Dr Mark Vernon – Spiritual Intelligence in an Age of Pervasive AI


How can spiritual intelligence help us in a world shaped by AI?

 

In an era of pervasive AI, Dante offers a way cultivating the types of intelligence that are squeezed out with the dominance of machine-thinking. His masterpiece, The Divine Comedy, presents a range of images and insights that foster our spiritual intelligence. Using a selection from the wonderful illustrations that portray the journey through hell, purgatory and paradise, as well as describing what happens to Dante as he travels and transforms, Mark Vernon will talk about Dante’s relevance for today, without presuming any prior knowledge.

About the speaker:

 

 

Dr Mark Vernon is a writer and psychotherapist. He contributes to and presents programmes on the radio, as well as writing for the national and religious press, and online publications. He also podcasts, in particular The Sheldrake-Vernon Dialogues with Rupert Sheldrake. He has a PhD in ancient Greek philosophy, and other degrees in physics and in theology, having studied at Durham, Oxford and Warwick universities. He is the author of several books, including Dante’s Divine Comedy: A Guide for the Spiritual Journey, and his latest book, Spiritual Intelligence in Seven Steps. For more information see www.markvernon.com.


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Wed, 25 October 2023
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7:00 pm - 8:30 pm

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    Mark Vernon
    Psychotherapist, Writer

    Dr Mark Vernon is a writer and psychotherapist. He contributes to and presents programmes on the radio, as well as writing for the national and religious press, and online publications. He also podcasts, in particular The Sheldrake-Vernon Dialogues with Rupert Sheldrake. He has a PhD in ancient Greek philosophy, and other degrees in physics and in theology, having studied at Durham, Oxford and Warwick universities. He is the author of several books, including Dante’s Divine Comedy: A Guide for the Spiritual Journey, and his latest book, Spiritual Intelligence in Seven Steps.

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