You know how the brain has a convenient way of categorizing or separating things? For example, we have different classes at school -- math, science, English, social studies. We have different buildings for some of those same departments at universities. We categorize or divide people by class, race, where they live, how they talk, level of education. Well, what if we found out that, while those classifications are convenient because it makes it so we don’t have to think so much about things, they actually are hindering our progress as a civilization?

What if  there were some answers in an area called the “space between” - an area between “recognizable” categories or places, for example, between branches of science, education or psychology?

Today’s show is about overcoming or overriding divisions or how people with different worldviews can learn to get along with each other. 

Our guest on today’s program, Brandon Norgaard, is undoubtedly doing work in the “space between.” As the founder of the Enlightened Worldview Project, Brandon is bringing together elements of philosophy, history, sociology, psychology and theology (as a partial list) in order to create a new language of commonality and understanding.

Music composed and performed (on French Horn) by Lee Chazen. 
Sound samples by SoundCamp. 

Audio engineer: Ivan Juric
Original theme music engineered by Uri Avi

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Overriding Divisions: How People with Different Worldviews Can Learn to Get Along with Each Other

GliderCell is a mashup of thoughts, ideas, projects, plans and music. It's also a new term to describe creativity arising out of chaos. It's about the unexpected, and new combinations. Think of this show as your "mobile think tank."

GliderCell is hosted by Lee Chazen. You can read his latest book here: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07QYBR5BM  

More about Lee below:

Lee Chazen is an educational content developer and writer who does consulting work under the name GliderCell. Chazen studied political science at Colorado State University, also receiving a minor in history and concentration in Russian and East Central European Studies. In the months following Hart’s presidential campaign, Chazen became a campaign manager for a California state assembly race where he simultaneously helped to coordinate a trade mission of Silicon Valley executives to the former Soviet Union.  

Chazen moved on to a career teaching high school world history, U.S. government and speech and debate. Work in his early teaching career resulted in the formation of a “bottom up” teaching methodology where students would have a hand in creating their own learning experience. The Global Challenge Project continued for seven years and formed the basis for Thriving on the Edge of Chaos: An Argument for a Complex Adaptive Theory of Education. In this paper, Chazen argues for game-based learning environments where students progress through a course in the form of constructive game playing.  

As a French horn player since the age of 7, Chazen has played with various symphony orchestras, wind ensembles and brass quintets. Chazen’s hobbies include running, hiking and disc golf. 

Author of: 

Could Chaos Theory Provide us Some Answers to Our Divided Political System? 
The Connection Between Creativity and Mental Illness
What is Consilience?

Interesting Diversions:

The formation of a hiking and brainstorming group called HikeStorming. See Episode One of the GliderCell podcast for an example of a HikeStorming session.  

Experimental music, combining French Horn with electronic dance music, e.g. The French Horn EDM / House Music Experiment 

Contact: theglidercell@gmail.com