Episode 4 - Gary F. Bengier

A conversation with Gary F. Bengier, writer, philosopher, technologist and SFI Board Member, and the author of the award-winning SF novel Unfettered Journey.

Show Notes

Making Sense of Complexity features conversations with complexity science practitioners and philosophers on the deep and fascinating findings of complexity science. How do we make sense of the uncertain and seemingly incomprehensible world we live in? Hosted by George Gantz, the production is a collaboration with Spiral Inquiry, Planksip, Talk of Today, and Complexity Weekend, and is produced by True Spectrum Media.

Today our guest is Gary F. Bengier, writer, philosopher, and technologist, and the author of the award-winning SF novel Unfettered Journey.  Gary is a board member with the Santa Fe Institute.  He has an MBA from Harvard and has worked worked in a variety of Silicon Valley tech companies, including eBay, where he served as CFO.  Gary subsequently turned to the study of astrophysics and philosophy, earning an MA in Philosophy from San Francisco State, in order to address the eternal question of how to live a balanced, meaningful life in a rapidly evolving technological world.

Collaborator Links:
Spiral Inquiry: https://spiralinquiry.org
Planksip: https://www.planksip.org
Talk of Today: https://www.samhbarton.com/podcast 

Complexity Weekend: https://www.complexityweekend.com
True Spectrum Media/Cray Novick: https://linktr.ee/cameracray

What is Making Sense of Complexity with George Gantz?

Have you ever wondered why the world seems so complex and chaotic? How do we make sense of it all? This new video/audio podcast series, “Making Sense of Complexity”, will feature conversations with complexity science practitioners and philosophers on the deep and fascinating findings of complexity science. How do we make sense of the uncertain and seemingly incomprehensible world we live in. Hosted by George Gantz, the production is a collaboration with Spiral Inquiry, Planksip, Talk of Today, and Complexity Weekend, and is produced by True Spectrum Media.

We may not resolve the key philosophical questions of causation, free will, consciousness, ethics, the nature of reality, the limits of evidence, the basis of belief or the meaning of life. But we hope to get a better understanding of complexity science and offer some ideas of how to make sense of the world we live in.

Episodes are posted on the 1st and 15th of every month.