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Alex Ebert

Consciousness, shadow work, meaning crisis — philosophy, spirituality, and political missives from the frontman of Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeros

Independent / Bad Guru
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Frontman and founder of Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros, the Los Angeles folk-rock collective known for their communal, spiritually charged ethos and the song Home. Beyond music, Ebert works as a philosopher and writer exploring consciousness, shadow work, and the meaning crisis through his Substack Bad Guru. He is also an award-winning film composer, having won a Golden Globe for his score to All Is Lost.

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Topics

Cultural Evolution3
Systems Thinking2
Political Philosophy2
Sensemaking2
Meaning Crisis2
Attention Economy1
Theology1
Relational Ontology1
Epistemology1
Ethics1

Connected Observers

Alexander Bard4Brendan Graham Dempsey2Rufus Pollock2Lene Rachel Andersen2Nora Bateson1Layman Pascal

Ideas in the Observatory

  • Social Atomization as Precursor to Conscious Retribalization
    Social Atomization as Precursor to Conscious RetribalizationThe clearing had to happen first.
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  • How Contrarianism Replaced Truth-Seeking as a Mark of Sovereignty
    How Contrarianism Replaced Truth-Seeking as a Mark of SovereigntyThe herd you flee becomes your compass.
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Topics

Cultural Evolution3
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  • Why Hypocrisy Served as a Brake on Power
    Why Hypocrisy Served as a Brake on PowerThe last guilt has left the building.
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  • How New Age Theology Made Capitalism Immune to Spiritual Critique
    How New Age Theology Made Capitalism Immune to Spiritual CritiqueThy neighbor manifested their own condition.
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    • Systems Thinking
    2
    Political Philosophy2
    Sensemaking2
    Meaning Crisis2
    Attention Economy1
    Theology1
    Relational Ontology1
    Epistemology1
    Ethics1

    Connected Observers

    Alexander Bard4Brendan Graham Dempsey2Rufus Pollock2Lene Rachel Andersen2Nora Bateson1Layman Pascal1
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