Honestly this is some of the best thinking and new way forward that I have read in years. I’m a 62 year young female and this couldn’t have arrived at a better time. Thank you for so generously sharing your insights, work and a new way forward. Can’t wait to hear and learn more. Thank you.
On the third attractor—ever since encountering Daniel’s work I’ve been curious about what form it could realistically take. In your H3 playbook, the core requirement seems to be an intentional metamorphosis at the individual level: becoming as capable as possible across all meaningful domains of life. From there, engaging society through generative, collaborative, education-oriented principles—more infinite game than finite. In my view, that’s accurate but it’s only part of the picture.
The challenge with focusing on individual transformation alone is that it leaves people to navigate the process in isolation or small, decentralized groups. This works for some, but given the scale of the metacrisis and the urgency of a civilizational shift, we also need collective infrastructures that accelerate development. A historical example: Nordic Folk High Schools at the turn of the 20th century. They functioned as retreat-like centers where citizens voluntarily learned together how to transition from agrarian to industrial society. The goal was not passive compliance but cultivating “co-creators of modernity”—people who could understand the world that was coming and actively participate in shaping it.
Our present transition—driven by AI and exponential technologies—demands something similar. Daniel’s framing and the playbook you’ve laid out are essential because they articulate the problems and pathways of personal development. But we also need large-scale modalities—modern equivalents of Folk High Schools, possibly “H3 centers”—that combine thought with action and give people a shared environment for building the capacities Human 3.0 requires. Education in its current form doesn’t meet this need.
I’d be interested in your take on this meso-level approach and how you see the situation playing out more broadly. Individual sovereignty is crucial, but collective accelerators may be just as necessary if we want widespread development within the narrowing window we face. Either way, it’s cool to see others engaging deeply with Daniel’s work and sketching paths forward.
Отличная идея, Кэмпбелл! Я тоже придерживаюсь подобных взглядов, только давайте не забывать, что Бильдунг или "народные университеты" возникли не вдруг и этому предшествовала большая интеллектуальная работа - сначала в Германии и позже в Скандинавии. Более того, потом возникли группы элиты, которые переложили эту концепцию на практическую основу - реализовали их. Но не везде и не всегда эта концепция приживается. Так в России конца 19-го века "народники" не нашли должной поддержки. Да и сейчас в Швеции бильдунг - это, скорее, повод для почтения светлой ностальгии, хотя есть активисты, предпринимающие настойчивые попытки возродить эту методику. Надеюсь, что подобные практики получат второе дыхание и уже мы с вами будем наблюдать их Ренессанс )
Wow, everything really speaks to me. You boil it down. However, you forgot the meta reality we live in. We are hampered by our political system.
Here is my two cents in reordering everything and giving people the right framework and impetus to do everything you propose here, excellent they may be but we need more.
This is the most comprehensive life guide I’ve ever come across. It has helped me understand where I am, the obstacles ahead, and what to do about them by illuminating and articulating the frameworks and phases of life in such a profound and clear way. Thank you, Dan, for sharing this. Thank you for the gift of clarity. More life 🥂
I always smile when I see lists like this. They read simple, but behind each line is blood, failure, and nights when you almost break.
“You don’t need more time. You need fewer things stealing it.” That’s not a slogan, it’s surgery. I’ve seen people with all the money in the world collapse because they couldn’t cut away what didn’t matter. I’ve stood in kitchens where the fire burned you honest, and in operating rooms where nothing but the essential kept someone alive.
The strange thing is: clarity rarely comes from adding more discipline, more hacks, more anything. It comes when you strip life down to its bone. That’s when time stops feeling like an enemy and starts feeling like a gift again.
Maybe the harder truth is this: we don’t suffer from scarcity of resources. We suffer from abundance without wisdom.
I had a 5 min convo and they shut it down. Tried again and they shut it down after my 1st reply. Anyone know if it's working elsewhere or do i need to pay for Claude to have it work?
Honestly this is some of the best thinking and new way forward that I have read in years. I’m a 62 year young female and this couldn’t have arrived at a better time. Thank you for so generously sharing your insights, work and a new way forward. Can’t wait to hear and learn more. Thank you.
