FTP088: The Ancient Art of Adulting And Meta-Skills For The Future

In this episode we are discussing the concept of "adulting" and why it's relevant today. We also talk about how being an adult will change in the future and what meta-skills one needs to develop in order to adapt to the fast-changing world.

Adulting is an ironic term used by the Millenial generation to describe holding grown up responsibilities like paying the bills or taxes for example, but not feeling like an actual adult while doing that. We discuss why the adult "script" that was handed to us by the previous generations (go to school, get good grades, get a career for life, get married etc) doesn’t seem relevant or even possible for many young people today.

Instead of the specific skills that are taught in schools and tailored for the traditional script of adulthood, we are exploring meta-skills, or the general skills that one can apply to any area of life to learn other skills.

In This Episode of Future Thinkers:

• Why Millenials don't feel like adults today even if they are technically grown up
• The differences in going through the stages of life between our parents' and our generation
• How the increasing social and technological complexity causes anxiety among young people
• The history and reasons behind the "coddling" style of parenting in 1980s
• The traits of today's young generations that make them vulnerable to real life challenges
• How to adapt to the present and future world and increase personal sovereignty
• Three pillars of cognitive sovereignty
• The examples of meta-skills that are useful for learning any other skill and adapting to changes

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88: The Ancient Art of Adulting & Meta-Skills For The Future

88: The Ancient Art of Adulting & Meta-Skills For The Future In this episode we are discussing the concept of "adulting" and why it's relevant today. We also talk about how being an adult will change in the future and what meta-skills one needs to develop in order to adapt to the fast-changing world. Adulting is an ironic term used by the Millenial generation to describe holding grown up responsibilities like paying the bills or taxes for example, but not feeling like an actual adult while doing that. We discuss why the adult "script" that was handed to us by the previous generations (go to school, get good grades, get a career for life, get married etc) doesn’t seem relevant or even possible for many young people today. Instead of the specific skills that are taught in schools and tailored for the traditional script of adulthood, we are exploring meta-skills, or the general skills that one can apply to any area of life to learn other skills. "The meta-skill of seeing is looking at something without judgement and your preconceived notions, which is actually impossible to do in its purest sense." - Euvie Ivanova (https://goo.gl/sGtny5) In This Episode of Future Thinkers: - Why Millenials don't feel like adults today even if they are technically grown up - The differences in going through the stages of life between our parents' and our generation - How the increasing social and technological complexity causes anxiety among young people - The history and reasons behind the "coddling" style of parenting in 1980s - The traits of today's young generations that make them vulnerable to real life challenges - How to adapt to the present and future world and increase personal sovereignty - Three pillars of cognitive sovereignty - The examples of meta-skills that are useful for learning any other skill and adapting to changes "There are thousands of years of thoughts on virtue, that there are certain kinds of behaviors that actually make your life better and that are worth cultivating, like self-restraint and discipline." - Euvie Ivanova (https://goo.gl/ro11ty) Links And Resources: - Simon Sinek's Speech On The Problem With Millenial (https://youtu.be/Tc2mNPEOcUY) - On Sovereignty by Jordan Greenhall (https://goo.gl/bPKwBS) - The Ancient Art of Adulting and Meta-Skills For The Future, courses by Future Thinkers (http://bit.ly/2EiMX86) Recommended Books: - The Happiness Hypothesis: Finding Modern Truth in Ancient Wisdom by Jonathan Haidt (https://goo.gl/KmQpoK) - The Coddling Of The American Mind: How Good Intentions And Bad Ideas Are Setting Up a Generation for Failure by Jonathan Haidt (https://goo.gl/BQ2zLD) - Tao Te Ching by Laozi (https://goo.gl/EQwtSA) Show notes: http://bit.ly/2V5m5y7 Join the Future Thinkers Community on Discord: http://bit.ly/2RgIHNI This episode is sponsored by: http://bit.ly/2GItIbE Recommend a sponsor for Future Thinkers: http://bit.ly/2R6XCdu Support us on Patreon: http://bit.ly/2GxdAJW

Cultivating Self-Restraint Makes Your Life Better

Cultivating Self-Restraint Makes Your Life Better In the upcoming Future Thinkers episode, Mike and Euvie are discussing the concept of "adulting", why it's relevant today, and why we need to develop meta-skills to adapt to the uncertain future. Premiering on Wednesday, February 20 at 10am PST/1pm EST/6pm GMT

