Life Itself Research

We are a research collective exploring paths to a Second Renaissance and awakening societies 🌻. Our research approach is set out in detail here but in short we're interested in (among other things)

Research exploring theories of cultural evolution towards wiser societies, building on the Second Renaissance White Papers.
Research generating accessible summaries or narratives to help these theories gain traction.
Research involved in mapping the ecosystem

Keep up-to-date

In this substack we’ll be sharing our ongoing research outputs - including both writings, publications and recordings of our weekly meetings.

Get involved

Come to one of the weekly hangouts which take place on Friday at 5pm European. Details in the community calendar. If you're a good fit, you can then request to join the Research Whatsapp group, with plenty more opportunities for collaboration on research outputs.

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Exploring paths to a Second Renaissance

People

Jonah Wilberg

@thewiderangle

Philosopher and interdisciplinary thinker, co-lead of the Life Itself Research collective, curator of the Second Renaissance initiative and host of Second Renaissance London gatherings.

Rufus Pollock

@rufuspollock

Co-founder of Life Itself