Do Explain with Christofer Lövgren Christofer Lövgren
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Do Explain is a conversational podcast centered around questions of individual and collective human progress. Originally inspired by the visionary worldview of David Deutsch, the podcast has expanded into a lighthearted exploration of growth and progress in all its forms. Common discussion topics include the nature of mind, meaning, and knowledge; technologies of personal transformation; and the future of human flourishing. Hosted by the irrevocably curious d******d, Christofer Lövgren.
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#56 - Relationship in Dzogchen, with Charlie Awbery
Christofer and meditation coach Charlie Awbery speak about their article 'Relating as beneficent space' in this episode of Do Explain. They discuss fixed patterns in interaction, psychological vs. Vajrayana perspective, Rigpa, accurate response, extraception, basic okayness, and other related topics.Charlie Awbery is a British born Vajrayana meditation coach, living in the US. They have a ton of experience in traditional Vajrayana - decades of practice, retreats, and application in ordinary l...
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#55 - Pointing Out Instructions in Dzogchen, with Charlie Awbery
Christofer and meditation coach Charlie Awbery speak about Dzogchen in this episode of Do Explain. They discuss different types of non-duality, spontaneity, spacious presence, Rigpa, emptiness and form, pointing out instructions, Evolving Ground, and other related topics.Charlie Awbery is a British born Vajrayana meditation coach, living in the US. They have a ton of experience in traditional Vajrayana - decades of practice, retreats, and application in ordinary life - that they bring to thei...
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#54 - Critical Rationalism 2.0, with Lucas Smalldon
Christofer and science writer Lucas Smalldon speak about epistemology in this episode of Do Explain. They discuss how Lucas found Critical Rationalism, his evolved version as different from David Deutsch's, knowledge as adapted information, universal epistemology vs. 'knowing different things are different', Seinfeld and It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia, the importance of feeling ones feelings, and other related topics.Lucas Smalldon is a student of critical rationalism. His blog, barelymore...
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#53 - [The Chapman Series, Pt.6] Hot Tub Time Machine
This is part 6 of a series where Christofer investigates the ideas of David Chapman with his friend Jake Orthwein. The material covered is mainly from Chapman's two books: 'Meaningness' (meaningness.com) and 'In the Cells of the Eggplant' (metarationality.com).In the sixth episode Lulie Tanett joins the conversation again to dive deeper into meta-rationality. They talk about truth and correspondence, evolution, brains in vats, abstract propositions fairy land, the frame problem in AI, what ma...
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#52 - [The Chapman Series, Pt.5] POPPER WHY HAVE YOU FORSAKEN ME
This is part 5 of a series where Christofer investigates the ideas of David Chapman with his friend Jake Orthwein. The material covered is mainly from Chapman's two books: 'Meaningness' (meaningness.com) and 'In the Cells of the Eggplant' (metarationality.com).In the fifth episode Lulie Tanett joins the conversation to compare her current (critical) rationalist position with the meta-rational one. They talk about the historical lineage that CR grew out of, why Descarted f****d up philosophy f...
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#51 - Everything Everywhere All at Once, with Jonny Miller
Christofer and nervous system specialist Jonny Miller speak about the path to authenticity in this episode of Do Explain. They discuss a recent Sacred Sons-retreat, the role of emotions in decision making, being vulnerable, circling, working with inner 'darkness', effective altruism, ethics, how emotional fluidity is a superpower, meaning, Christopher Bache's LSD-insights, reason, whether healing requires other people, and other related topics.Jonny Miller is an emotional resilience researche...
Customer Reviews
Delightful, Constructive and Optimistic
Refreshingly optimistic ... Chris and his colorful array of guests undertake stimulating explorations of complex and important topics with a sense of humor, sincerity, fallibility and optimism ... my favorite podcast !
Fascinating and Funny: Five Stars
Do Explain is a great podcast that presents insightful and interesting conversations centered on themes of knowledge and progress. Despite the headiness of some of the philosophical topics that Christofer and his guests discuss, the podcast manages to stay light with lots of jokes and charming personalities.
Optimistic, Hilarious & Inspiring!
Awesome podcast on epistemology and rational optimism, with a good sense of humor to boot! 😆