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2 weeks ago | 
beiner.substack.com | Alexander Beiner
“The deeper the despair, the more intense the hope. That is the dialectic of hope. The negativity of despair deepens hope. The higher hope soars, the deeper its roots. In this, it differs from optimism. Optimism lacks negativity. Amid deep despair, absolute hope makes action possible again. Absolute hope involves an unshakeable belief that there is a sense in things. It is only this belief in sense that gives us orientation and puts us on a sure footing.” - Byung-Chul Han, The Spirit of Hope.
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2 weeks ago | 
beiner.substack.com | Alexander Beiner |Iain McGilchrist
Journey into the deep code of culture in our new online course: Sensemaking 102. Expand your view on what’s happening and why with the help of an amazing faculty and new practices. Connect with like-minded travellers to inquire, question, and embody. Myth. Power. Economics. Tech. Systems. Meaning. Register on studiokainos.com/sensemaking-102What matters most, what we do or how we do it? Which is more real, a relationship or a rock?
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4 weeks ago | 
beiner.substack.com | Alexander Beiner
We’re in unknown territory. The decade ahead of us is a chaotic landscape where weird is the new normal. AI Superintelligence pushing against radical political upheaval, while resurgent nationalism and environmental tipping points merge with strange new religions and flights to Mars. It’s a wild time to be alive. The certainties we’ve relied on to find collective solutions are dying at a rapid rate.
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1 month ago | 
beiner.substack.com | Alexander Beiner
I’m running a special event with Josh Schrei of The Emerald in London on June 17. It's already 60% sold two days after launch, so book soon if you want to come! I’m also running a one day retreat on May 17 in London with my friend Clive Selwyn called Polarity and Partnership, an embodied process exploring healthy polarity between the sexes. If you want to host a screening of the first Kainos documentary ‘Crossroads’ for your friends or community in June, let us know through this form. Immigration.
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1 month ago | 
beiner.substack.com | Alexander Beiner
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2 months ago | 
beiner.substack.com | Alexander Beiner |Helen Pluckrose
I’m on my way to Australia for a tour hosted by Small Giants Academy! We’re kicking off with a preview screening of the upcoming Kainos documentary ‘Crossroads’ and a talk at the Byron Bay Theatre on Saturday 22nd of March - get your tickets here. Having been ‘woke critical’ since 2016, in recent years I’ve felt increasingly vindicated as mainstream culture has pushed back against the institutionalisation of social justice theory.
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2 months ago | 
beiner.substack.com | Alexander Beiner |Tom Morgan |Ed Prideaux |Chuck Lynd
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Mar 4, 2025 | 
beiner.substack.com | Alexander Beiner |Liv Boeree |Iain McGilchrist |Brett Scott
We’ve released another ten tickets to the first screening of ‘Crossroads’ in London on March 14th, and for Australian readers near Byron Bay, we have a screening on March 22nd at the Byron Bay Theatre. If you’re in Melbourne, I’m running a workshop and speaking at the Wisdom & Action Forum alongside Nora Bateson, Tyson Yunkaporta and Julia Kim on April 1-3. “Where do we go from here?” If we thought we knew the answer, we’d be lying to ourselves.
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Feb 23, 2025 | 
beiner.substack.com | Alexander Beiner |Liv Boeree |Jamie Wheal |Bruce Damer
Wonderful Australian readers - I’m headed your way in March! On March 22nd I’ll be doing a ‘Crossroads’ screening and Q&A at the Byron Bay Theatre, hosted by Berry Liberman of Small Giants - get your tickets here, and we’ll be announcing more Australian events soon. Kainos launched a month ago, and has reminded me to be careful what I wish for. Kainos was created with the intention of gathering people to imagine new futures, uncover new ideas and inspire unapologetic hope in times of upheaval.
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Feb 7, 2025 | 
beiner.substack.com | Alexander Beiner
This week, we skirted the edges of implicit and explicit perception. Trish Blain and Schuyler Brown delivered beautiful sessions, and an emerging theme was how we can adapt and thrive in complexity by waking up to our subtle senses. Next week, we’re welcoming author Minna Salami and YouTuber Michael Phillip (Third Eye Drops). Looking ahead, we have sessions with poker pro and YouTuber Liv Boeree, and polymath futurist Jordan Hall. Next week’s sessions are the most eclectic to date.