Future Thinkers
Future Thinkers is a media platform, community, and education portal dedicated to the evolution of technology, society, and consciousness and becoming better adapted to the future. Created by Mike Gilliland and Euvie Ivanova.
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How We're Using NFTs to Plant Trees at The Smart Village
05/27/2021
How We're Using NFTs to Plant Trees at The Smart Village
Find out more about the Smart Village project: futurethinkers.org/village Participate in our very first NFT drop: futurethinkers.org/nft We're very excited to announce that on June 1 2021 we're dropping our first Smart Village NFT! If you are not familiar, NFTs stands for Non Fungible Tokens - it's a type of crypto token that is verifiably unique or rare, instead of being interchangeable in the way that dollars or Bitcoins are. They are a type of crypto token that has become popular with creators for releasing limited edition art or collectibles. But there is much more to NFTs than art (we actually think they will be revolutionary for creators of all kinds!). NFTs can represent any other type of unique item - a ticket, an access key, membership, a recognition badge, an IOU for a service, and much more. We will be releasing several different kinds of NFTs for the Smart Village in the near future. By purchasing our NFTs, you are directly contributing to bringing the village into reality. The first NFT we are dropping will be: a limited edition, collectible, evolving art piece and a badge to show to show off your controbution to the first smart village an access key to our private online learning portal, where you will be the first to get access to our village experimenmts and learnings and be able to collaborate on them before we open-source them and release them into the worl for every NFT sold, we will plant 1 tree or another type of plant to regenerate the land at the village and the forest around it We've been working with the folks from Commons Stack and Longtail Financial to do token engineering and validate our token ecosystem that the NFTs will be part of. This is just the beginning! In This Episode of Future Thinkers: Why we're releasing an NFT What are NFTs and what can they do? How artists, smart villages, and social good projects can use NFTs to raise funding Our first NFT to plant trees and do regenerative and permaculture work at the village How the NFTs will evolve in the future Ove of our first events: a psychedelic geocache adventure Pre-selling accommodations through NFTs Event and workshop tickets at the village as NFTs Crowdfunding future buildings at the village with NFTs Why we're using Polygon blockchain Setting up your wallet through Metamask
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Smart Village Update
04/28/2021
Smart Village Update
Future Thinkers Smart Village is becoming a reality! We have found a new, large 400 acre property with the right zoning, infrastructure and everything else we could need to make the village happen. The property has a RV camp with 80 accommodation spots, a private lake, two creeks, large forest, even a golf course, and the closest airport is just a two hour drive from there. In this episode we want to share with you where we are right now with this project, as well as our plans and visions for how the smart village would look like on this new location. In This Episode of Future Thinkers: - Why we are creating the Smart Village and what problems we are solving with it - How converging technologies can make rural living enjoyable and practical - The benefits of a regenerative village for health, family and community life - The opportunity for sustainable, affordable and innovative housing - Whole systems design and its connection with biomimicry, permaculture and indigenous thinking - The eight pillars of whole systems design - The opportunity for experimenting with social organization, business structures, economy and investing - What kind of mentality it takes to live in a smart village - The three things that make intentional communities fail - Why we need a network of regenerative villages all over the world Links and Resources Mentioned in This Episode: - How to invest in Future Thinkers Smart Village - Check out the Future Thinkers Smart Village new location - Join Re:Build - Online festival of regenerative village builders, April 30th-May 2nd 2021 - Complete show notes
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Self-Organizing Collaborative Governance Q+A with Richard D. Bartlett
03/08/2021
Self-Organizing Collaborative Governance Q+A with Richard D. Bartlett
Our guest in this Q+A session on self-organizing governance is Richard D. Bartlett. This session was originally live-streamed on December 4th 2020. Richard is a co-founder of a digital tool called Loomio, and of a decentralized consulting company The Hum. He is also the Director at the Enspiral Foundation, a collective of people working on meaningful projects around the world. As an open source enthusiast, he writes about how we work together at any scale, from our relationships to organizations to social change. He is a contributing author of the book Better Work Together, and he is writing his first book called Patterns for Decentralized Organizing. Complete show notes: To join future Q&As with thinkers & visionaries, become a Future Thinkers member at Members get access to courses, workshops, and private group calls for a deep dive into practicing sovereignty, resilience, and shadow work. To help us with the property search for the Future Thinkers Smart Village go to SIGN UP for our mailing list and get a FREE 50+ Page Adapt to the Future Guide:
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Rites of Passage Q&A with Michael Meade
02/25/2021
Rites of Passage Q&A with Michael Meade
