“The deeper the despair, the more intense the hope. That is the dialectic of hope. The negativity of despair deepens hope. The higher hope soars, the deeper its roots. In this, it differs from optimism. Optimism lacks negativity. Amid deep despair, absolute hope makes action possible again. Absolute hope involves an unshakeable belief that there is a sense in things. It is only this belief in sense that gives us orientation and puts us on a sure footing.” - Byung-Chul Han, The Spirit of Hope.
Leviathan is a feature-length documentary that invites you to journey into the deep code of culture. It explores our current social, economic, and technological reality through the lens of psychology, history and myth to bring us face to face with the collective shadows we can integrate to find freedom.
Starring some of the brightest and most heterodox thinkers in their fields, Leviathan investigates why trust in our institutions declining so rapidly, what social media is really doing to our hearts and minds, and how we can move into a new economic paradigm that chooses life over blind extraction.
Leviathan is a story of collective potential, revealing how we can transform the mindset that drives our broken systems into a source of creativity, imagination and radical hope. Starring
, , , , , Alexa Firmenich and John Vervaeke.Premiering on the Kainos Substack on June 26th, 2025. Get involved and arrange a local advanced screening here.
Trailer credits: Directed and produced by Alexander Beiner. Edited by Whetham Allpress. Written by Alexander Beiner and Whetham Allpress. AI creative advisory by . