Paul R. Fleischman is a scientist, author, and mediator. He joins us to discuss the experience of Wonder, including: A scientific definition of wonder. What happens to wonder in capitalism and bureaucracy? Why wonder makes for a bad employee (and why it's good to be a bad employee?). How a low-budget summer camp saved his life and sense of wonder. The inimitable sound of the Thrush. Wonder: how to use the word without destroying the phenomenon. The role of non-useful information in our lives. How to cultivate wonder. A short digression to dis William Blake. Intentionality: designing our life around wonder. Routinizing wonder and getting in ruts. Unconditional love, empathy, and mirror neurons. And much, much more… Some references from the interview: A brief biography of Paul: https://store.pariyatti.org/paul_fleischman Paul's book on Wonder: https://www.amazon.com/Wonder-When-World-Appears-Radiant/dp/1937650235 The song of the hermit thrush: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o0mATRdzZSc Whitman's poem starring the thrush (When lilacs last in the dooryard bloom'd): https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/45480/when-lilacs-last-in-the-dooryard-bloomd

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