Ken Wilber: Integral Wisdom on Media & Storytelling

Ken Wilber is one of the most expansive philosophers of modern times.

He’s considered a meta-philosopher — because he’s done the extraordinary work of integrating disparate fields of knowledge into overarching frameworks. He’s integrated the Buddha with Freud, and more broadly, Eastern wisdom with Western psychology. He’s taken the rich tapestry of human wisdom, and woven it together into a unified map of reality.

Ken is an intellectual hero of mine, and the patron saint of much of my life’s work. (In my late teens, I used to call myself a “promiscuous pragmatic pluralist,” until I discovered “integral” 😉) And lucky for me, I recently got to sit down with him for a rich conversation at his home in Denver.

As an integrally-inspired producer and storyteller, I did something a little different: instead of conducting a typical interview about integral theory, I asked for Ken’s integral feedback on some of my current and upcoming productions — including The Anti-Debate. In that spirit, our conversation is less of a theoretical interview and more of a dynamic brainstorm — applying Ken’s integral wisdom to my creative sense-making projects.

There’s a bit of a wind-up, but stay with it. Whether you’re new to Ken’s work or have been studying integral theory for decades, you’ll get a rare glimpse of one of the great integrative minds of our time:

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