#033 Jeremy Lent - Patterns of Meaning

In this conversation I connected with Jeremy Lent who describes himself as an author and integrator and “one of the greatest thinkers of our age”, according to George Monbiot. Born in the UK and based for many years in the US, and now lives Berkeley California. His previous book The Patterning Instinct was about deeper patterns of political and cultural developments.  This conversation was based upon his new book called 'The Web of Meaning' which is all about integrating science and traditional wisdom. He is also the founder of the nonprofit Liology Institute. Liology is a word made up from the Chinese word “li,” which means “the organizing principles” and “ology” which is the Greek-derived word for “study.”  So liology means “the study of the organizing principles.” We (quite literally) talked about life, the universe and everything, including: The difference between eastern and western perspectives, culture, language and thinking The important distinction between the scientific method and reductionism The fact that meaning is emergent and stems from the interconnection between things (and people) The pros and cons of the rise of mindfulness and it’s alter-ego McMindfulness, especially in Silicon Valley How we can embed these ideas in tackling the climate emergency I loved what we said about: The connection between things are as important if not more so than the things they are connecting Life is a 4 billion year rebellion from entropy The most dangerous technology in the world is the limited liability company We need a universal declaration of natural rights To find out more about Jeremy please visit: https://www.jeremylent.com/ http://www.liology.org/ This podcast was produced by Liminal - a collective inteligence community that builds and scales net-zero ventures. Thanks for all of our community members, patrons and clients without whom this podcast would not be possible. To find out more about us please visit: https://www.weareliminal.co/ Lastly please do like and subscribe to this podcast and share it with others who might enjoy it as well. Thank you.