This is a ~1 hour conversation on the future of mental health from the perspective of the diverse intelligence field, with Alexey Tolchinsky (https://scholar.google.com/citations?hl=en&user=tiBKmrsAAAAJ&view_op=list_works&sortby=pubdate), Anthony Weiss (https://www.anthonypweiss.com/about-anthony-weiss), and Chris Fields (https://chrisfieldsresearch.com/).

CHAPTERS:

(00:00) Psychiatry's stalled progress

(04:54) Faulty mental models

(11:36) Tools and treatment goals

(24:06) Nonlinear living systems

(31:21) Energy shaping agency

(41:51) Technology entangles minds

(53:08) Effort and agentic models

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This is a ~1 hour working meeting with Thomas Pollak (https://www.kcl.ac.uk/people/thomas-pollak, https://drtompollak.substack.com/) and David King (https://profiles.stanford.edu/361883, https://breakingconvention.co.uk/performers/dave-king) about the intersection of neuroscience, mental health, and diverse intelligence research.

CHAPTERS:

(00:00) Agency in psychiatry

(05:14) Mental real estate

(10:31) Internal agency mechanics

(21:43) Dissociation and multiplicity

(30:04) Interfaces and inspiration

(38:43) Signals and prostheses

(48:18) Psychedelics and entities

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This is a ~54 minute talk titled "Diverse Intelligence: a new frontier for Origins, Possibilities, and Diseases of the Mind(s)" which I gave for an audience composed of mental health professionals and neuroscientists.

CHAPTERS:

(00:00) Roadmap and stakes

(04:13) Minds as continuum

(08:04) Diverse intelligence framework

(11:12) Biological plasticity examples

(18:18) Morphogenesis as intelligence

(22:31) Multiscale cellular agency

(26:39) Anatomical problem solving

(32:40) Ancient bioelectric networks

(35:34) Communicating somatic goals

(42:02) Cancer and medicine

(46:37) Novel living agents

(51:56) Ethics and summary

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Blog: https://thoughtforms.life

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