interview – An Autonomous Agent

The Integral Yoga of Sri Aurobindo – Interview with Debashish Banerji and Jeffrey Mishlove

anautonomousagent — Fri, 20 May 2016 01:36:26 +0000

Part 1: The Revolutionary Yogi

Part 2: The Spiritual Empiricist

Part 3: Future Evolution of Humanity

The Adventure of Self-Discovery – Stanislav Grof

anautonomousagent — Thu, 28 Jan 2016 02:49:08 +0000

The Adventure of Self-Discovery by Stanislav Grof is a fascinating book which introduces readers to the inner healing potential of their sub-conscious. The first half of the book builds on themes from Realms of the Human Unconscious. In the second half of the book, Grof explains the rather profound, yet simple, exercise of holotropic breathing. Holotropic breathing allows people access to the ancient tradition of entering non-ordinary states of consciousness without any recourse to the ingestion or smoking of plant material. Please read the entire book if you are interested in performing the breathing without the aid of an experienced holotropic guide. Do not attempt without a sitter.

I put together a music playlist based on Grof’s recommendations for your benefit. The songs are in random order. Let me know if I should add/remove any:

Holotropic Breathing – Beginning

Holotropic Breathing – Middle

Holotropic Breathing – End

Also, informative interview with Grof:

Cockburn Family

anautonomousagent — Thu, 07 Aug 2014 18:41:00 +0000

Andrew and Leslie Cockburn; Alexander Cockburn; Patrick Cockburn.

Recently have been watching interviews and lectures of the Cockburn family:

Beat the Devil: Alexander Cockburn – Books, Biography, CounterPunch, Religion – Interview (2007)

The Inside Story of the U.S.-Israeli Covert Relationship: Money, Mossad, and the CIA (1991)

Q&A: Leslie & Andrew Cockburn

PATRICK COCKBURN: Speaking about Syria

They each have numerous interviews, documentaries and books. In the coming months I will probably explore their work and add to this post.

Insectopedia – Hugh Raffles

anautonomousagent — Mon, 24 Jun 2013 19:56:00 +0000

The Big Think interview with Hugh Raffles changed the way I think about insects. I want to read his book, Insectopedia. Cool and interesting man with unique perspective on anthropology.

Cambridge Nights

anautonomousagent — Tue, 26 Mar 2013 20:21:00 +0000

Cambridge Nights, the name of a Vimeo channel, interviews professors and scientists working in Boston. Just to name a few: Steven Pinker, Woodie Flowers, Nicholas Christakis, Geoffrey West, and Albert-László Barabási.

Nicolas Jaar

anautonomousagent — Sat, 09 Feb 2013 22:19:00 +0000

American-Chilean DJ Nicolas Jaar knows how to produce those creative tunes that you immediately love. A friend described Jaar’s music as sexy Latin house and minimal music; I became hooked. His style is unique and chill. Here is an interview of Jaar. I suggest you explore Jaar’s music on SoundCloud or YouTube playlist or some of these:

Nicolas Jaar – Episode 52 (feat. The Essential Mix 2012) Part 1

Nicolas Jaar – (Keith Jarrett – Tokyo, November 14)

Mi Mujer – Nicolas Jaar

El Bandido – Nicolas Jaar

Space Is Only Noise (Full Album) – Nicolas Jaar

Nicolas Jaar – Slices (DVD Feature)

Didier Sornette: Predicting risk

anautonomousagent — Sun, 03 Feb 2013 14:36:00 +0000

Very interesting video on “Where are we going? And what can we do?” about financial markets, critical points, ecology, biology, and other issues of the Anthropocene by Didier Sornette. Humans are growing at a super-exponential rate, so what does this mean? He also points out the importance of non-linear behavior in markets and the concept of Dragon-Kings. Also, here is a link to a good interview with Sornette thanks to ZURICH.MINDS.

For anyone interested in watching some of his lectures, here is a link.