Charles Hoskinson, the co-founder of the blockchain engineering company Input Output Global and the Cardano blockchain platform, plans to undergo a five-day retreat alone.
“I’m getting ready for a darkness retreat in a few days where I’ll spend 5 days in total darkness alone. I’ll record my experiences when I return and any accumulated gnosis or theosis insights,” he said.
Gaining a Deeper Understanding of the World
The co-founder further noted that the long-term goal is to undertake a 49-day retreat inspired by the Dzogchen tradition and centered on reflecting on the Bardo Thodöl. He stated that achieving this will require years of honing meditative practices and learning to apply the wisdom gained along the way.
According to Hosikinson, Dzogchen is like possessing flawless vision but spending your entire life looking through smudged glasses. Then, one day, you realize you can take them off instead of trying to clean or improve them. The clarity was always there; you viewed it through the wrong lens.
To clarify the retreat, Hosikinson compared his forthcoming trip to his previous one in Alaska. He noted that many assumed he died or was rugged.
“I’m mentioning this trip on X since the last time I went off the grid to Alaska, many assumed I died or was rugged,” he said.
The blockchain developer also mentioned that his followers enjoy his attempts to better understand himself and the world. He also said some X users want to share their experiences or advice. Hoskinson stated that he would greatly appreciate it if they did, and he always sees his cup as “empty” regarding meaningful suggestions.
Seeing the World Differently
The Cardano co-founder stated that in a world dominated by AGI (Artificial General Intelligence), actual human knowledge—gnosis—becomes the final defense against the collapse of traditional understanding (episteme) and the potential enslavement of thought by algorithms (doxa). Interestingly, the paradox lies in the idea that the absence of all things is the way to discover something meaningful.
This suggests that, in a world where automated systems might control much of knowledge and decision-making, there is a need for a deeper, more personal form of knowledge. The emptiness or loss of conventional structures may lead to a more profound understanding of reality.
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