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The human
terrain.

The Fourth Layer is a conversation space of the tension and paradox of being human, where our day to day, biology, narrative, and awareness comes to play. Also, a place where we can just laugh at the absurdity of life.

"Life is a solo experience but not a solitary existence."
Layered Existentialism
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Most people start with the podcast, go a little deeper with the framework, then reach out. No wrong way to do it.

01 Start here

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The easiest way in. Conversations and solo reflections on what it actually means to be human.

02 Go deeper

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Layered Existentialism - a conceptual map of the four layers of human experience. Open, iterative, unfinished.

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Have something to say, a story to share, or a critique to offer? This project is meant to be questioned and expanded - together.

What is
The Fourth Layer?

Most of us live on the surface - managing appearances, reacting to stimuli, narrating our lives into tidy arcs. The Fourth Layer is a map to help guide us through the human terrain, to go deeper: below the social self, below the story, and below the biology.

This is a space for the honest, the curious, the philosophical, trying to understand their own understanding of life.

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