# Second Renaissance Research Subgroup: What is the Second Renaissance **URL:** https://forum.secondrenaissance.net/t/second-renaissance-research-subgroup-what-is-the-second-renaissance/667 **Category:** Research and Sense-Making **Tags:** project-idea, cultural-evolution, metacrisis, discussion, ecosystem-mapping **Created:** [April 10, 2026, 5:01pm UTC](https://forum.secondrenaissance.net/t/second-renaissance-research-subgroup-what-is-the-second-renaissance/667 "2026-04-10T17:01:35Z") **Posts on this page:** 1 **Showing post:** 11
### Author: ![RobertBunge](https://forum.secondrenaissance.net/user_avatar/forum.secondrenaissance.net/robertbunge/32/111_2.png) [@RobertBunge](https://forum.secondrenaissance.net/u/RobertBunge) #### Post date: [May 7, 2026, 3:12pm UTC](https://forum.secondrenaissance.net/t/second-renaissance-research-subgroup-what-is-the-second-renaissance/667/11 "2026-05-07T15:12:49Z")
Back again for another week! Here is the Luma invitation for tomorrow’s session on May 8! > **[Life Itself Research: Weekly Meeting · Zoom · Luma](https://luma.com/r7ou6kfq)** > > This is the regular weekly call of Life Itself Research - a research collective exploring paths to a Second Renaissance and awakening societies. > This week's… One of our participants, @Rasmus was moved to write what in effect is a seminar paper in response the white papers. That’s a great outcome! I hope others will be likewise moved to comment at length on the ideas found in the white papers. My idea for tomorrow is to focus discussion on one area Rasmus addresses, which also figures prominently in the white papers’ cultural evolutionary perspective. Namely, is the inner-outer distinction useful, and if so, how might we bridge from inner work to outward facing action programs? > [@Responses to Presentations in Second Renaissance Explorer Course v4 \[April 2026\]](https://forum.secondrenaissance.net/t/responses-to-presentations-in-second-renaissance-explorer-course-v4-april-2026/678): > > Preface This text was recently shared in the WhatsApp group for the course “From Metacrisis to Second Renaissance”. It is a response paper to the first four whitepapers as well as the course. After our third course session I added the section of “Appendix 1: Further comments”, in which I seek to make my arguments more clear, cohesive, and add a little extra. In addition to this, I also included “artifacts” to be included in my description of “culture”. I welcome all comments. Introduction Fir… --- _[View the full topic](https://forum.secondrenaissance.net/t/second-renaissance-research-subgroup-what-is-the-second-renaissance/667)._