What rites of passage do we need in today's world? Are we going through collective rites of passage at the moment? What is the role of mentors in today's society? In this Q&A Michael Meade answers questions from the Future Thinkers Members. Michael Meade is a renowned storyteller, author, and scholar of mythology, anthropology, and psychology. He is also the founder of Mosaic Multicultural Foundation, a nonprofit network of artists, activists, and community builders that encourages greater understanding between diverse peoples. His podcast Living Myth looks at our changing world from a mythic perspective. Complete show notes: To join future Q&As with thinkers & visionaries, become a Future Thinkers member at Members get access to courses, workshops, and private group calls for a deep dive into practicing sovereignty, resilience, and shadow work. To help us with the property search for the Future Thinkers Smart Village go to SIGN UP for our mailing list and get a FREE 50+ Page Adapt to the Future Guide:
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Miriam Martineau - Building an Intentional Community
02/11/2021
Miriam Martineau - Building an Intentional Community
Our guest in this episode is Miriam Martineau, who is a counselor, teacher, and Founder of Next Step Integral. For the last 15 years she has studied and researched parenting as a spiritual practice. Miriam and her husband Stefan also lived in an intentional community called Morning Star for 10 years from 1992 to 2002, which they founded in rural BC, Canada. We discuss the practical aspects of running an intentional community, attracting the right people in the early stages, dealing with bad actors, as well as raising children to adopt the values of community. Complete show notes: To access to the full interview with Miriam Martineau, become a Future Thinkers Member at To help us with the property search for the Future Thinkers Smart Village go to SIGN UP for our mailing list and get a FREE 50+ Page Adapt to the Future Guide:
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Jim Rutt - How to Transition to a GameB Society
12/08/2020
Jim Rutt - How to Transition to a GameB Society
Our guest in this episode is Jim Rutt, a systems thinker, host of the Jim Rutt Show podcast, and former key player in several technology companies. He was also the Chairman of Santa Fe Institute, where he was working in the scientific study of consciousness and evolutionary artificial intelligence. We had Jim as a guest on the show a year ago, where he did an introduction to the concept of GameB and talked about the history of the movement. Today we want to catch up with Jim about some of the ways that the concepts of GameB are being applied in practice. Earlier this year, he published a Medium article called , which lists lots of practical steps for transitioning into this new social operating system. Complete show notes: To access to the full interview with Jim Rutt, become a Future Thinkers Member at Learn more and contribute to Future Thinkers Smart Village at SIGN UP for our mailing list and get a FREE 50+ Page Adapt to the Future Guide:
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Tyson Yunkaporta and Megan Kelleher - Indigenous Thinking In Times Of Transition
11/27/2020
Tyson Yunkaporta and Megan Kelleher - Indigenous Thinking In Times Of Transition
Our guests in this episode are Tyson Yunkaporta and his wife Megan Kelleher. Tyson is the author of 'Sand Talk,' and indigenous thinker from the Apalech clan from the West Cape of Queensland, Australia. Megan is a scholar at RMIT in Melbourne, who is currently researching the connection between blockchain and indigenous knowledge systems. She is of Barada and Gabalbara heritage of Northeast Queensland, Australia. We talk about integrating indigenous wisdom with contemporary life, whether technology is adaptive or destructive for humanity, growth and scaling in human systems, and transitional cultures on the way to a healthier way of being in this world. Complete show notes: To access to the full interview with Tyson Yunkaporta and Megan Kelleher, become a Future Thinkers Member at Learn more and contribute to Future Thinkers Smart Village at SIGN UP for our mailing list and get a FREE 50+ Page Adapt to the Future Guide:
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Daniel Christian Wahl - Designing Regenerative Cultures
10/27/2020
Daniel Christian Wahl - Designing Regenerative Cultures
Daniel Christian Wahl on regenerative cultures, the role of humans on planet Earth, and the importance of being in right relationship with technology, nature, and the process of life as a whole. To access to the full 2-hour interview with Daniel Christian Wahl, become a Future Thinkers Member at Join the Q&A with Daniel Christian Wahl on October 29th at 11am PST: Show notes for this episode: Join the Future Thinkers Smart Village Summit on October 28th at 4pm PST. Featuring James Ehrlich from ReGen Villages and surprise guests! RSVP at Learn more and contribute to Future Thinkers Smart Village at SIGN UP for our mailing list and get a FREE 50+ Page Adapt to the Future Guide:
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Nora Bateson and Joe Brewer - Earth Regeneration Q&A
10/22/2020
Nora Bateson and Joe Brewer - Earth Regeneration Q&A
Discussion and Q&A about Earth Regeneration and Smart Villages with Nora Bateson, author and founder of the International Bateson Institute, Joe Brewer, founder of the Earth Regenerators Study Group, and Future Thinkers Community members.
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Future Thinkers Smart Village on The Stoa
09/19/2020
Future Thinkers Smart Village on The Stoa
This is a replay of the Future Thinkers interview and Q&A on The Stoa hosted by Peter N Limberg.
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Richard Perkins - Regenerative Revolution: How Permaculture Can Save Failing Food Systems
07/23/2020
Richard Perkins - Regenerative Revolution: How Permaculture Can Save Failing Food Systems
In this episode of our Regenerative Series, our guest is Richard Perkins - a farmer, educator and expert on regenerative agriculture. He is the co-owner of Ridgedale Permaculture, one of the few profitable Permaculture farms on the planet.
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Nora Bateson - How To Heal a Disintegrating Society
07/10/2020
Nora Bateson - How To Heal a Disintegrating Society
We invited Nora Bateson back on the show for another sensemaking conversation.
