Eliott Edge: Magic and Mocktails | Team Human Podcast w/ Douglas Rushkoff ep. 327

Eliott Edge revisits his first book, Three Essays in Virtual Reality, while giving us a sneak preview of his thinking for his upcoming opus on Simulation theory. Edge is a critically-acclaimed author, artist, and international speaker. Edge has published and presented through The Institute of Ethics and Emerging Technologies, The University of Melbourne, Stevens Institute of Technology, Anthology Film Archives, The C.G. Jung Center, The Fenris Wolf, The Museum of Computer Arts, VRTO, Block Seoul, and Disinformation.

00:00 Intro
02:53 Procedurally generated simulations
04:54 AI’s role in simulations
09:18 Philosophical ontology and consciousness
28:30 VR as a metaphor for life
37:37 Consciousness and decision-making
38:23 The evolution of consciousness and simulation
39:41 The role of pain and suffering in consciousness
46:38 Psychedelics expanding consciousness
01:04:45 The power of placebo
01:07:11 Mocktails and simulated experiences

Names cited:
Ayn Rand, Bob Monroe, Nick Bostrom, Carlos Castaneda, Charles Eisenstein, Chris Anderson, Daniel Dennett, David Graeber, Elon Musk, Frank Zappa, Jeffrey Epstein, John Ellis, Kurt Gödel, Lawrence Krauss, Nick Land, Peter Thiel, Rupert Sheldrake, Susan Blackmore, Thomas Campbell, Walter Kirn, Zoltan Istvan

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