Guest speaker: Erik Davis PROGRAM NOTES: [NOTE: All quotes below are by Erik Davis.] “The imagination is a key, and pivotal interface, between human beings and the natural world.” “Any kind of restorative, sustainable renewal of our planet has to exist on the imaginal realm as well as the realm of technical solutions, political developments, and […]
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Podcast 099 – “Controlling The Culture” (Part 1)
Guest speakers: Richard Glen Boire, Erik Davis, and John Gilmore PROGRAM NOTES: (Minutes : Seconds into program) 05:08 Richard Glen Boire: “What if the government could inoculate you so you couldn’t get high, so if you took a drug it didn’t work in you?” 07:53 Richard begins a discussion about the U.S. Government’s research into […]
Podcast 049 – “Pharmacology and the Posthuman Phuture”
Guest speaker: Erik Davis PROGRAM NOTES: In his inspiring 2006 Palenque Norte lecture at Burning Man, Erik Davis takes a peek at what the future may have in store for us. And contrary to so much of the doom and gloom we hear all around us these days, Erik’s message is that there is much hope for […]
Podcast 018 – “Visionary Art/Visionary Design”
Guest speaker: Erik Davis PROGRAM NOTES: In this talk, Erik Davis gives an overview of the role that visionary art, as lineage and practice, plays in today’s planetary culture. Then he contrasts this with what he is calling “Visionary Design”: the translation of the visionary impulse into the design of artifacts, systems, and real-world solutions. Download […]
Podcast 003 – “Beyond Belief: The Cults of Burning Man”
Guest speaker: Erik Davis PROGRAM NOTES: A talk by Erik Davis at Burning Man 2003. Download MP3 PCs – Right click, select option Macs – Ctrl-Click, select option