87: The Memetic War & Collective Intelligence

87: The Memetic War & Collective Intelligence We have recently participated and spoke at DGOV Council in Berlin, an event that explored new principles of human-centric scalable governance. The experience inspired us to think more deeply about distributed governance, the emergence of collective intelligence, anti-fragility and sovereignty. In this episode we are discussing what kind of collective system is possible in the future and how to manage the diversity of values in such system. In This Episode Of Future Thinkers: - The definition of collective intelligence - The difference between a decentralized and distributed governance - How ideological frameworks corrupt personal sovereignty on every level - Why we need a system world view and flexible frameworks to think about the society - Internet meme tribes as a form of fulfilling the need to belong to a community - How to learn to have a conversation with someone with different values - The emergence of natural hierarchy vs. flattening bureaucracy - How to solve the issues with dominance and tyranny in a collective system - The possibility of building an optimal omni-thrive system that supports thriving of each subsystem Mentions and Resources: - DGOV Foundation (http://bit.ly/2DBOHbf) - The Memetic Tribes of Culture War 2.0, by Peter Limberg and Conor Barnes (https://goo.gl/J8X4CC) - On Sovereignty by Jordan Greenhall (https://goo.gl/353vxb) - Situational Assessment 2019: AOC Edition by Jordan Greenhall (https://goo.gl/tSHVFu) Book Recommendations: - Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind by Yuval Noah Harari (https://goo.gl/QbhSQ2) - Homo Deus: A Brief History Of Tomorrow by Yuval Noah Harari (https://goo.gl/9V8x7Z) - Sex at Dawn: How We Mate, Why We Stray and What It Means For Modern Relationships, a book by Christopher Ryan and Cacilda Jetha (https://goo.gl/nzcpy2) - Antifragile: Things That Gain From Disorder (Incerto) by Nassim Nicholas Taleb (https://goo.gl/WwC6GW) - Trust Me, I'm Lying: Confessions Of A Media Manipulator by Ryan Holiday (https://goo.gl/ScxLQS) - The Happiness Hypothesis: Finding Modern Truth in Ancient Wisdom by Jonathan Haidt (https://goo.gl/k5mD7S) - Binding Chaos: Mass Collaboration on a Global Scale by Heather Marsh (https://goo.gl/LjeYH9) Show notes: http://bit.ly/2GGd6zB Join the Future Thinkers Community on Discord: http://bit.ly/2RgIHNI This episode is sponsored by: http://bit.ly/2GItIbE Recommend a sponsor for Future Thinkers: http://bit.ly/2R6XCdu Support us on Patreon: http://bit.ly/2GxdAJW

FTP087: The Memetic War And Collective Intelligence

We have recently participated and spoke at DGOV Council in Berlin, an event that explored new principles of human-centric scalable governance. The experience inspired us to think more deeply about distributed governance, the emergence of collective intelligence, anti-fragility and sovereignty. In this episode we are discussing what kind of collective system is possible in the future and how to manage the diversity of values in such system.

In This Episode Of Future Thinkers:

• The definition of collective intelligence
• The difference between a decentralized and distributed governance
• How ideological frameworks corrupt personal sovereignty on every level
• Why we need a system world view and flexible frameworks to think about the society
• Internet meme tribes as a form of fulfilling the need to belong to a community
• How to learn to have a conversation with someone with different values
• The emergence of natural hierarchy vs. flattening bureaucracy
• How to solve the issues with dominance and tyranny in a collective system
• The possibility of building an optimal omni-thrive system that supports thriving of each subsystem

Show notes: http://www.futurethinkers.org/87

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The Memetic War of Our Times

The Memetic War of Our Times Mike and Euvie discuss the war of memetic tribes, emergence of collective intelligence and possibility of a distributed governance in the latest Future Thinkers episode. Airing on 2/13/2019 at 10am PST/1pm EST/6pm GMT. Available soon at http://bit.ly/2GGd6zB

Will Technologists Be The Decision Makers Of The Future?

