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An old new dream: rebuilding society in the light of mystical insight

PS2023 Social Justice

Liana Gillooly, Justin Rosenstein

In this talk, we’ll explore how our transpersonal experiences can inform and catalyze desirable futures. How might our relationship with the sacred compel us toward new approaches to our livelihoods and communities? How can our evolving collective consciousness guide us in the formidable task of redesigning global power structures, to co-create more sacred, inclusive economies, polities, media, technologies, and AIs? Justin Rosenstein is the co-founder of One Project, an initiative working globally with communities to design, implement, and scale new forms of governance and economics that are equitable, ecological, and effective. Previously he co-founded Asana, Google Drive, and other technology initiatives.

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An old new dream: rebuilding society in the light of mystical insight

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