Deep Future Six: On Metamodernism (with Brendan Graham Dempsey and Tomas Björkman)

On the transition from the postmodern to the metamodern worldview,
Brendans new book Metamodernism: Or, The Cultural Logic of Cultural
Logics, the relationsship between MM and systems-theory and how to deal
with money/capitalism in a metamodern way.

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Brendan Graham Dempsey is a writer, poet, farmer, and the director of
Sky Meadow Institute, an organization dedicated to promoting
systems-based thinking about the things that matter most.

He holds a BA in religious studies from the University of Vermont and a
master's in religion and art from Yale University. He is the author of
the 7-volume Metamodern Spirituality Series and, most recently,
Metamodernism: Or, The Cultural Logic of Cultural Logics. His primary
interests include theorizing developments in culture after
postmodernism, productively bridging the divide between science and
spirituality, and developing sustainable systems for life to flourish.
All of these lead through the paradigms of emergence and complexity,
which inform all of his work.

Tomas Björkman is an entrepreneur and financier, and has over the past
25 years built innovative international companies in the areas of
banking and real estate. His entrepreneurship combined with a keen
interest in both society and science led to the creation of the the
Ekskäret Foundation in 2008.

Tomas himself describes in the forewords of the book ‘Changing the world
we create’ why he started and is still very involved in foundation:

“In my twenties, I had the choice between an academic career in
theoretical physics or the world of commerce. I chose the latter and
spent twenty-five years in business. Eventually, I sold my company to
one of Switzerland’s larger banks continuing for a time to serve on its
board. But the call of the world of ideas was irresistible.

My background in theoretical physics and as an entrepreneur in
information technology, investment banking and property development had
allowed me to learn about and view our existence from both theoretical
and empirical perspectives. My personal drive increasingly became to
unlock the hidden structures of the world around me. I sought to bridge
many academic fields including cognitive neuroscience, developmental
psychology and sociology. I started searching for connections that form
the evolving whole.

This curiosity led me to spend a decade researching and writing “The
World We Create”. I also established the Ekskäret Foundation to
facilitate the co-creation of a more conscious society.

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