Can’t wait to learn more about this, thanks Dan
Every post from you is a game changer
You are a modern day Aristotle my friend. Really love your work
On the third attractor—ever since encountering Daniel’s work I’ve been curious about what form it could realistically take. In your H3 playbook, the core requirement seems to be an intentional metamorphosis at the individual level: becoming as capable as possible across all meaningful domains of life. From there, engaging society through generative, collaborative, education-oriented principles—more infinite game than finite. In my view, that’s accurate but it’s only part of the picture.
The challenge with focusing on individual transformation alone is that it leaves people to navigate the process in isolation or small, decentralized groups. This works for some, but given the scale of the metacrisis and the urgency of a civilizational shift, we also need collective infrastructures that accelerate development. A historical example: Nordic Folk High Schools at the turn of the 20th century. They functioned as retreat-like centers where citizens voluntarily learned together how to transition from agrarian to industrial society. The goal was not passive compliance but cultivating “co-creators of modernity”—people who could understand the world that was coming and actively participate in shaping it.
Our present transition—driven by AI and exponential technologies—demands something similar. Daniel’s framing and the playbook you’ve laid out are essential because they articulate the problems and pathways of personal development. But we also need large-scale modalities—modern equivalents of Folk High Schools, possibly “H3 centers”—that combine thought with action and give people a shared environment for building the capacities Human 3.0 requires. Education in its current form doesn’t meet this need.
I’d be interested in your take on this meso-level approach and how you see the situation playing out more broadly. Individual sovereignty is crucial, but collective accelerators may be just as necessary if we want widespread development within the narrowing window we face. Either way, it’s cool to see others engaging deeply with Daniel’s work and sketching paths forward.
Отличная идея, Кэмпбелл! Я тоже придерживаюсь подобных взглядов, только давайте не забывать, что Бильдунг или "народные университеты" возникли не вдруг и этому предшествовала большая интеллектуальная работа - сначала в Германии и позже в Скандинавии. Более того, потом возникли группы элиты, которые переложили эту концепцию на практическую основу - реализовали их. Но не везде и не всегда эта концепция приживается. Так в России конца 19-го века "народники" не нашли должной поддержки. Да и сейчас в Швеции бильдунг - это, скорее, повод для почтения светлой ностальгии, хотя есть активисты, предпринимающие настойчивые попытки возродить эту методику. Надеюсь, что подобные практики получат второе дыхание и уже мы с вами будем наблюдать их Ренессанс )
Wow, everything really speaks to me. You boil it down. However, you forgot the meta reality we live in. We are hampered by our political system.
Here is my two cents in reordering everything and giving people the right framework and impetus to do everything you propose here, excellent they may be but we need more.
Https://open.substack.com/pub/marniekhaw/p/status-trust-and-the-power-of-proximalism?utm_source=app-post-stats-page&r=29b1i&utm_medium=ios
This is very cool!
This is the most comprehensive life guide I’ve ever come across. It has helped me understand where I am, the obstacles ahead, and what to do about them by illuminating and articulating the frameworks and phases of life in such a profound and clear way. Thank you, Dan, for sharing this. Thank you for the gift of clarity. More life 🥂
Really wanted to ask you this
https://substack.com/@unboundcraft/note/c-151089903?r=5cvxj2&utm_medium=ios&utm_source=notes-share-action
Wow amazing! Never read anything so meaningful as this. Thank you !
Love this! Will follow your journey!
I always smile when I see lists like this. They read simple, but behind each line is blood, failure, and nights when you almost break.
“You don’t need more time. You need fewer things stealing it.” That’s not a slogan, it’s surgery. I’ve seen people with all the money in the world collapse because they couldn’t cut away what didn’t matter. I’ve stood in kitchens where the fire burned you honest, and in operating rooms where nothing but the essential kept someone alive.
The strange thing is: clarity rarely comes from adding more discipline, more hacks, more anything. It comes when you strip life down to its bone. That’s when time stops feeling like an enemy and starts feeling like a gift again.
Maybe the harder truth is this: we don’t suffer from scarcity of resources. We suffer from abundance without wisdom.
Holy. Writing a piece this long and saying TLDR just use AI to summarize if you can’t hang is a power move.
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I had a 5 min convo and they shut it down. Tried again and they shut it down after my 1st reply. Anyone know if it's working elsewhere or do i need to pay for Claude to have it work?
Ok but if that’s Human 3.0, what’s Human 4.0?
basically the 2-hour writer on steroids. lots of information. definitely going to have to reread a few times. great piece.