It has been another rich year of programming at the CSWR, much of it centering around the Transcendence and Transformation initiative – about to enter its third year. We were pleased to host a fascinating cohort of T&T affiliates, including visiting scholars, post-doctoral fellows, and research associates.
Considerable attention has been directed to the possibility of a technological singularity when artificial intelligences “wake up” and start acting in their own self-interest. Long before then, however, humanity will confront an ethical singularity—a point at which the evaluation of values systems acquires infinite value.
Drawing on Buddhist resources, this talk makes the case that our prospects of realizing more humane global futures depends on changing how we are present and developing both capacities for and commitments to compassionate ethical creativity.
Christopher White, professor and chair of the religion department at Vassar College, examines the higher-dimensional time theories of the British aviator and writer John Dunne.... Read more about Video: The Spacetime of Dreams
On Monday, March 5, at 5:30 PM, Christopher White will give a lecture at the CSWR entitled "The Spacetime of Dreams." White, Professor and Chair of the Religion Department at Vassar College, will examine the higher-dimensional time theories of the British aviator and writer John Dunne, whose widely-read Experiment with Time (1927) offered anecdotal evidence that dreams and other visionary experiences allowed people to perceive events from the future.... Read more about The Spacetime of Dreams: An Interview with Christopher White