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Joe Brewer - Regenerating the Earth
07/04/2020
Joe Brewer - Regenerating the Earth
Joe Brewer is back on the show to talk about living in economic collapse, re-establishing relationships with nature and community, and his new book called The Design Pathway for Regenerating Earth.
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Bonnitta Roy - Human Flourishing in Times of Turmoil
06/24/2020
Bonnitta Roy - Human Flourishing in Times of Turmoil
Bonnitta Roy is an award-winning author, philosopher, insight guide and international trainer, who’s focusing on building greater capacities for human sensemaking.
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James Ehrlich - Regenerative Villages
06/04/2020
James Ehrlich - Regenerative Villages
The founder of ReGen Villages talks about the future of smart villages, why we need them, and what are the barriers and risks to getting there.
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Donald Hoffman - Do We See Reality As It Is?
04/16/2020
Donald Hoffman - Do We See Reality As It Is?
Our guest in this episode is Donald Hoffman, a cognitive psychologist who studies consciousness, visual perception and evolutionary psychology using mathematical models and psychophysical experiments.
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Jamie Wheal Q&A
04/10/2020
Jamie Wheal Q&A
Jamie Wheal answers questions in a Q&A session with Future Thinkers Members, streamed on March 3rd 2020.
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Consequences of COVID-19 Pandemic
04/01/2020
Consequences of COVID-19 Pandemic
This is the 2nd livestream we did on the second-order effects of coronavirus on society, politics, and economy. The recording is from March 13, so some of the things we talk about here have already happened, or are happening right now in the world.
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Joe Brewer Q&A
03/28/2020
Joe Brewer Q&A
Joe Brewer's work is centred around regenerative cultures. He travels around the world, studying different practices that contribute to the regeneration of the environment and communities. This is the audio version of the Q&A streamed on February 11th.
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Bonnitta Roy - Collective Insight Practices
03/20/2020
Bonnitta Roy - Collective Insight Practices
Our guest in this episode is Bonnitta Roy, an author, philosopher, and teacher who’s focusing on building greater capacities for human sense-making. We talk about group processes, ego deconstruction and shadow work in group setting, the insights into the nature of the mind, and rediscovering our evolutionary spiritual capacities.
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COVID-19 (Coronavirus) Pandemic
03/13/2020
COVID-19 (Coronavirus) Pandemic
In this episode we are discussing the COVID-19 (Coronavirus) pandemic, the kinds of effects it is having on global systems, what kinds of societal changes and opportunities arise from it, and how individual can cope with this increasingly difficult situation.
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Derek Sivers - How To Live
02/21/2020
Derek Sivers - How To Live
In Part 2 of our interview with writer, programmer and entrepreneur Derek Sivers, we talk about daily practices for increasing self-knowledge and many different ways in which people can thrive and find fulfilment.
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Derek Sivers - Hell Yeah or No
02/15/2020
Derek Sivers - Hell Yeah or No
Writer, programmer and entrepreneur Derek Sivers on building a life around values like learning, growth, minimalism, and exploring freedom to its extremes.
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Ken Wilber - The Flaws of Integral Theory
01/22/2020
Ken Wilber - The Flaws of Integral Theory
In the last part of our interview with Ken Wilber we discuss the potential flaws of Integral Theory and Integral movement, as well as the problem of charismatic leaders who have a lot of unchecked shadow material.
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Ken Wilber - Kill The Buddha
01/15/2020
Ken Wilber - Kill The Buddha
We discuss with Ken Wilber the pros and cons of going through the waking up process, how much time it takes for an average person, and how to deal with nihilism and the desire for certainty on the path of personal and spiritual development.
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Ken Wilber - Clean Up, Wake Up, Grow Up, Show Up
01/07/2020
Ken Wilber - Clean Up, Wake Up, Grow Up, Show Up
In this part of our interview with philosopher Ken Wilber, we talk about useful practices for cleaning up, waking up, growing up, and showing up for life.
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Ken Wilber - Who Are The 2nd Tier Thinkers Today
12/19/2019
Ken Wilber - Who Are The 2nd Tier Thinkers Today
In this episode we talk to the philosopher Ken Wilber about the transition to so-called 2nd tier stages of human development. Ken also comments on the Metamodernism movement, and identifies the people who embody the 2nd tier thinking today.
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Ken Wilber - What's The Problem With The World Today?
12/10/2019
Ken Wilber - What's The Problem With The World Today?
Ken Wilber talks about Integral Theory, Greta Thunberg's climate activism, Jordan Peterson's awakening process, and moving to higher stages of human development to solve global issues. This is part 1 of our multi-part series of interviews with "Einstein of consciousness studies," as Ken Wilber is often called.
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John Vervaeke Q&A
12/05/2019
John Vervaeke Q&A
John Vervaeke answers questions live. This is the first in a series of live Q&As with Future Thinkers podcast guests.
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Dr. Dayna Baumeister - Biomimicry: Nature's Design
11/15/2019
Dr. Dayna Baumeister - Biomimicry: Nature's Design
Our guest in this podcast episode is Dr. Dayna Baumeister, the co-founder of Biomimicry 3.8., a project that trains change-makers in sustainable design principles inspired by nature’s forms, processes, and ecosystems.
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