[robert.bunge]

I;m interested how integral theory would interpret this content.

LIVING IN THE METACRISIS with Jonathan Rowson

[robert.bunge]

@Sidra

have an aversion to name-dropping and so it was difficult getting past this guy’s intellectual altitude, but hanging with him till the end revealed a “punching through” to the ineffable, offering a trans-rational lens (in Wilberian terms).

Rowson does like to show off his knowledge. My thinking about that is if we are serious about addressing the metacrisis, it would be a good idea to make outreach communications quite a bit simpler and easier for more people to understand.

[excecutive]

The intellectual academics here are great at flexing their personal knowledge through critique and diagnosis. Personally I wish we had more creative contributions like this video offers. Beyond the non-flexible structures of left-brain analysis toward the spiritual space of “beyond the box” thinking.

We need more right-brain creative thoughts that dares to challenge our own self-limiting structural beliefs. Can we challenge or redefine success formulas beyond logic, money and power? Challenge our own personal narratives toward accepting and promoting community caring and cooperative selflessness.

Imagine if we all cared for the success of everyone else? Connecting with others, understanding them as we wish they would connect and understand us? Let all be heard and supported in the spiritual space of love and connection. Maybe in a more right-brained world, where we valued everyone, we would quickly know where we best fit in?

~ Peace

[excecutive]

Here’s an interesting podcast with Eric Weinstein about the need for a scientific revolution touching on the idea that sciences need to be freed from the chains of uniform thinking.

[excecutive]

BINGO … Right on!! @Sidra the path forward is out of the matrix to inside our silence … if we become listeners with strong internal intentions of working together, imagine what we could manifest.

[robert.bunge]

@Sidra

The caliber, the nature of exchange exhibited in many of recent posted threads gives me the sense that introspection, personal reflection is getting the most traction these days in working out how to navigate this “meta-crisis”

That’s how I see it. I don’t know if I posted it here or not, but a while back I sketched out a “scope of work” for addressing the metacrisis. In AQAL terms, Quadrant I is square 1. Other moves follow from there.

[MarkRobinso]

Hey, Robert. I came across this when I was seeking posts by you… of which there are a lot. I think what Rowson is saying here is very much at the heart of the conversation the Integral community should be having. First because he does such a good job of defining Metacrisis, but even more, because he suggests what the resulting ethic must be as we live into the coming age.

I am sorry you didn’t get more response to this. I wonder if he has attended the Integral conferences in Europe. Were you at the one in Denver this past May? It was my first.

[robert.bunge]

Hi Mark, no, I did not attend in Denver. Schedule and geography did not support that.

I’ve been digesting enough metacrisis theory to feel decently complete on that topic. It’s multilayered How different people respond to it will depend largely on how they are situated. The most general responses that appeal to me are to focus primarily on local relationships.

[MarkRobinso]

Yes, that is what I found most compelling about Rowson’s conclusions. I am a bit suspect as it confirms my own convictions, but the focus on local relationships matches my own assertion that our most urgent work is in the relationships we have with those we are closest to. When we address the unmet needs in the system in which we find ourselves, we repair that part of the whole that is ours to address.

[namal.de_silva]

Excellent video, thanks for sharing