How Consciousness Can Save the World with Kenneth Shinozuka
“There is nothing that is more real than your experience of this moment.”
Scientist, discoverer, and inventor Kenneth Shinozuka visits In the Balance to discuss his vision for the future: a world free from suffering and pain, brought about by the creation of neurotechnology to alter our states of consciousness.
Kenneth discusses the importance of being present in the moment, how this form of consciousness differs from our normal state of being wrapped up in our own minds, and how it can be the gateway for radical compassion and the dissolution of suffering. He also talks about humanity’s attachment to suffering, the role of unconditional love in moving us forward, and why consciousness should be something you actively bring forth for yourself, rather than pushing a button or using mind altering substances.
Meet This Episode's Guest
Kenneth Shinozuka
Kenneth Shinozuka, 21, is an incoming PhD student at Oxford, where he will be conducting neuroscience research in the Department of Psychiatry. He recently graduated from Harvard, where he studied computational neuroscience and researched the pathology of Alzheimer’s Disease. He aspires to study the enigma of consciousness from an interdisciplinary perspective, integrating neuroscience, philosophy, physics, and spirituality. Furthermore, he hopes to apply his work on consciousness to the development of neurotechnology that improves the quality of conscious experience for both mentally ill and well people. He is an intern at the Qualia Research Institute, which is seeking to discover the science of consciousness, and he blogs about consciousness on www.blankhorizons.com. Kenneth is also the Founder and CEO of SensaRx, an NYC-based startup that has successfully launched the SafeWander wearable sensor products on www.safewander.com for bed-wandering detection and fall prevention. The SafeWander products were inspired by his own family’s struggles to care for his grandfather, an Alzheimer’s patient.
Explore the articles, research and media discussed in this episode below!
Kenneth’s Blog: Blank Horizons
A Future for Humanity, Part 1 by Kenneth Shinozuka
The Power of Now by Eckhart Tolle
This is Water, Commencement Address by David Foster Wallace to Kenyon College's 2005 graduating class
Wireheading Done Right by Andrés Gómez Emilsson
The Politics of Happiness by Derek Bok