Daniel Schmachtenberger - Building Better Sensemaking | Modern Wisdom Podcast 348

Daniel Schmachtenberger is a founding member of The Consilience Project and works in preventing global catastrophic risk. Having accurate sensemaking is a superpower in the 21st century. As the volume of information we need to sort through increases, the ability to distinguish signal from noise becomes ever more important. Given this, I wanted to ask Daniel exactly how he would advise someone to become an adept sensemaker. Expect to learn the characteristics that a good sensemaking agent should have, why the relationship between sense, meaning and choice making is so crucial, whether Daniel thinks that humanity is too emotional to reach our full potential, at what stage of personal actualisation we should begin to help the world and much more... Sponsors: Get 20% discount & free shipping on your Lawnmower 4.0 at https://www.manscaped.com/ (use code MODERNWISDOM) Get 83% discount & 3 months free from Surfshark VPN at https://surfshark.deals/MODERNWISDOM (use code MODERNWISDOM) Extra Stuff: Check out The Consilience Project - https://consilienceproject.org/ Check out Daniel's Website - https://civilizationemerging.com/ Get my free Ultimate Life Hacks List to 10x your daily productivity → https://chriswillx.com/lifehacks/ To support me on Patreon (thank you): https://www.patreon.com/modernwisdom #danielschmachtenberger #sensemaking #personalgrowth - 00:00 Intro 00:25 What is a Sensemaking Agent? 14:53 Decision-making in Politics 18:43 Becoming Better at Sensemaking 22:44 The Underlying Principles of Sensemaking 44:12 Comfort in the Unknown 45:05 The Lab-leak Hypothesis 51:15 U-Turning Politicians 55:26 Common Pitfalls in Sensemaking 1:01:30 Fixing Consequential World Problems 1:12:15 Will Human Emotions Limit Civilisation’s Potential? 1:27:47 Should We Slow Technological Growth? 1:39:40 Impact of Social Media on Humanity 1:44:46 Sensemaking in Legislation 1:51:46 Creating a Silo Community 2:00:15 Constraints of a Mars Community 2:02:11 Where to Find Daniel - Listen to all episodes online. Search "Modern Wisdom" on any Podcast App or click here: Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/2MNqIgw Spotify: https://spoti.fi/2LSimPn Stitcher: https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/modern-wisdom - Get in touch in the comments below or head to... Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/chriswillx Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/chriswillx Email: https://chriswillx.com/contact/

Daniel SchmachtenbergerguestChris Williamsonhost

Jul 22, 20212h 4mWatch on YouTube ↗

EPISODE INFO

Released: July 22, 2021
Duration: 2h 4m
Channel: Modern Wisdom
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EPISODE DESCRIPTION

Daniel Schmachtenberger is a founding member of The Consilience Project and works in preventing global catastrophic risk. Having accurate sensemaking is a superpower in the 21st century. As the volume of information we need to sort through increases, the ability to distinguish signal from noise becomes ever more important. Given this, I wanted to ask Daniel exactly how he would advise someone to become an adept sensemaker. Expect to learn the characteristics that a good sensemaking agent should have, why the relationship between sense, meaning and choice making is so crucial, whether Daniel thinks that humanity is too emotional to reach our full potential, at what stage of personal actualisation we should begin to help the world and much more... Sponsors: Get 20% discount & free shipping on your Lawnmower 4.0 at https://www.manscaped.com/ (use code MODERNWISDOM) Get 83% discount & 3 months free from Surfshark VPN at https://surfshark.deals/MODERNWISDOM (use code MODERNWISDOM) Extra Stuff: Check out The Consilience Project - https://consilienceproject.org/ Check out Daniel's Website - https://civilizationemerging.com/ Get my free Ultimate Life Hacks List to 10x your daily productivity → https://chriswillx.com/lifehacks/ To support me on Patreon (thank you): https://www.patreon.com/modernwisdom #danielschmachtenberger #sensemaking #personalgrowth - 00:00 Intro 00:25 What is a Sensemaking Agent? 14:53 Decision-making in Politics 18:43 Becoming Better at Sensemaking 22:44 The Underlying Principles of Sensemaking 44:12 Comfort in the Unknown 45:05 The Lab-leak Hypothesis 51:15 U-Turning Politicians 55:26 Common Pitfalls in Sensemaking 1:01:30 Fixing Consequential World Problems 1:12:15 Will Human Emotions Limit Civilisation’s Potential? 1:27:47 Should We Slow Technological Growth? 1:39:40 Impact of Social Media on Humanity 1:44:46 Sensemaking in Legislation 1:51:46 Creating a Silo Community 2:00:15 Constraints of a Mars Community 2:02:11 Where to Find Daniel - Listen to all episodes online. Search "Modern Wisdom" on any Podcast App or click here: Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/2MNqIgw Spotify: https://spoti.fi/2LSimPn Stitcher: https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/modern-wisdom - Get in touch in the comments below or head to... Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/chriswillx Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/chriswillx Email: https://chriswillx.com/contact/

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Daniel Schmachtenberger
guest
Chris Williamson
host
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other

EPISODE SUMMARY

In this episode of Modern Wisdom, featuring Daniel Schmachtenberger and Chris Williamson, Daniel Schmachtenberger - Building Better Sensemaking | Modern Wisdom Podcast 348 explores daniel Schmachtenberger on Sensemaking, Governance, and Designing Better Futures Daniel Schmachtenberger and Chris Williamson explore how individuals and societies can improve "sensemaking"—our ability to understand reality accurately enough to make meaningful choices. Schmachtenberger explains why modern democracies are failing at shared sensemaking and how media, algorithms, and incentives are driving polarization and bad collective decisions.

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