In Correspondence #42

Swedish adventures, Superhappiness and a special offer

Hi friends,

Welcome to another edition of In Correspondence. This weekend I will be participating in my second swimrun race, the ÖTILLÖ Sprint Final 15K – possibly during a thunderstorm! 🏊‍♂️🏃‍♂️⛈️

In the past month, I’ve continued to explore Sweden with Laura and friends, visiting the secluded desert island of Gotska Sandön, the cute Fjäderholmarna, the pilgrimage destination of Vadstena, and the elemental Gålö nature reserve.

On Wednesday I’ll be co-hosting the first Futurecraft Film Club at Blivande in Stockholm, a new, free event series where we’ll be screening future-flavoured films to feed the imagination. Why not start a film club where you are?

What do you really want, and how can you move towards it? 🤔

If you’d like some help answering this question, I have some coaching slots available. I trained in a coaching style called transformative coaching, which has a particular focus on exploring the inner world of beliefs, assumptions, values and expectations. £495 for 4 sessions – read more

You might also enjoy contemplating this list of questions from Daniel Schmachtenberger.

Technological Metamodernism & Practical AI

I’m running a four-week online course on Technological Metamodernism, 17th Sep – 8th Oct 2024 featuring special guests Hanzi Freinacht (Emil Ejner Friis), Ellie Hain, Alexander Beiner, Michael Garfield & Rufus Pollock. Listen to me discussing the course on the Buddhist Geeks podcast with Vince Horn

I’m also running a four-week Practical AI online course, designed to get you comfortable using the latest AI tools, 16th Sep – 7th Oct 2024. Read more and book your place

A special offer to subscribers: sign up as a Founding Member of this Substack and receive a free place on either of the courses above.

Knowledgegraph

Since last time, I’ve shared 49 items to my knowledgegraph. Some highlights:

• The QRI Guidebook to Superhappiness

• The good hacker: can Taiwanese activist turned politician Audrey Tang detoxify the internet?

• Bonny Tydeman on Soulful Leadership on the Dandelion podcast

I also finished the books Impact Networks: Create Connection, Spark Collaboration, and Catalyze Systemic Change and Ivan Illich’s Tools for Conviviality, and started UNUM: AI — God or Servant?.

My to-watch list includes:

• Unreasonably Effective AI with Demis Hassabis

• How AI and Democracy Can Fix Each Other | Divya Siddarth | TED

• Michael Johnson | Jhanas, Awakening and Vasocomputation

Upcoming picks on Dandelion

• Soulful Leadership: Free Workshop with Bonny Tydeman, online, 4 Sep

• Caress The Earth: A Dartmoor Medicine Walk with Alana Bloom, Devon, 8 Sep

• Ink Alchemy: The Art of Sacred Skin Marking with Alice Boydell, Devon, 10 Sep

• BETWEEN WORLDS | the philosophy, psychology and culture of decentralization, with Raven Connolly, Max Borders, Alexander Bard and friends, London, 11 Sep

• Epic Love: Free Event with Gaia Harvey Jackson, online, 11 Sep

• Fool Expression Introduction with Christine Animas, London, 28-29 Sep

• The 6 Hidden Patterns of History: A Sneak Peak and an Overwhelming Cascade of Facts and Fictions with Emil Ejner Friis (Metamoderna), online, 2-24 Nov

Until next time, mettā,
Stephen

p.s. I’ve turned on Substack’s chat feature for this publication and will be using it for paid-subscriber-only updates on more sensitive and speculative topics... 🤫🔒