Science & Technology Archives – Integral Life

Caught in the Algorithmic Undertow

Bruce Alderman — Fri, 04 Apr 2025 19:22:19 +0000

Bruce Alderman and Josh Leonard explore the slow, invisible pull of digital systems — algorithms, platforms, attention economies — that subtly yet profoundly shape our beliefs, behaviors, and social worlds.

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AQAL Topology: An Introduction to Integral Geography and Spatiality

Brian Eddy — Sun, 25 Jun 2023 05:12:00 +0000

This article introduces some of the basic elements of Integral Geography as both theory and practice for applying the AQAL framework to the study of the world. A historical overview elaborates what geography is, how it evolved as a discipline, and how geographers frame a number of key dimensions of inquiry in studying both the human and natural world. These key dimensions are then situated in relation to the AQAL framework and are used to reveal how space, spatiality, and topology are intrinsic to the AQAL map and Integral Theory in general.

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Subtle Energies Viewed from Four Quadrants

Simon Senzon — Sat, 17 Jun 2023 16:26:00 +0000

This article explores the discipline of subtle energies by using the four quadrants of Integral Theory as a central framework. It offers a way to integrate the disparate views of subtle energies from the traditional descriptions of mystics, saints, yogis, and healers with the leading edge research in the life and health sciences in regards to the subtle energies within and around the living system.

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Ontological Shock: The Accelerating Emergence of Artificial Intelligence

Robb Smith — Tue, 09 May 2023 20:51:00 +0000

Robb Smith joins co-hosts Bruce Alderman and Corey deVos in our first episode of Integral Life’s new AI series, where together they grapple with the profound "ontological shock" and societal transformation prompted by the emergence of AI, exploring its impact across education, personal lives, and organizations. They delve into the potential risks and benefits of AI, its role in discourse shaping, the evolving perceptions of AI, and the transformative potential of AI-aided technologies, all while weaving in spiritual insights and invoking a deeper understanding of our interconnectedness in this transformative age.

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We’re Hoping AIs Will Answer Our Deepest Spiritual Question. They Can’t.

Robb Smith — Wed, 21 Dec 2022 21:52:41 +0000

If we can create an AI that seems fully conscious, what does it mean for our place in the universe? Are we really conscious? If we can basically replicate consciousness, how special can life be? How special can our own lives be?

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The Maturing Test: How Developed Is the World’s Most Advanced AI?

Robb Smith — Tue, 20 Dec 2022 00:00:29 +0000

We just assessed GPT-3, the world’s most advanced sentence-generating Artificial Intelligence, using Susanne Cook Greuter's testing methodology. What did we learn, and what are the possible consequences for humanity? Watch to find out!

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Inhabit: Your Speech

Corey deVos — Tue, 26 Apr 2022 18:42:27 +0000

What are the unique challenges that prevent you from inhabiting your most authentic and embodied voice, and how can integral thought and practice help us to overcome those challenges — in our society, in our communities, and in our own consciousness? Watch as Ryan and Corey take a look at a recent article by Jonathan Haidt, and explore how we can bring more "enfoldment mechanisms" to our activities in all four quadrants.

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The Data and Methodologies of Integral Science

Kurt Koller — Sun, 20 Feb 2022 22:09:41 +0000

This essay introduces a methodology for Integral Science called Integral Methodological Pluralism (IMP). Tracing the development of epistemological and ontological relationships in the writings of Ken Wilber, the paper demonstrates how such a methodology might be applied. I consider Wilber’s elucidations of three core principles of valid knowledge (injunction, apprehension, and consensual validation) along with three essential elements of an IMP (nonexclusion, enfoldment, and enactment).

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Morphic Fields and Holomorphic Info-Entropy

Ken Wilber — Wed, 15 Dec 2021 20:03:18 +0000

There was a recent article published by The Resonance Science Foundation that sounds like indirect evidence for some form of subtle energy phenomena, and seems to support Rupert Sheldrake’s theory of subtle energies. Are we describing subtle forms of mass-energy here? Are “morphogenetic fields” — which are “informational fields” by definition — congruent with Ken’s understanding of subtle fields?

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Subtle Energy, Artificial Intelligence, and WiFi

Ken Wilber — Wed, 15 Dec 2021 19:57:57 +0000

Knowing that these energy fields are likely correlated with particular levels of complexity, what does this say for something like Artificial Intelligence? Is it possible to create algorithms that are sufficiently complex to generate and transmit these fields? And what about wifi fields? Could we think of these almost like a rudimentary form of subtle energy?

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