#11 Stephen Batchelor - Part 1

Daniel Hires is an activist, social entrepreneur, and ecosystem builder who currently serves as Chief Marketing Officer of the Inner Development Goals Foundation.Born in Asia and raised between Germany and the US, Daniel has been a prominent global voice for impact-driven innovation and collective leadership since 2010.For nearly two decades, he pioneered and co-founded initiatives that blended tech, innovation, sustainability, and human-centered design to drive meaningful change.As a father of a young daughter, Daniel dreams of a future where we regenerate the natural world, nurture our inner ecologies, and uplift our collective spirit. So in addition to his executive role, he facilitates transformational experiences, mentors young activists and impact entrepreneurs, and speaks globally on social innovation, collective leadership, and regenerative futures.

Audrey TangTIME100 Most Influential People in AI (2023), is Taiwan’s Cyber Ambassador and served as its first digital minister (2016-2024). A self-educated tech prodigy, Tang revitalized Haskell and Perl, co-founded g0v, and shaped platforms like vTaiwan. She aided the Sunflower Movement, helped shape Taiwan’s COVID-19 response, and protected its 2024 elections from cyber threats.

Kate Raworth (sounds like ‘Ray-worth’) is a renegade economist focused on making economics fit for 21st century realities. She is the creator of the Doughnut of social and planetary boundaries, and co-founder of Doughnut Economics Action Lab.Her internationally best-selling book Doughnut Economics: seven ways to think like a 21st century economist has been translated into over 20 languages and has been widely influential with diverse audiences, from the UN General Assembly to Pope Francis to Extinction Rebellion.Kate is a Senior Teaching Fellow at Oxford University’s Environmental Change Institute, where she teaches on the Masters in Environmental Change and Management. She is also Professor of Practice at Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences.Over the past 25 years, Kate’s career has taken her from working with micro-entrepreneurs in the villages of Zanzibar to co-authoring the Human Development Report for UNDP in New York, followed by a decade as Senior Researcher at Oxfam.She holds a first class BA in Politics, Philosophy and Economics, and an MSc in Economics for Development, both from Oxford University. She has been awarded honorary doctorates by the University of York, University College Dublin, KU Leuven, and Business School Lausanne. She is also a member of the Club of Rome and Honorary Fellow of the Royal Academy of the Arts.Kate has written extensively for media including The Guardian, The New Statesman, Newsweek.com, and Wired.com, and has contributed to many radio programmes including for BBC Radio 4, The World Service, ABC and NPR, as well as television including CNN World News, Al-Jazeera, BBC, ITV and CBC. Her 2018 TED talk has over 5 million views.She tweets on [email protected]

David Kennedy is Manley O. Hudson Professor of Law and Faculty Director of the Institute for Global Law and Policy at Harvard Law School where he teaches international law, international economic policy, legal theory, law and development and European law. His research uses interdisciplinary materials from sociology and social theory, economics and history to explore issues of global governance, development policy and the nature of professional expertise.

Jin Young Lim is the author of The Dao of Flow: A Journey to Discover the Ancient Wisdom of Water, a book that integrates classical texts with his experiences in Daoism, Zen, tea culture, agriculture, conservation, art, history, geography, politics, and social economics. He is a graduate of Waseda University, a Schwarzman Scholar, a Taijiquan instructor, and co-founder of the Spawo Foundation, a nonprofit working on holistic education, sustainability, health and wellness, and cultural preservation in the Himalayas. Jin Young is currently pursuing his PhD in East Asian Languages and Cultural Studies at UC Santa Barbara.

Joel H. Rosenthal is president of Carnegie Council for Ethics in International Affairs and the editor-in-chief of the Ethics & International Affairs journal published by Cambridge University Press. As a nonprofit leader and scholar, he works to empower ethical action, with a particular focus on U.S. foreign policy, issues of war and peace, human rights, and pluralism. Joel’s first book “Righteous Realists” is an examination of the political realists who shaped post-World War II America in the nuclear age. He received his Ph.D. from Yale University and BA from Harvard University. Please visit CarnegieCouncil.org and subscribe to the Carnegie Ethics Newsletter to access the latest content and events examining critical issues at the intersection of ethics and international affairs.

Christian Madsbjerg is an author, entrepreneur, and academic who focuses on the practical and commercial application of the Human Sciences. He is the co-founder of the global consulting firm Red Associates. At Red Associates, Madsbjerg served as an advisor to executive teams in some of the world's largest companies, addressing strategy questions through empirical, organized observations of the human world. He also held the Professor of Applied Humanities position at The New School in New York City, where he centered his teaching on 20th-century continental philosophy. Madsbjerg is the author of several books, including "Look: How to Pay Attention in a Distracted World," "Sensemaking: The Power of the Humanities in the Age of the Algorithm," and "The Moment of Clarity: Using the Human Sciences to Solve Your Toughest Business Problems" (co-authored with Mikkel Rasmussen), which have been translated into 15 languages. Madsbjerg is the Chairman of the Board at the world-class architectural firm Bjarke Ingels Group, an Independent Director and Chair of the Nomination and Governance Committee at The Metals Company (Nasdaq: TMC), and an Independent Director of the US board of Kvadrat A/S. He also serves as a Director of the Revs Institute, a design museum and research institute. Madsbjerg's work has garnered recognition and has been featured in publications such as The Wall Street Journal, The Financial Times, The Washington Post, Der Spiegel, The Atlantic, and The Economist, among many others. Madsbjerg is working on a screenplay called H1B. https://madsbjerg.com/

STEPHEN BATCHELOR is a Buddhist teacher and writer known for his secular or agnostic approach to the Dharma. Formerly a Buddhist monk in the Tibetan and Zen traditions, he is the translator and author of several books including Buddhism Without Beliefs, Living with the Devil and Confessions of a Buddhist Atheist. His most recent book, After Buddhism, was published by Yale University Press in 2015. He lives in southwest France with his wife Martine. https://stephenbatchelor.org

STEPHEN BATCHELOR is a Buddhist teacher and writer known for his secular or agnostic approach to the Dharma. Formerly a Buddhist monk in the Tibetan and Zen traditions, he is the translator and author of several books including Buddhism Without Beliefs, Living with the Devil and Confessions of a Buddhist Atheist. His most recent book, After Buddhism, was published by Yale University Press in 2015. He lives in southwest France with his wife Martine. https://stephenbatchelor.org

Markus Gabriel, Philosopher, Professor at the University of Bonn Born in 1980 in Germany. A philosopher. At the age of 29, he became the youngest full professor in the history of the philosophy department at the University of Bonn, which boasts a tradition of over 200 years. While rooted in the tradition of Western philosophy, he has gained global attention by advocating "New Realism." He also serves as an international visiting fellow at the Stanford Humanities Center. He has appeared on numerous television programs, including NHK E-Tele's "Philosophy in the Age of Desire." His many books include "Why the World Does Not Exist" (Kodansha Sensho Metier, 2018), "I Am Not My Brain: Philosophy of Mind for the 21st Century" (Kodansha Sensho Metier, 2019), and "New Existentialism" (Iwanami Shinsho, 2020)