# LIMINAL CAFE #14 - Rufus, Sylvie & the Art of the Second Renaissance

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Podcast: [The Integral Stage Expanded Universe (ISEU)](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-integral-stage-expanded-universe-iseu-5253710)
Published: 2025-06-30T14:00:00+00:00
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## Resource

LIFE ITSELF, THE SECOND RENAISSANCE, AND HUMAN TRANSFORMATION IN A TIME OF META-CRISISFor episode 14, Layman sits down with Rufus Pollock and Sylvie Barbier to talk about the Life Itself and Second Renaissance communities and organizations, the importance of mapping the meta-communities, the role of art in cultural transformation, and the upcoming Harvard conference on the meta-crisis.Rufus Pollock is a Founder of Open Knowledge, an award-winning international digital non-profit. Formerly a Shuttleworth Fellow, the Mead Fellow in Economics at Cambridge University.Sylvie Barbier is a French-Taiwanese performance artist, entrepreneur and educator. She co-founded Life Itself to build a wiser future through culture, space and community.Life Itself https://lifeitself.org/ Second Renaissance https://secondrenaissance.net/intro

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