Notes On Complexity – Smithsonian Associate, Dr. Neil Theise
The Not Old Better Show, Smithsonian Associates Interview Series
Welcome to The Not Old Better Show, Smithsonian Associates, Art of Living interview series on radio and podcast. I’m Paul Vogelzang, and as part of our Smithsonian Associates, Art Of Living interview series, we have an amazing interview with Smithsonian Associate Dr. Neil Theise, author of the excellent new book Notes on Complexity: Connection, Consciousness, and Being. Dr. Neil Theise will be appearing at Smithsonian Associates coming up, so please check out website for more details about Smithsonian Associate Dr. Neil Theise, the title of his Smithsonian Associates presentation is Notes on Complexity: Connection, Consciousness, and Being
Thank you so much for listening. We’ve got a great guest today, whom I’ll introduce in just a moment. But, quickly, if you missed any episodes, last week was our 711th episode when I spoke to actor and star of the hit TV show ‘Barry,’ Henry Winkler. Two weeks ago, Smithsonian Associate Chris Thorogood, author of the excellent new book Chasing Plants, Journeys with a Botanist through Rainforests, Swamps, and Mountains. Excellent subjects for our Not Old Better Show audience. If you missed those shows, along with any others, you can go back and check them out with my entire back catalog of shows, all free for you, there on our website, NotOld-Better.com. You can Google Not Old Better and get everything you need about us!
Our guest today, Smithsonian Associate Dr. Neil Theise, says that nothing in the universe is more complex than life. Dr. Theise will tell us today that throughout the skies, in oceans, and across lands, life is endlessly on the move. In its myriad forms—from cells to human beings, social structures, and ecosystems—life is open-ended, evolving, and unpredictable, yet adaptive and self-sustaining.
Complexity theory, from Dr. Theise’s excellent new book Notes on Complexity: Connection, Consciousness, and Being, addresses the mysteries that animate science, philosophy, and metaphysics: how this teeming array of existence, from the infinitesimal to the infinite, is a seamless living whole and what our place, as conscious beings, is within it.
Physician, scientist, and philosopher Neil Theise tells us today about this “theory of being,” one of the pillars of modern science, and its holistic view of human existence. He notes the surprising underlying connections within a universe that is itself one vast complex—between ant colonies and the growth of forests, cancer and economic bubbles, the buzz of starlings and crowds walking down the street.
Please join me in welcoming to The Not Old Better Show, Smithsonian Associates, Art of Living interview series on radio and podcast Smithsonian Associate Dr. Neil Theise,
My thanks to Smithsonian Associate Dr. Neil Theise for his time today. Please check out the website for more details about Smithsonian Associate Dr. Neil Theise, and his upcoming presentation. The title of his Smithsonian Associates presentation is Notes on Complexity: Connection, Consciousness, and Being Please check out Dr. Theise’s new book titled after his presentation Notes on Complexity: Connection, Consciousness, and Being. My thanks, always, to the Smithsonian team for all they do to support the show. My thanks to you, my wonderful Not Old Better Show audience on radio and podcast. Please be well, be safe, and let’s talk about better: The Not Old Better Show. Remember, just Google Not Old Better for everything you need to know about us. Thanks, everybody, and we’ll see you next week.