Society, Justice & Cultural Change
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The Future We Choose: Human Empowerment in the AI Age
With Sam Stern and Cecilia Callas
What does it mean to remain human in the new age of artificial intelligence? In this immersive weekend workshop, we'll explore this profound question together, journeying from awareness to empowerment to integration as we discover how to shape our relationship with AI while preserving what matters most. Through hands-on AI demonstrations, creative labs, and experiential […]
The Thrill of Groundlessness: Flowing Through Life Without Absolutes
With Ramzi Fawaz
When the ground falls out from underneath us, our instinct is usually to cling fast to the beliefs, stories, relationships, and identities that give us the greatest sense of stability and comfort. But what if we viewed these moments as wondrous opportunities instead of terrifying threats? Could the experience of groundlessness offer an unexpected freedom […]
Biological Gods: Evolution and the Coming Superhumans
With Jeffrey J. Kripal and John Allison
Humanity is a transitional species, poised on a tightrope between the primate past on the one end and the coming, future “superhumans” on the other. What is right about this image? What is wrong with it? Who, historically, has been excluded from it? Can we, should we, speak of human exceptionalism or not? And perhaps […]
Designing Warmth: A Human-Centered Approach to Connection and Collective Well-Being
With Daniel Gloyd
Warmth is a connecting principle. Somehow the barriers come down when warmth is involved. — Pema Chödrön Warmth is a powerful and essential component of human connection, prioritized by the biological brain and spiritual heart alike. To thrive, we humans need to experience interconnectedness between ourselves and the world around us. Psychologist Abraham Maslow described […]
Moving Beyond Codependency: Honoring the Sovereign Self in Relationship
With Dené Logan
Longstanding relationship structures are now being questioned in ways that are both liberating and disorienting. As inherited models rooted in codependency, people-pleasing, and rigid roles lose their authority, many of us find ourselves at a threshold, no longer willing to sacrifice sovereignty for belonging, yet unsure how to relate outside of familiar and societal patterns. […]