Dan Faggella joins the podcast to discuss whether humanity should eventually create AGI, how AI will change power dynamics between institutions, what drives AI progress, and which industries are implementing AI successfully. Find out more about Dan at https://danfaggella.com

Timestamps:
00:00 Value differences in AI 
12:07 Should we eventually create AGI? 
28:22 What is a worthy successor? 
43:19 AI changing power dynamics
59:00 Open source AI 
01:05:07 What drives AI progress? 
01:16:36 What limits AI progress? 
01:26:31 Which industries are using AI?

Dan Faggella on the Race to AGI

Distinguishing commentary from direct experience, Gil Fronsdal helps us break free from the conventions and comparisons that the mind makes.

In this episode, Gil Fronsdal speaks to listeners about:

- Paying homage to those who have purified their hearts
- Direct experience versus attempting to describe things
- The way that comparison arises
- Self-image and appreciating our own suchness
- Resting in the part of ourselves that is not an idea or a concept
- The conditioning that can happen from society
- Wisdom from sitting with physical pain
- Living in the present moment instead of the stories we tell ourselves
- Letting things be as they are
- Seeing God in our simple, direct experiences
- Coming back to the breath and practicing all throughout the day
- This 1998 talk was originally published on Dharmaseed

“Most of us know the wonderful smell of a rose, but if you could try to describe in words what that fragrance is, you’d have a hard time I think. The actual sense, the direct experience of smell, is something we can all experience – seeing this flower as it is. In Buddhism, there is a lot of emphasis on seeing things as they are.” – Gil Fronsdal

Ep. 168 - Big Flower, Small Flower with Gil Fronsdal

Uncovering how to find joy and freedom in any situation, Jack shares the roadmap for discovering peace within yourself.

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“Peace is the cessation of your struggle, it’s putting down the burden and letting things be as they actually are.” – Jack Kornfield

In this episode, Jack mindfully explores:

- Learning to be at peace with yourself and the world
- How to meditate when it feels like you can’t meditate
- The way emptiness connects with compassion
- Reconciling where peace meets struggle
- Peace as an internal state you can bring with you
- Being Here Now, opening to life fully, and becoming intimate with all things
- How we can find joy, liberation, and freedom in any situation
- Dharma stories of the Buddha as well as the Bodhisattva Vimalakīrti
- Coming to terms with the First Noble Truth of suffering, disappointment, and change
- The transformative power of meeting life exactly as it is
- What we can learn from both a “Duck Meditation,” “Goose Poem,” and a Tibetan Prayer
- Love and it’s connection with courage

This Dharma Talk originally recorded on 12/01/1989 at Spirit Rock Meditation Center was originally published on DharmaSeed.

“We can’t come to rest because we’re at war with what’s actually here.” – Jack Kornfield

“To enter into the unknown is really to enter into the moment.” – Jack Kornfield

Jack Kornfield – Heart Wisdom – Ep. 237 – Discovering Peace Within Yourself

Moving through the senses, JoAnna Hardy guides listeners in a meditation to acquire stillness of the mind.

In this episode, JoAnna Hardy guides us through:
The benefits of having clarity and a still mind
The breath-body central focus
Gaining self-trust
Paying attention to the sounds and sights around us without assigning meaning
Working the muscle of awareness
Reengaging with the breath when the mind gets busy

About JoAnna Hardy: 
JoAnna Hardy is an insight meditation (Vipassanā) practitioner and teacher; she is on faculty at the University of Southern California, a meditation trainer at Apple Fitness+, a founding member of the Meditation Coalition, a teacher’s council member at Spirit Rock Meditation Center, a visiting retreat teacher at Insight Meditation Society, and a collaborator on many online meditation Apps and programs. Her greatest passion is to teach meditation in communities that are dedicated to seeing the truth of how racism, gender inequality and oppression go hand in hand with the compassionate action teachings in Buddhism and related perspectives to social and racial justice. 

