E107 | Beyond Left / Right: Politics, Freedom & Systemic Influence | Voicecraft Network Freeform Session w/ Cadell Last, Simon van der Els, Valeria Ferreira, Tim Adalin, J Manu

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Welcoming Cadell Last, Simon van der Els, Valeria Ferreira, and Jurnee Manu for a Voicecraft Network Freeform session. Freeform sessions invite a praxis of philosophical jazz.

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00:00 - Introduction

00:30 - Cadell Last on the Left / Right Divide & the limits of the Nation-State + Christian revival

08:30 - Swarm Intelligence in the context of Ecology & Capitalism

14:50 - Politics, Culture & Niche Construction

15:30 - Hegel's conception of an ethical system of governance

20:00 - Introducing the notion of organism in thinking new forms of global governance

25:37 - Deepening notions of regulation and authority, in the context of scale and multiple levels of participation in complexity

28:30 - Art & Beauty, and the Esoteric / Exoteric in relation to cultural transformation

30:30 - East / West / Daoism / Christianity

34:39 - Bringing back in the biological metaphor

42:00 - Radicalising the notion of emergence in the context of technology

46:04 - Exploring the Difference Between Christianity and Taoism

55:38 - Reconnecting with the Spirit of Indigeneity in the Context of Big History

59:41 - Oligarchs & Inter-Elite conflict

01:13:20 - The Limits of Understanding & Going Beyond Capital

01:22:11 - Reviving Different Fields of Value

Listen to the full intro song by Cantrips titled 'The Big Break' @ https://youtu.be/Qaj-stBL4W0

The indigenous Songman mentioned in the second half of the conversation is named Ngulmya. His music can be found here: https://youtu.be/b_piL8W0UKM