cosmoerotic humanism
cosmoerotic humanism is a post-postmodern philosophical project that aims to expand our understanding of metaphysics, value and the sacred, integrating insights from different fields (perennial philosophy, wisdom traditions, different interior and exterior sciences) into a coherent story of value - and therefore, of ethics, love and evolution - both deep and broad enough to be able to respond adequately to the metacrisis - i.e. the unique set of challenges and opportunities we're facing in our (also unique) moment in the history of human civilizations.
associated with: zak stein, marc gafni, ken wilber/integral theory, consilience project, civilization research institute.
recommended resources
CosmoErotic Humanism: Philosophy in a Time Between Worlds - a great short paper/page (7 pages) introducing the subject.
First Principles and First Values of Evolving Perennialism - Forty-two Propositions on CosmoErotic Humanism - "abridged version" of the book - 82 pages - i really recommend it.
First Principles and First Values - Forty-Two Propositions on CosmoErotic Humanism, the Meta-Crisis, and the World to Come - full book, launched in 2024.
a compilation of tons of other resources - https://worldphilosophyandreligion.org/first-values-first-principles/
alternative video introduction
16:11 "we have the metacrisis. the metacrisis is driven by existential risk. existential risk is driven by exponentialized technologies being weaponized. that itself is driven by win-lose metrics/rivalrous conflict, that generates the races to the bottom, the tragedies of the commons, [[multipolar traps]] - everyone has to develop that weapon system, but there's no interior technology to respond to it" (...) "at the core of the metacrisis is what? a breakdown in a shared story of value (that could actually generate a response to the metacrisis)."
we can't cohere/resonate unless we have the same story of value. it's the story of value that generates the possibility of coherence.
"pre-tragic / tragic / post-tragic consciousness"
"the interior of interconnectivity (systems complexity) is intimacy"
"mytho-poetic moves vs ontological moves"
the contents of the writing below are currently haphazard, disjointed and all over the place. please proceed at your own risk. (or don't. feel free to come back later when it'll be hopefully updated and improved.)
notes from podcasts:
conversations with david j. temple
value is the cure:
intrinsic vs instrumental
hypothetical & categorical-imperative (absolute)
donor & receiver (exchange value vs use value in marxism)
end & aims?
goods-first (pleasure) & values-first (pleasure is a value, the more value you have, the more valuable it is)
theories of value -> dismissed
deontological and deological
one points toward the other.
34:55 highlight zak value of a tree.
1:09:36
zak's appearances as a guest
zak & daniel on recentering value in education
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TtCFfEGjfW0
separation of church & state:
school isn't attempting to answer "what is the good life?" -> family/religion/civil society.
school is preparing you to be a citizen/consumer/worker.
"no phones, minimal screen time" -> tech as addicting/distracting vs tech as augmenting/enhancing.
environmental education was supposed to turn us into "mindful consumers", but it didn't. it just made us feel guilty about it.
loose notes in portuguese about the value of introducing cosmoerotic humanism in a brazilian context
convite: meta-análise das filosofias, religiões, tradições de visões do sagrado e da evolução, mas de um lugar participatório movimentos surgindo & desenvolver linguagem comum que possibilita com profundidade, rigor e amorosidade pra falar sobre espiritualidade, sagrado, consciência, significado. espiritualidade pode virar inteligência. vira algo que vc pode entender como desenvolver como resposta à metacrise.
encontro com o sagrado, trazer pro lado. espiritualidade/sagrado tem valor. e there's a danger, mas melhor e abrir caminho pra ir a fundo em grandes tradições e new cosmological visions.
como essa inteligência espiritual se revela. a partir da clarification of desire -> open the eye of value. quanto mais tá aberto, mais a sua spiritual intelligence tá refined. ok, so how do we clarify desire? how do we open eye of value?
pedagogical:
[eye of value] + [strategic]