The Age of Spiritual Awakening: Rabbi Simon Jacobson in Conversation | Explorations
Becoming Human
According to Rabbi Simon Jacobson of The Meaningful Life Center, technology is catalyzing a spiritual awakening, making spiritual knowledge the “key commodity of the future.” Rabbi Jacobson is a best-selling author of Towards a More Meaningful Life and reaches hundreds of thousands daily through his YouTube channel. In this far-reaching Becoming Human Conversation, we explore anxiety and “healthy angst,” why religion is declining and spirituality is growing, what the spirit is, why the “messianic age” is about the elevation of human consciousness, and how he would respond if he was...
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How AGI and Superintelligence Enhance Consciousness | Apocalypse, A Philosophy of Angels, Ep. 7
Becoming Human
Has AGI (Artificial General Intelligence) already arrived? As the race for Superintelligent machines changes the world, how can humans prepare to thrive? Ancient spiritual traditions reveal surprising insights into how philosophy as a spiritual technology can teach us where AI is heading, and what to do about it. Instructor: Dr. Samuel Loncar | Yale University
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Education for the AI Age: Why Can't People Read and Does it Matter? | Explorations
Becoming Human
How do we reimagine education for a world of AI? What skills do people need, and why? How can philosophy as a way of life create a shared vision of human flourishing? Instructor: Samuel Loncar, Ph.D. | Yale University
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Can We Change Our Fate? An Existential Vision for Immortality | Explorations
Becoming Human
Fate is the power of the unchosen to determine your life. It is real and we all know it, or we would never be frustrated. The key question is: can we overcome our fate? Is fate compatible with freedom? An existential strategy is the only way to overcome the power of fate and avoid being a pawn of your environment and history. To conquer fate, we must pursue a scientific understanding of reality, and overcome our limitations. The result is a life ready for immortality. Long-term planning in short-sighted Western corporations is 10 years, 30 at most. China has a 100 year + strategy for its space...
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Will Superintelligence Complete Science? The Future of Physics
Becoming Human
What happens when AGI, Artificial General Intelligence, appears and solves all the problems in science? Can we know the future of science? Thomas Kuhn's The Structure of Scientific Revolutions, Chapter 6, suggests we can predict future scientific developments based on a deep understanding of the current anomalies in our ideas. Our philosophical ideas of nature can provide an orientation towards future research, giving us a window into the future. What do we see if we look? Series: Notes on Kuhn's The Structure of Scientific Revolutions, Ep. 7. Instructor: Samuel Loncar, Ph.D | Yale...
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Can a New Scientific Revolution Explain Consciousness? | Apocalypse: A Philosophy of Angels, Ep. 6
Becoming Human
Three Theses about the Future of Science We are living through the greatest scientific revolution in over two millennia. 2. A new revolution in biology connects to the AI revolution, and a scientific theory of consciousness may finally be on the horizon as a result. 3. Real philosophy should be scientific and thus able to make predictions. I make three predictions about the next 10 years of science. Together, these point towards a new theory of consciousness that is philosophically profound, scientifically productive, and existentially significant. Apocalypse: A Philosophy of...
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Can We Have Infinite Energy? Can the Tao Make Us Immortal? | Tao Te Ching, Ep. 4
Becoming Human
The Tao Te Ching teaches that the Way offers infinite utility, seeming to promise unending energy and life. Is this possible and what, scientifically, might it mean? Exploring Chapter 4 of the Tao Te Ching, I show how the human senses point towards hidden paths of refinement and mysteriously deep sources of energy and insight, all found within the physical body. Tao Te Ching, Ep. 4 Instructor: Samuel Loncar, Ph.D. | Yale University
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Do Humans Really Exist? Do We Live in a Simulation? | Explorations
Becoming Human
The simulation theory is all around us, putting somehow the meaning of our very existence into question. Do we really exist? What does it mean that we question our own existence? A true philosophy of existence must answer these questions, and explain why we ask them, guiding us towards a more conscious, free, and scientific way of life. This is the purpose of the Becoming Human Project: to realize human Existence. Instructor: Dr. Samuel Loncar | Yale University
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Can Philosophy Make You Powerful? A Vision of Human Enhancement, Philosophy of Angels Ep. 5
Becoming Human
If you can get one thing you want, what is the one thing that will give you everything else? Is it power, wealth, or wisdom? Philosophy as a spiritual way of life teaches us how to develop our human potential, leading to a radical vision of human enhancement. The idea of number is the first step to understanding the coded Messengers of spiritual traditions and how they guide us to a more scientific and positive way of life. 🙏This video is dedicated to Namagiri with gratitude. Instructor: Dr. Samuel Loncar | Yale University
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How Do We Know What is Good?, Tao Series Ep. 3
Becoming Human
We all want to do good, but we rarely think about how we can know what the good is. In this video, I discuss Verse 8 of the Tao and its highly logical and practical insights into what is good in any situation and how we can know that we are doing what is good for ourselves and others. SERIES: Tao Te Ching Instructor: Samuel Loncar, Ph.D. | Yale University Episode 3, Tao Te Ching
info_outlineOn Nov. 11, 1855, after an astoundingly rich yet brief life, Søren Aabye Kierkegaard died. He requested his epitaph read simply: “That Individual.” The “single individual” is the soul of Kierkegaard’s work, but what does it mean to become an individual? This final episode of Kierkegaard: The Poet of Existence, explores the mystery of freedom and true individuality, and how they relate to the Eternal.
COURSE RELEASE 8pm EST
10.27.2023
Course Link: www.samuelloncar.com/courses
Course Code: BECOMINGHUMANWITHSK
Series Description
Søren Kierkegaard, the Danish philosopher and religious thinker, created one of the most consequential bodies of writing in human history. One of the greatest literary writers, he is also widely regarded as the most important philosophers and theologians to create much of the 20th century: movements like existentialism, modern theology, and even forms of modern nihilism can be traced back to the work of Kierkegaard.
Kierkegaard is known as a delightful and difficult figure; like Socrates, he is ironic and hard to understand. He is also my first great teacher, so to honor his personal and historical influence, I am doing an 8 episode series on Søren Kierkegaard: The Poet of Existence.