This is the twenty-eighth in a series of interviews with explorers, thinkers, artists, activists and other luminaries around the world, people whose life’s work resonates with our founding principles. We first met our friend Dorie Clark through Renaissance Weekend, a community of prominent and diverse thinkers that meets about five…

This theater has all of the regular features you’d expect. There are entrance and exit doors, with clearly illuminated signs. You enter and gain your bearings. The exit signs beckon inevitably. You will be required at some unknown moment, to exit the theater. Your sense perceptions play out on the…

Imagine an algorithm far older than computers. The algorithm produces wondrous results. It shapes human behavior at scale, allowing for previously unimaginable coordination of effort. Thousands of towers and industries bloom. The algorithm has its own very simple evolutionary logic: More is better. As with natural selection, the algorithm favors…

This is the twenty-seventh in a series of interviews with explorers, thinkers, artists, activists and other luminaries around the world, people whose life’s work resonates with our founding principles. Based in Silicon Valley, our friend Drue Kataoka is an artist-technologist-activist & CEO of Drue Kataoka Art Studios LLC (www.Drue.Net), …

This is the twenty-sixth in a series of interviews with explorers, thinkers, artists, activists and other luminaries around the world, people whose life’s work resonates with our founding principles. Our friend Riane Eisler is a social systems scientist, cultural historian, and attorney whose research, writing, and speaking has transformed the…

This is the twenty-fifth in a series of interviews with explorers, thinkers, artists, activists and other luminaries around the world, people whose life’s work resonates with our founding principles. Allegra Bandy is a producer and publisher of audiobooks, podcasts, and original jazz and world soul music. Her production company is…

This is the twenty-fourth in a series of interviews with explorers, thinkers, artists, activists and other luminaries around the world, people whose life’s work resonates with our founding principles. Our friend Eliza Martin is a chef, educator and speaker on topics related to personal empowerment through confidence in the kitchen…

This is the twenty-third in a series of interviews with explorers, thinkers, artists, activists and other luminaries around the world, people whose life’s work resonates with our founding principles. Our friend Christine McLeavey Payne is a Member of the Technical Staff at OpenAI, where she recently published MuseNet and Jukebox…

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