Alexander Beiner
@AlexanderBeiner
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Author of 'The Bigger Picture’. Co-director of Breaking Convention. Writing on https://t.co/5vpjJsr89A
London
Joined March 2015
It's finally here! My first book 'The Bigger Picture: How psychedelics can help us make sense of the world' publishes today around the world. Get your copy from Amazon, Waterstones, Barnes and Noble, Audible and other retailers listed on my website https://t.co/9xAdpehmw5
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Leviathan, by @AlexanderBeiner On why trust is breaking down and how to fix it. https://t.co/JwRCP0hJu6
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New Psychedelics Today episode with Alexander Beiner is out now. We get into psychedelics, culture, power, and how these experiences can shift the systems we’re part of. Listen here: https://t.co/XJn0MDXlJK
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a great Nate Soares/@MIRIBerkeley interview. Thank you @AlexanderBeiner !
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We've amputated the sacred dimension of reality and yet the wound still bleeds. But that realization (painful though it is) can become a turning point. It gestures toward a deeper mode of attunement: Religio The sacred binding that connects us to reality in all its depth and
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Alexander Beiner - The Bigger Picture: How Psychedelics Can Help Us Make Sense of the World
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At the root of the human predicament is the inversion of the hierarchy between abstraction/parts and embodiment/whole. That's the diagnosis of brilliant psychiatrist @dr_mcgilchrist, and the thesis of Leviathan — a powerful new documentary by @AlexanderBeiner. Specifically:
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YT algo suggested a channel called Kainos with some dudes named @dr_mcgilchrist @AlexanderBeiner talking about the state of "things." Never heard of either, but the conversation covered some truly relevant topics. Very interesting. Nice Work!!! Keep it up!!! ⭐️ { all <3 ||
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We tend to think that if we just adopt the right beliefs—we’ll somehow reconnect with the sacred. But this arises from a fundamental misunderstanding of the condition we find ourselves in: The Enlightenment radically transformed the very grammar by which we once oriented
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Disconnected Abstraction has overtaken 'Touching Grass' for millenia.. and it's slowly become catastrophic. My quick summary of Leviathan — a new, thought-provoking doco. How do we get back into Right Relation with the living world? How far back does this Wrong Story go?
'Leviathan' is my first feature-length documentary, starring @yanisvaroufakis, @NoraBateson, @rushkoff, Minna Salami and John Vervaeke. Exploring our social, economic, and technological reality to reveal how we can transform systems. Premiering on the Kainos Substack on June 26.
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you should watch @AlexanderBeiner's film it names the egregore most upstream of the metacrisis (even more important than Moloch): Leviathan, disconnected abstraction weaves together interviews from @DrJohnVervaeke @NoraBateson @rushkoff @yanisvaroufakis...
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This project from @AlexanderBeiner looks great. Check out the trailer.
'Leviathan' is my first feature-length documentary, starring @yanisvaroufakis, @NoraBateson, @rushkoff, Minna Salami and John Vervaeke. Exploring our social, economic, and technological reality to reveal how we can transform systems. Premiering on the Kainos Substack on June 26.
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'Leviathan' is my first feature-length documentary, starring @yanisvaroufakis, @NoraBateson, @rushkoff, Minna Salami and John Vervaeke. Exploring our social, economic, and technological reality to reveal how we can transform systems. Premiering on the Kainos Substack on June 26.
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Speaking at @breakingcon, @AlexanderBeiner proposed that traditional leadership models are failing and argued that what is needed in moments of profound uncertainty is a “shamanic” mode of navigating reality. Read more: https://t.co/0FAQd9NZ80
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@AlexanderBeiner will be speaking at our conference this April! Tickets and more info: https://t.co/UDFybApAfX
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If anyone wants a free month subscription to Kainos, message me.
Announcing Kainos. In a time of upheaval, we tell stories that help people make sense of chaos and imagine new futures. Our films, articles and experiences blend cultural sensemaking with hope, imagination and impact.
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"We need to drop the question of ‘What should we do?’ If we knew that, we would have done it. Instead, we can ask, ‘What kind of people do we need to become?’"- @AlexanderBeiner
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"This may be the most significant lesson of the UnitedHealthcare assassination. The cloud isn’t real. Νor is corporate messaging. Human beings & the things we create are what’s real, & the source of true change comes from flesh and bone, breath&spirit"
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Announcing Kainos. In a time of upheaval, we tell stories that help people make sense of chaos and imagine new futures. Our films, articles and experiences blend cultural sensemaking with hope, imagination and impact.
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@AlexanderBeiner critiques unaccountability and explores how technofeudalism and new tactics are reshaping resistance movements. Time to rethink civil resistance for #SystemicChange. #Accountability #Activism 🔗 https://t.co/DBVn2qdHtX
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