episode 158 | Jan 11, 2023 | 57min

The Invitation of the Crack

In this conversation with Dr. Bayo Akomolafe we explore the beliefs that underlie our collective culture, the epistemology of identity, hypo-subjects, the decentralization of humans, how the world is more than story and potential in the instability of our times.
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In this podcast we talk about:

04:30 Introducing Bayo
08:00 The world that exceeds story
11:00 The algorithms of human centrality
15:30 De-centering story
21:00 The hypo-subject
26:00 The invitation of the crack
33:00 The burden of post-activism
39:30 Making sanctuary
43:00 The epistemology of identity
47:30 The instability of this moment

About the Guest

Dr. Bayo Akomolafe

Dr. Bayo Akomolafe is a philosopher, psychologist, professor and poet renowned for his unconventional views on global crises, activism, and social change. He has taught at various international universities and currently lectures at Pacifica Graduate Institute and the University of Vermont. He sits on the Board of many organizations including Science and Non-Duality. Bayo is Executive Director and Chief Curator of The Emergence Network, author of These Wilds Beyond our Fences and We Will Tell our Own Story, and host of the online postactivist course, ‘We Will dance with Mountains’.

WEBSITE
https://www.bayoakomolafe.net/

About the Host

Joel Monk

Joel Monk is a leadership coach, educator and entrepreneur. He co-founded Coaches Rising, a company on the cutting edge of online coach training with a community of over 65,000 coaches. Coaches Rising programs regularly include participants from every continent on the planet and they have collaborated with some of the leading minds in the field of human development and coaching. Joel is also a leadership coach, coaching at companies such as THNK, Booking.com, Siemens and Naspers. Joel has designed and led several entrepreneurial and leadership development programs, at places such as Socionext, THNK and The Impact Hub Amsterdam.

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