Iain McGilchrist, John Vervaeke and Daniel Schmachtenberger, three leading thinkers and visionaries had a very inspiring conversation on the metacrisis and crisis of meaning.
Daniel Schmachtenberger is one of the most progressive thinkers and visionaries of our time. The Consilience Project was cofounded by him in order to explore and address some of the profound challenges facing public sensemaking at a time of rapid technological change.
John Vervaeke is a cognitive scientist at the University of Toronto and a meditation teacher, His book „Awakening from the Meaning Crisis“ (2024) is also available as a series of lectures on youtube.
Iain McGilchrist is a Brain Researcher and Philosopher, his book: “The Matter With Things: Our Brains, Our Delusions and the Unmaking of the World” was published 2021.
Donald Hofmann is a Professor of Cognitive Sciences at the University of California, Irvine, where he also collaborates with the Department of Philosophy. In his research, he has specialized in the fields of evolutionary psychology, visual perception and consciousness, where he has developed his own theory of the perception of reality and consciousness. You can see some of Hofmans talks and lectures on youtube.
Bayo Akomolafe, a Nigerian Psychologist und Philosopher: “May this decade bring more than just solutions, more than just a future – may it bring words we don’t know yet, and temporalities we have not yet inhabited.”
On our previous website “Climate and Communication” you will find further recommendations under the keyword “Western Psychology & Eastern Spirituality”.