Will Technologists Be The Decision Makers Of The Future? In this episode Alex Gladstein, the Chief Strategy Officer at Human Rights Foundation and VP of Strategy for Oslo Freedom Forum, talks about why civil liberties make a country better for its people, what the future of governance, internet and money looks like, and why anti-authoritarian technologies like Bitcoin are important for that future. Check out the full episode at http://bit.ly/2RELQTT

FTP086 - Alex Gladstein: Anti-Authoritarian Technologies and The Future of Governance

Our guest in this episode is Alex Gladstein, the Chief Strategy Officer at Human Rights Foundation and VP of Strategy for Oslo Freedom Forum. We attended and spoke at Oslo Freedom Forum last year, and it was one of the best conferences we have ever been to - it was really well produced, with amazing participants who talked about important topics and ideas.

In this interview we discuss why civil liberties make a country better for its people, what the future of governance, internet and money looks like, and why anti-authoritarian technologies like Bitcoin are important for that future.

In This Episode Of Future Thinkers:

• The mission and activities of Human Rights Foundation and Oslo Freedom Forum
• Why countries with civil liberties are generally better for people
• The recent global tendency towards totalitarianism, and what it means
• Governance, internet and money - key areas of change for future societies
• Anti-authoritarian technologies vs. technological colonialism and authoritarianism
• The emergence of sophisticated surveillance and social credit platforms, i.e. in China
• The importance of old school activism and civil initiatives to keep governments in check
• The opportunities and limits of a direct democracy
• Competition as the main characteristic of decentralized systems
• How to create urban design that protects the privacy of citizens
• The problems of shifting responsibility and decision-making from governments to technologists

Show notes: http://www.futurethinkers.org/86

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How Decentralized Systems Can Encourage Governments To Improve

How Decentralized Systems Can Encourage Governments To Improve New interview with Alex Gladstein, the Chief Strategy Officer at Human Rights Foundation and VP of Strategy for Oslo Freedom Forum is airing today. We talk about why civil liberties make a country better for its people, what the future of governance, internet and money looks like, and why anti-authoritarian technologies like Bitcoin are important for that future. Available soon at http://bit.ly/2RELQTT

86 - Alex Gladstein: Anti-Authoritarian Technologies & The Future of Governance

86 - Alex Gladstein: Anti-Authoritarian Technologies & The Future of Governance Our guest in this episode is Alex Gladstein, the Chief Strategy Officer at Human Rights Foundation and VP of Strategy for Oslo Freedom Forum. We attended and spoke at Oslo Freedom Forum last year, and it was one of the best conferences we have ever been to - it was really well produced, with amazing participants who talked about important topics and ideas. In this interview we discuss why civil liberties make a country better for its people, what the future of governance, internet and money looks like, and why anti-authoritarian technologies like Bitcoin are important for that future. "In a centralized system, the goal is to survive. In a decentralized system, it's all about competition." (https://goo.gl/yjfpV5) In This Episode Of Future Thinkers: - The mission and activities of Human Rights Foundation and Oslo Freedom Forum - Why countries with civil liberties are generally better for people - The recent global tendency towards totalitarianism, and what it means - Governance, internet and money - key areas of change for future societies - Anti-authoritarian technologies vs. technological colonialism and authoritarianism - The emergence of sophisticated surveillance and social credit platforms, i.e. in China - The importance of old school activism and civil initiatives to keep governments in check - The opportunities and limits of a direct democracy - Competition as the main characteristic of decentralized systems - How to create urban design that protects the privacy of citizens - The problems of shifting responsibility and decision-making from governments to technologists "Builders, technologists and developers will be the new decision-makers. They have to be careful. A technologist is the key person in the future." (https://goo.gl/wtDMmo) Mentions and Resources: - Human Rights Foundation (https://hrf.org/) - Oslo Freedom Forum (http://bit.ly/1uzyzcu) Book Recommendations: - Books by Yuval Noah Harari (https://goo.gl/UrqKu2) - The Zero Marginal Cost Society by Jeremy Rifkin (https://amzn.to/2A0FPep) Show notes: http://bit.ly/2RELQTT Join the Future Thinkers Community on Discord: http://bit.ly/2RgIHNI This episode is sponsored by: http://bit.ly/2GItIbE Recommend a sponsor for Future Thinkers: http://bit.ly/2R6XCdu Support us on Patreon: http://bit.ly/2GxdAJW