Systems Thinking Ep. 5 - Narratives and Metamodernism (Modern Philosophy)
In this in-depth video, the topic of narratives is explored comprehensively. Narratives are defined as the stories we use to make sense of the world.
Different types of narratives are explained, including mythic, religious, cautionary tales, cultural memory, values, political commentary, and scientific narratives. The importance of narratives in human cognition, evolution, and coordinating complex societies is analyzed.
The video then dives deep into metamodernism - characterized by the systematic deconstruction and reconstruction of narratives in light of globalism and the internet. The goal of metamodernism is described as alleviating cognitive dissonance by advancing nuanced narratives and moving to an emergent model of reality.
Key metamodernist concepts covered include:
- Epistemic tribes
- The emergence model of reality with ontological strata
- Bringing narratives from unconscious to conscious
- Hypernarratives
The video concludes by examining current narratives like anti-communism, neoliberalism, AI extinction risk, and the metacrisis through a metamodern lens.
2023-10-18T18:43:17Z1280
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