Ram Dass Here and Now – the Mechanics of Mind

https://overcast.fm/+GdAurE7c
youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d9vzf_oeNvw
podcast web page https://www.ramdass.org/ram-dass-here-and-now-ep-187-the-mechanics-of-mind/

“Ultimately, the art is you need models to function in the universe, models of mind, you need structures, but you hold them so lightly. You hold them so lightly.” – Ram Dass

General Intellect Unit
082 – John Boyd, Part 1: Destruction and Creation

youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H4lbxPVlXKo
podcast web page http://generalintellectunit.net/e/082-john-boyd-part-1-destruction-and-creation/

You have to admire the indefatigability of these guys – and this is a particularly wide-ranging and brilliant discussion.

The Work: Tyson Yunkaporta on indigenous thinking and why you can’t improve your “self”
https://overcast.fm/+vZZzUjsxE
podcast web page https://shows.acast.com/thework/episodes/tyson-yunkaporta-on-indigenous-thinking

Possibly risking slight overexposure around about now, this is Tyson Yunkaporta at his humorous and sincere best IMO, on contextual dependent rationality, wisdom listening, and intentionality.

New Books in Systems and Cybernetics
Bernard Scott, “Cybernetics for the Social Sciences” (Brill, 2021)

https://overcast.fm/+LUTKMlUZ0
podcast web page https://newbooksnetwork.com/cybernetics-for-the-social-sciences

Bernard Scott on his book of the same name (), sympathetically interviewed by Tom Scholte on cybernetics as a trans-discipline