What is 'Utopia is Now'?

from Utopia is Now · host Xavier Logan-Sievers

'Utopia is Now' is a trans-disciplinary community dedicated to having deep discussions to stimulate and challenge our views on the world. Our goal is to reorient our focus to a better future while being in the here and now. This community is for curious minds who strongly feel a sense of duty to enact change.  Timestamps 0:00 Introduction   6:40 The Status Quo - Intergenerational Conflicts & Dualities    10:05 Transdisciplinarity    13:00 Dualities, Non-Duality, Yin & Yang    15:05 Diversity in Perspectives, Thoughts, and People   17:28 Utopia, the Truth & Transdisciplinarity    20:17 The Issue/Problem at Hand   21:57 Short Term vs Long Term (Acorns vs Marshmallows)    24:58 Why the Human Condition limits us & our decision making   28:51 Future vs Now (The Paradox)    35:51 How to thrive: Futurism & Self-Transcendence as a means to Find a Purpose    40:55 Who this podcast is for & finding our Telos   42:40 Finding our Flow together through this Community & Taoism   49:43 What can you expect from us?    52:00 How we will create and become Art   54:52 Wrapping Up Books/People Mentioned 1) "The Good Ancestor" by Roman Krazniac (www.romankrznaric.com/good-ancestor)   2) Transdisciplinarity by Jean Piaget (www.researchgate.net/figure/The-term-transdisciplinarity-was-coined-by-Jean-Piaget-in-the-1970s-to-describe_fig1_51492293)   3) Quote on Jason Silva (www.wise-qatar.org/biography/jason-silva/)   4) "Power of Now" by Ekhart Tolle (www.goodreads.com/book/show/6708.The_Power_of_Now)    5) Sam Harris (samharris.org) & Russell Brand (russellbrand.com) - on Being in the Present   6) Dr Bradford Skow on Time (www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2932870/Is-future-decided-New-theory-time-suggests-past-present-future-exist-universe.html)   7) Abraham Maslow's Updated Hierarchy of Needs (bigthink.com/personal-growth/maslow-self-transcendence)   8) "Telos" - Aristotle (philosophyterms.com/telos/)   9) "Flow" by Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi (www.goodreads.com/book/show/66354.Flow)   10) "Tao Te Ching" by Lao Tzu (www.goodreads.com/book/show/67896.Tao_Te_Ching)  11) "Range" by David Epstein (www.goodreads.com/book/show/41795733-range)   12) "Art" Illustration by Van James (vanjames.smugmug.com/)   13) Quote on "Find the Others" - Timothy Leary (www.goodreads.com/quotes/514216-admit-it-you-aren-t-like-them-you-re-not-even-close)   Music Credits: A Journey Through The Universe – Lesion X

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'Utopia is Now' is a trans-disciplinary community dedicated to having deep discussions to stimulate and challenge our views on the world. Our goal is to reorient our focus to a better future while being in the here and now. This community is for curious minds who strongly feel a sense of duty to enact change. Timestamps 0:00 Introduction 6:40 The Status Quo - Intergenerational Conflicts & Dualities 10:05 Transdisciplinarity 13:00 Dualities, Non-Duality, Yin & Yang 15:05 Diversity in Perspectives, Thoughts, and People 17:28 Utopia, the Truth & Transdisciplinarity 20:17 The Issue/Problem at Hand 21:57 Short Term vs Long Term (Acorns vs Marshmallows) 24:58 Why the Human Condition limits us & our decision making 28:51 Future vs Now (The Paradox) 35:51 How to thrive: Futurism & Self-Transcendence as a means to Find a Purpose 40:55 Who this podcast is for & finding our Telos 42:40 Finding our Flow together through this Community & Taoism 49:43 What can you expect from us? 52:00 How we will create and become Art 54:52 Wrapping Up Books/People Mentioned 1) "The Good Ancestor" by Roman Krazniac (www.romankrznaric.com/good-ancestor) 2) Transdisciplinarity by Jean Piaget (www.researchgate.net/figure/The-term-transdisciplinarity-was-coined-by-Jean-Piaget-in-the-1970s-to-describe_fig1_51492293) 3) Quote on Jason Silva (www.wise-qatar.org/biography/jason-silva/) 4) "Power of Now" by Ekhart Tolle (www.goodreads.com/book/show/6708.The_Power_of_Now) 5) Sam Harris (samharris.org) & Russell Brand (russellbrand.com) - on Being in the Present 6) Dr Bradford Skow on Time (www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2932870/Is-future-decided-New-theory-time-suggests-past-present-future-exist-universe.html) 7) Abraham Maslow's Updated Hierarchy of Needs (bigthink.com/personal-growth/maslow-self-transcendence) 8) "Telos" - Aristotle (philosophyterms.com/telos/) 9) "Flow" by Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi (www.goodreads.com/book/show/66354.Flow) 10) "Tao Te Ching" by Lao Tzu (www.goodreads.com/book/show/67896.Tao_Te_Ching) 11) "Range" by David Epstein (www.goodreads.com/book/show/41795733-range) 12) "Art" Illustration by Van James (vanjames.smugmug.com/) 13) Quote on "Find the Others" - Timothy Leary (www.goodreads.com/quotes/514216-admit-it-you-aren-t-like-them-you-re-not-even-close) Music Credits: A Journey Through The Universe – Lesion X