“Seeing shapes, colors, shadow, light, noticing if we look at an object very simply as those shapes and colors and shadows and light, it’s very different than immediately having the idea of what they are. Just allowing seeing, just seeing of an object without a decision about it.” – JoAnna Hardy

Acquiring Stillness of the Mind with Buddhist Teacher JoAnna Hardy - BHNN Guest Podcast Ep. 169

Come hang out with Chris Grosso and Brian Fair from the band Shadows Fall as they chat about life, meditation, and the golden eras of skateboarding and punk rock.

In this episode, Chris and Brian dive into: 

The new wave of skateboarding
Brian’s initial exposure to metal music
Skateboarding in the 1980’s and 90’s
Growing up catholic and being disillusioned with religion
Brian’s dabbling into meditation and Hatha yoga
Music and movement as a form of meditation
Moving away from perfectionism
Being there for each other
About Brian Fair:

Brian Fair is an American musician from Massachusetts, best known as lead vocalist of the metalcore band Shadows Fall. He is a skateboarder, father, and thrives off yelling at people on stage. Keep up with Brian on Instagram.

“That’s what’s funny about meditation, and a reason why I think people may not realize it’s not just about sitting in silence. It’s about being fully in a moment regardless of what transported you there. It can happen through music, through physical movement, or through silence or stillness.” – Brian Fair

Punk Rock, Skateboarding & Meditation w/ Brian Fair of Shadows Fall – The Indie Spiritualist Ep. 128

Illustrating how to free yourself from fear and opinion, Jack reveals how to overcome suffering by cultivating a pure heart.

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"The only Zen you find on tops of mountains is the Zen you bring there." – Robert M. Pirsig

In this episode, Jack skillfully illuminates:

- Skillful ways to free yourself from stuck views and opinions
- Ram Dass's teaching advice to Jack
- Balancing life's sufferings with life's joys
- Zen wisdom on how to drop your views
- Accepting what you see and rejecting what you think
- Overcoming suffering by living with a pure heart
- Buddha's 'Fire Sermon' teachings
- The way attachment connects to fear, and how to get to the root
- How views and opinions keep you separate, ego-focused, and defensive
- Working with racism and fear by imbibing wakefulness and mindfulness
- Overcoming opinions and and views by the method of noting/naming

This Dharma Talk originally recorded on 1/1/1989 at Spirit Rock Meditation Center was originally published on DharmaSeed.

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Jack Kornfield – Heart Wisdom – Ep. 238 – Freeing Yourself From Fear And Opinion

Thank you to all of our listeners for a fantastic first season of This Is Science with Jess Phoenix! We are grateful for your support, and stay tuned for the start of Season 2 in just a few weeks.

Season 2 Is Coming!

In a dharma talk on working with thoughts and emotions, Joseph Goldstein explains the impersonal and empty nature of the mind.

This week on Insight Hour, Joseph Goldstein teaches us about: 

- Observing how mind states and thoughts mutually condition each other
- The way that thoughts carry us away into different emotional states
- Looking at the direct nature and meaning of thought
- Noticing the difference between being lost and being awake
- Viewing our thoughts just as they arise
- Not overthinking and focusing on the simplicity of a practice
- The six things that are ever arising or passing: our senses
- Maintaining open awareness and experiencing the flow

“Well, what is a thought? It’s quite remarkable because when we look at that level, not on the level of the story or the content, but thought as a phenomenon, we see that it is barely more than nothing. It is so phenomenal. These thoughts arise, and the content can be so compelling, but as a phenomenon, as the nature of thought, it’s just this little energy blip in the mind. If we’re not getting hooked by the content, it has no power at all.” – Joseph Goldstein

Buddhist Teacher Joseph Goldstein On Getting Insight On The Nature of Thought – Insight Hour Ep. 200

This week on Mindrolling, RamDev and Raghu discuss:

