EP 9 | UTOKing with Alexander Bard | Dark Renaissance versus Enlightenment 2.0

In Episode 9, Gregg welcomes Alexander Bard. He is a philosopher, music producer, and highly sought-after international lecturer. He is the author of the highly successful The Futurica Trilogy - co-written with media theorist Jan Söderqvist, and more recently Syntheism: Creating God in the Internet Age and Digital Libido. He founded the Intellectual Deep Web list serve, which is an active discussion group that brings leading thinkers and futurists together. In this UTOKing dialogos, the two explore their visions for the future, framed by Bard's Dark Renaissance and Gregg's Enlightenment 2.0, and the relationship between psychology, science and philosophy.

The Futurica Trilogy:

https://www.amazon.com/Futurica-Trilogy-Alexander-Bard/dp/9187173247/ref=pd_lpo_14_t_1/145-3199275-7562153?_encoding=UTF8&pd_rd_i=9187173247&pd_rd_r=0cc5d0ae-f502-4fb9-aec2-94cee1fe3dad&pd_rd_w=taVbc&pd_rd_wg=4TrIy&pf_rd_p=a0d6e967-6561-454c-84f8-2ce2c92b79a6&pf_rd_r=ER893MY4YHAF5K6JC7J9&psc=1&refRID=ER893MY4YHAF5K6JC7J9

Syntheism:

https://www.amazon.com/Syntheism-Creating-God-Internet-Age/dp/9175471833/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&qid=1621175225&refinements=p_27%3AAlexander+Bard&s=books&sr=1-1

Digital Libido:

https://www.amazon.com/Digital-Libido-Violence-Network-Society/dp/9188869237

Here is a clip exploring their respective visions for the future.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A6oyj0njz-w

Here are links to Alexander Bard on Twitter and Wiki:

https://twitter.com/Bardissimo?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Bard