Welcoming Cadell Last, Simon van der Els, Valeria Ferreira, and Jurnee Manu for a Voicecraft Network Freeform session. Freeform sessions invite a praxis of philosophical jazz. Access the shownotes & learn more about Voicecraft podcasts, events, courses and membership network @ https://www.voicecraft.io/content/e107-beyond-left-right-politics-freedom-systemic-influence-freeform-session --- 00:00 - Introduction 00:30 - Cadell Last on the Left / Right Divide & the limits of the Nation-State + Christian revival 08:30 - Swarm Intelligence in the context of Ecology & Capitalism 14:50 - Politics, Culture & Niche Construction 15:30 - Hegel's conception of an ethical system of governance 20:00 - Introducing the notion of organism in thinking new forms of global governance 25:37 - Deepening notions of regulation and authority, in the context of scale and multiple levels of participation in complexity 28:30 - Art & Beauty, and the Esoteric / Exoteric in relation to cultural transformation 30:30 - East / West / Daoism / Christianity 34:39 - Bringing back in the biological metaphor 42:00 - Radicalising the notion of emergence in the context of technology 46:04 - Exploring the Difference Between Christianity and Taoism 55:38 - Reconnecting with the Spirit of Indigeneity in the Context of Big History 59:41 - Oligarchs & Inter-Elite conflict 01:13:20 - The Limits of Understanding & Going Beyond Capital 01:22:11 - Reviving Different Fields of Value Listen to the full intro song by Cantrips titled 'The Big Break' @ https://youtu.be/Qaj-stBL4W0 The indigenous Songman mentioned in the second half of the conversation is named Ngulmya. His music can be found here: https://youtu.be/b_piL8W0UKM