7.03: Ari Wallach

An interview with the founder of Longpath about his vision for the future and trans-generational ethics. Show Notes We chat with Ari Wallach of Longpath about his vision for the future and the importance of trans-generational ethics. (There’s obviously a lot we both find valuable and disagree with here… keep your ears open for reflection on some of those differences in the future!) Corrigenda Buckminster Fuller didn’t invent the trimtab—but he did invent the metaphor of the social aspects of trimtab! Links Forget short-termism: it’s time to think longpath Our longpath future “Faithful extension” – Evolution and the Fall, Cavanaugh and Smith, and Chris’ review of the same Ari’s TED talk: 3 Ways to Plan for the Very Long Term epigenetics and mitochondrial DNA Auburn Theological Seminary (notably, a seminary with wildly different theology from our own!) Theodor Adorno Max Horkheimer Jürgen Habermas Karl Marx Frankfurt School Freud Friedrich_Nietzsche and “God is dead” UC Berkley Buckminster Fuller Peter Schwartz and Stewart Brand, and their Global Business Network Peter Gabriel and Brian Eno transhumanism and singularitism, the religions of SV Moore’s Law analogy to “interventions” from epidemiology – e.g. hand-washing neuroplasticity blockchain, monorails, jetpacks trim tab “stay woke” Hermann Hesse Soto Zen tradition yurts yeshiva model WeWork telos Exodus narrative longpath.gather Future Congress Music ”First Do No Harm” by Kazyak “Winning Slowly Theme” by Chris Krycho. Sponsors Many thanks to the people who help us make this show possible by their financial support! This month’s sponsors: Daniel Ellcey Jake Grant Jeremy W. Sherman Marnix Klooster Nathaniel Blaney Spencer Smith If you’d like to support the show, you can make a pledge at Patreon or give directly via Square Cash. Respond We love to hear your thoughts. Hit us up via Twitter, Facebook, or email!