Expanding Mind

Expanding Mind - The Computational Brain - 08/25/13

Algorithms, drum circles, and the trouble with mirror neurons: a talk with software entrepreneur and computational neuroscientist Paul King, visiting scholar at UC Berkeley. http://www.pking.org/

Expanding Mind - Rightwing Paganism - 08/18/13

Sacred geometry, Earth Mysteries, and the New Right: a talk with Dr. Amy Hale, author of the controversial paper "John Michell, Radical Traditionalism, and the Emerging Politics of the Pagan New Right." 

Expanding Mind - Conscious in the Cloud - 08/11/13

Artificial life, doom porn, and the crucial shift from the Internet to the cloud: a fascinating talk with Tom Barbalet (founder of Noble Ape, an important a-life environment) and KMO (host of the C-Realm podcast). Their upcoming event: http://www.meetup.com/Conscious-in-the-Cloud/events/129166602/

Expanding Mind - Sex, Spirit, and Porn - 08/04/13

Objectification, enchanted science, and the tango of sex and spirit: a talk with Conner Habib, anthroposophist and gay porn star. Follow Conner on twitter: @ConnerHabib