RamDev’s background in mathematics and recognizing patterns
How people in the West are not as embodied as in the East
The first three chakras of fear, guilt, and shame
Psychedelics and other dimensions of reality
Going beyond separateness
Compassion and non-dual practices
Taming the monkey-mind
Sub ek and quantum entanglement
Stories about Maharaj-ji’s mystical existence
Hope for the future and allowing our hearts to be vulnerable
A meditation around inclusivity through compassion
About RamDev:

Dale Borglum is the founder and Executive Director of The Living/Dying Project. He is a pioneer in the conscious dying movement and has worked directly with thousands of people with life-threatening illness and their families for over 30 years. In 1981, Dale founded the first residential facility for people who wished to die consciously in the United States, The Dying Center. He has taught and lectured extensively on the topics of spiritual support for those with life-threatening illness, on caregiving as a spiritual practice, and on healing at the edge, the edge of illness, of death, of loss, of crisis. Check out RamDev’s podcast, Healing at the Edge, on the Be Here Now Network.

Learn more about The Living/Dying Project at livingdying.org

“In Buddhism, they say that when the mind is totally awakened, naturally arising compassionate activity occurs. You don’t have to try to be compassionate, you are compassion. Compassion is not even an emotion, it’s a state of openness of the heart in relationship to suffering.” – RamDev

Ep. 542 – Naturally Arising Compassion with RamDev Dale Borglum-

Offering wisdom on the challenging yet necessary work of spiritual practice, Krishna Das explains working through difficulty and finding answers in ourselves.

This time on Pilgrim Heart, Krishna Das offers wisdom on:

Dealing with family issues
Untying emotional knots through practice
Doing spiritual work and cleaning our hearts
Releasing the programming from our past
Treating others well and making positive karma
Chanting, mantra repetition, and serving others for deeper consciousness
Continual growth in spiritual practice
Being present, being with the sound of the name
Experiencing the space around our thoughts
Finding answers within ourselves
The roots of depression and anger

Today’s episode originally aired on Krisha Das’ “Hanging Out In the Heart Space” online satsang on May 5th, 2022. Be sure to subscribe to Krishna Das on Youtube to get new episodes of “Hanging Out In the Heart Space”, fresh music from KD and more: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCtzvMbKEud7MqkIVdFjfHXQ

“Removing the energy out of the traumatic experiences and experiences that formed us is a big job. It’s a really big thing. Don’t think of it as a waste of time. It’s our spiritual work. We’re cleaning our hearts of anger, betrayal, hurt, damage, grief, and shame, all the stuff that we’ve learned and absorbed as children in our families and in life.” – Krishna Das

Krishna Das on Doing Our Spiritual Work– Pilgrim Heart Podcast Ep. 156

On the premier of Not Cool, Ariel is joined by John Cook: psychologist, climate change communication researcher, and founder of SkepticalScience.com. Much of John’s work focuses on misinformation related to climate change, how it’s propagated, and how to counter it. He offers a historical analysis of climate denial and the motivations behind it, and he debunks some of its most persistent myths. John also discusses his own research on perceived social consensus, the phenomenon he’s termed “climate silence,” and more.

Topics discussed include:

    History of of the study of climate change
    Climate denial: history and motivations
    Persistent climate myths
    How to overcome misinformation
    How to talk to climate deniers
    Perceived social consensus and climate silence

Not Cool Ep 1: John Cook on misinformation and overcoming climate silence

The Future of Life Institute (FLI) is a nonprofit working to reduce global catastrophic and existential risk from powerful technologies. In particular, FLI focuses on risks from artificial intelligence (AI), biotechnology, nuclear weapons and climate change.

The Institute's work is made up of three main strands: grantmaking for risk reduction, educational outreach, and advocacy within the United Nations, US government and European Union institutions.

FLI has become one of the world's leading voices on the governance of AI having created one of the earliest and most influential sets of governance principles: the Asilomar AI Principles.

Not Cool Ep 1: John Cook on misinformation and overcoming climate silence

Future of Life Institute

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