Last year, in the murkiest depths of wondering where to go with our non-profit and my own personal work, I discovered the work of Daniel Schmachtenberger and the Consilience Project.
This framing around the metacrisis and the need for a “third attractor” resonates deeply—especially the call to build systems that can hold complexity without collapsing into either chaos or control. I’ve been working at the intersection of Internal Family Systems, collective care, and alternative mental health models (like T-MAPs and peer-based networks), and I’m exploring how we can use AI to support relational, healing-centered practices rather than replicate extractive ones.
Really appreciating the clarity you’re bringing to this terrain. I’d love to connect sometime—I think there’s rich overlap between what we’re each trying to build.
This framing around the metacrisis and the need for a “third attractor” resonates deeply—especially the call to build systems that can hold complexity without collapsing into either chaos or control. I’ve been working at the intersection of Internal Family Systems, collective care, and alternative mental health models (like T-MAPs and peer-based networks), and I’m exploring how we can use AI to support relational, healing-centered practices rather than replicate extractive ones.
Really appreciating the clarity you’re bringing to this terrain. I’d love to connect sometime—I think there’s rich overlap between what we’re each trying to build.
I agree there's surprisingly little about his work. This is a concise but exellent summary. Looking forward to the 'Third Attractor' post.