FTP083: Duncan Trussell – Life, Death, and Hive Minds

Duncan Trussell is back on the show to talk about evolving collective cooperation, spiritual practices and fundamental goodness of the universe.

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FTP083: Duncan Trussell – Life, Death, and Hive Minds

Duncan Trussell – actor, comedian and the host of Duncan Trussell Family Hour, is back on Future Thinkers for the second time. In this episode we talk about some of the pressing topics of our time, like developing individual and collective consciousness, evolving the structure and functioning of the human society, and the importance of a consistent spiritual practice for understanding ourselves and the world we live in.

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In This Episode of Future Thinkers:

Why there is so much anxiety in the Millennial generation
Horizontalism – a decentralized way for groups to organize
Stigmergy, or indirect coordination, in animals and humans
The origins of the legal ban of psychedelics
The illusion of individualism and how our society got fragmented
Is liquid democracy viable?
Disowning the collective narratives and embracing impermanence
The benefits of contemplating your own mortality
Is there a fundamental nature to all things?
How to recognize when you are being coaxed into a certain narrative
The myths around enlightenment, and why it is not special
Why the purpose of meditation is not in chasing peak experiences

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