In Search of the Third Attractor, Daniel Schmachtenberger (part 2)

Where are we headed as a species? What is the landscape of risks and challenges that we need to confront over the next decades, and are there a small number of key factors that we need to solve to avoid catastrophe?

These are the questions Daniel Schmachtenberger is laying out in a new two part series on Rebel Wisdom, called 'In Search of the Third Attractor'.

As he describes it, the power of ever increasing technological capacity (exponential tech) means that both destructive and creative capacities are increasing exponentially. Two of the most likely outcomes (attractors) are either some kind of chaotic breakdown, or the development of powerful control systems in response, oppressive authoritarian control.

Given this, what does a third option, a 'third attractor' look like?

TIMECODES:

UNDERSTANDING THE PROBLEM: 00:00:00

BENEVOLENT DICTATORSHIP DOESN'T WORK: 00:06:21

HYPER AGENTS: 00:15:06

GREAT GAME OF POWER: 00:26:55

EGREGORES: 00:34:38

TECHNOLOGY & ETHICS: 00:42:50

TECHNOLOGY CHANGES SOCIETY: 00:49:45

INFRASTRUCTURE, SOCIAL STRUCTURE, SUPERSTRUCTURE: 00:59:49

WISDOM OF GODS: 01:13:14

EDUCATION: 01:30:40

CLOSING THOUGHTS: 01:42:08

[tobyharper]

Wow, my first real meeting with Daniel Schmactenberger. What a trip, i'm going to rewatch these more and more. The ending thoughts did exactly as he had hoped, they provided a clarity to a intuitive feeling I have had for a while. I'm 27, very confused about the state of the world, I have no real trust in any direction being offered by the world, and I'm desperate to be of use somewhere to something that provides a real road map of sorts to a future worth working towards, thank you Daniel and Rebel Wisdom for steering me in a direction that feels more trustworthy than anything else I've seen so far.

[justconfused]

RW is how I first found Daniel back in 2020. I have since listened to this mans voice for dozens of hours and shared his message with everyone who will listen. Thanks again 🙏🌸🌿

[jennysteves]

A superb analysis, and I am grateful to Daniel Schmachtenberger and Rebel Wisdom for the time and effort it took to share this with us.
However, I worry that an intellectual presentation, even one as deep and wide as this, and which even emphasizes the need for a tri-pole solution, reaches only a very specialized head audience. And I have no confidence in this head-oriented human group to solve our many predicaments.
Call it woo or silly, but I personally love that New Yorker cartoon depicting the scientific step in a long equation/proof, that pivotal and crucial pause, when ‘something magic occurs’.
I’m no spiritual bypasser. I’m fully collapse-aware, and have been so since childhood. I’ve looked upon the human society I’ve had to grow up in and accept with increasing incredulity and fear since I was 3. So much cruelty and shallow thinking. So little kindness. So little deep understanding of what matters.
I’m grateful for this beautiful presentation but it leaves me grieving. We need more heart, and a far deeper sacred understanding of purpose and meaning.

[zyman]

What a man. Lets together be better teachers to our childern so we and our kids can start building together a better world!

[heikeplanetarypatriot]

I am so heartened by people like Daniel. Takes our shared reality by the scruff of the neck, sits it down and questions it in a sincere quest for understanding in order to find commonality for better future paradigm shifts for improving everything to do with our collective and individual experience. Beautiful.

[Ghanzo]

His work unfolds like a book. I’m always excited to see his latest interview/article. Finally we’re starting to see some of the modeling of the solution space. Exciting

[joedavis]

All the wisest people of all times have said two things.. simplify, and look to nature.

[barbcarbon]

My mind come more and more alive every time I listen to Daniel. I am energized to seek solutions. Thank you.

[robtallon]

Hoping this (Part 2) gets promoted and made available to all soon. Daniel's style and the subjects of his consideration are critically important to humanity. I wish I could conceive of a method to get him in front of people as quickly and virally as the latest TikTok rapper.

[bahamutknight]

If Daniel were to design a board game, it would start like Risk/Axis and Allies but the goal of the game would be to change the rules mid-game to play an Infinite Game.

[occupyshotenzenjin]

Feeling blessed that I finished part 1 I could slide right into part 2 and hear more thinking on the third attractor itself once the problems are understood with a bit more clarity. What clarity describing this situation we find ourselves in! Thanks to all involved.

[dannybrown]

I hope one day Daniel writes a book, so that my grandchildren will have something to look back on when all of this is gone

[cyclicsamsara]

RW please make a discussion between Daniel and Iain McGilchrist happen

[ArtieTurner]

Thanks Rebel Wisdom for more great content. I think I could sense David Fuller sitting nearby, with pointed questions at the ready. Daniel's contrasting hyper agent images of an AI Overlord and the return of the messiah contain the seeds of another great Rebel Wisdom production. Spirituality vs Technology.

[allenwarren]

Your outline of a third attractor at 14:00-15:00 sounds to me like a description of Baha'i Administration. I appreciate deeply your dedication and commitment to sense making.

[antonyliberopoulos]

Thank you Daniel. You are going deep into the problems we face as a species. Governments and Institutions should take notice.

[gillbeatsisback]

It pays off to search youtube weekly for Daniel, thank the gods for advanced searching, and his mind that expands yours with every sentence

[cherrytreepermaculture]

Still working through part 1. Daniel is one of the best modern thinkers.

[DeepDish]

I love this man. Let us all promote and support him all the way. And by the way… Is that lamp being crooked bothering anybody else?

[PeeGee]

Brilliant, brave and thought provoking.