An altered state of consciousness can lead to mystical and transformative experiences that change us forever. Jason silva was born in richmond, ky and grew up in louisville. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading the tale of edgar trunk. A beautiful cathedral, a beautiful painting, a beautiful songall of those are ecstatic visions held in stasis. Jason silva is an emmynominated and world renown tv personality, storyteller, filmmaker, and soughtafter keynote speaker and futurist. These questions can help them, and us, focus on the good things in life. Jason silva is an apostle of the future and hes looking to make converts. Quotes authors jason silva biology all jason silva quotes about biology consciousness, when its unburdened by the body, is something thats ecstatic. The atlantic describes silva as a timothy leary of the viral video age. Jason silva storyteller, futurist, keynote speaker. This magnificent books illustrates how the exponential growth curves. Nuclear fission, meanwhile, is our attempt to steal fire from the gods and a story so muddled that there are few left among us with an unbiased opinionwhich is problematic since, well, the future of our species might depend on those opinions. Jay jason silva, 50, of shelton sheltonderby, ct a u.
Jason silva, a self described media artist, futurist, philosopher, keynote. When humans transcend biology by ray kurzweil, the immortalist by a. Under the tutelage of the towering and monstrous uncle warnock, he has lived life knowing only the joys of the occasional book until warnock finds and burns it and the camaraderie. Jason luis silva born february 6, 1982 is a venezuelan american television personality, filmmaker, futurist, philosopher, and public speaker. The extensions of man by marshall mcluhan, the proper study of mankind by isaiah berlin, atlas shrugged by ayn rand, the beginning of infinity. I dont teach psych or biology, but use them after weve been hitting it hard and heavy for a while or on short days. Jason silva is the author of the tale of edgar trunk 4. My latest, abundance, was inspired by peter diamandis book of the. Books recommended by thomas sowell bookadvice reading list. The world has been transformed by information technology. The denial of death by ernest becker, mans search for. Books recommended by jason silva book recommendation.
Jason silva moreira2 biology department, clark university. The greater good science center studies the psychology, sociology, and neuroscience of wellbeing, and teaches skills that foster a thriving, resilient, and compassionate society. The arch of complexity and openended creation in the last four billion years is nothing compared to what lies ahead. Dogs seems to implicitly understand the meaning of life as curiosity, play and love. I think one of the both liberating and terrifying prospects from synthetic biology for example is that you are going to have all of these do it yourself biosynthetic labs where people are going to be playing with. Filmmaker, aesthetic philosopher and ecstatic futurist jason silva who spoke at singularity summit 2011 articulates his call for passion and artistic sensibility to inform ideation and. Jason is known for hosting 5 seasons of the emmynominated, global hit tv series brain games, on the national geographic channel, broadcasted in over 171 countries. Americanvenezuelan television personality jason silva. This episode of the future of everything series with jason silva, he discusses the digitization of biology and its future biotech implications on. He is known for hosting national geographic documentaries. Navy veteran, he was a retired bridgeport police officer, an avid new york yankee fan and a music enthusiast. Jason silva jason luis silva is a television personality, filmmaker, and public speaker.
Jason luis silva born february 6, 1982 is a venezuelanamerican television personality, filmmaker, futurist, philosopher, and public speaker. Nuclear fusion is gods fire, both the fuel that powers the stars and the allstar light in let there be light. Books recommended by jason silva bookadvice reading list. Jason silva on singularity, synthetic biology and a desire to transcend human boundaries thats what we do with all of our art. Jason silva on the power of the mind to create your reality. Jason silva love good you long look at the evidence and to be willing to question your own truths, and to be willing to scrutinize things that you hold dearly because that way, that transparency, that selfawareness, will protect you from ever becoming somebody that whose beliefs somehow make them have myopic vision about what could be. When humans transcend biology by ray kurzweil, the immortalist by alan harrington, the denial of d. When humans transcend biology, the immortalist, the denial of death, where good ideas come from. Experiences change our biology we are as gods, says. Abundance published on february 21, 2012 is a book about how we can rise to meet the worlds challenges and achieve a future of abundance through exponenti. Book 1 is a mystery adventure about edgar, who has been orphaned since age 1 and spent most of his ten years in a horrible sludge factory.
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Richard dawkins famously wrote this is a dazzling thing to contemplate. A timothy leary for the viral video age meet jason silva, the fasttalking, mediasavvy performance philosopher who wants you to love the ecstatic future of your mind. Biotechnology future of everything with jason silva. Biotechnology future of everything with jason silva part 4. Jason silva biology is software that builds its own. Explanations that transform the world by david deutsch, what technology wants by kevin kel. Join jason silva every week as he freestyles his way into the complex systems of society, technology and human existence and discusses the truth and beauty of science in a form of existential jazz. Jason silva on the power of the mind to create your reality if you married jazz with philosophy and filmed it, you would get todays guest on the school of greatness. Jason silva biography affair, single, ethnicity, nationality married biography who is jason silva. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. A timothy leary for the viral video age the atlantic. His first book the tale of edgar trunk won two gold moonbeam childrens book award, as well as.
Powered by create your own unique website with customizable templates. Pages public figure jason silva videos biology is software that builds its own hardware. In the latest installment of singularity universitys new web series, future of everything with jason silva, silva discusses the digitization of biology. Jason silva, a self described media artist, futurist, philosopher, keynote speaker, and tv personality, is the host of discovery channels show brain games and the creator of the youtube channel shots of awe, where he uploads brief videos about philosophy, technology, and the future of the human race.
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