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Thomas de Zengotita, Harper’s contributing editor, anthropologist and author, explores how media, from petroglyphs to the printed word to MTV, molds not just what we think, but how we think.

WIE's Carter Phipps speaks with Fred Turner, author of From Counterculture to Cyberculture: Stewart Brand, the Whole Earth Network and the Rise of Digital Utopianism, about the origins, evolution, and promise of social change in the digital age.

Steven Vedro speaks to WIE’s Carter Phipps about his recent book, Digital Dharma: A User’s Guide to Expanding Consciousness in the Infosphere, and discusses the unique role that technology plays in the evolution of consciousness.

Media entrepreneur Mallika Chopra (daughter of Deepak) speaks about the recent upsurge in mainstream media coverage of spirituality, consciousness, and the search for higher meaning.

De Zengotita's take-no-prisoners first book exposes our postmodern culture of narcissism like you've never seen it before.

From the army to the NFL, author Rick Warren is captivating millions with his message of self-sacrifice.

True love doesn't need to be a match made in heaven—you can do it right online.

How to awaken our collective consciousness through the power of mass communication.

According to evolutionary activist Duane Elgin, the most vital determining factor in our collective awakening is not mystical experience . . . it’s television.