Ken Wilber Interviewed by Salon.com

May 2, 2008 By Tom

It’s long, it’s comprehensive, it’s accessible, and it’s awesome: “You Are the River: An Interview with Ken Wilber.”

From the intro:

Ken Wilber may be the most important living philosopher you’ve never heard of. He’s written dozens of books but you’d be hard-pressed to find his name in a mainstream magazine. Still, Wilber has a passionate — almost cultlike — following in certain circles, as well as some famous fans. Bill Clinton and Al Gore have praised Wilber’s books. Deepak Chopra calls him “one of the most important pioneers in the field of consciousness.” And the Wachowski brothers asked Wilber, along with Cornel West, to record the commentary for the DVDs of their “Matrix” movies.

And a funny bit from the middle:

Q: But somewhere down the road — 50 years from now, 500 years from now — once neuroscience becomes much more advanced, will scientists be able to pinpoint where [our] values and thoughts come from?

KW: I’m saying we’ll never understand it. The materialists keep issuing promissory notes. They always promise they’re going to do it tomorrow. But interior and exterior arise together. You can’t reduce one to the other. They’re both real. Deal with it.

To learn even more about Wilber, read WIE editor Carter Phipps’s superb introduction to the integral maestro here.


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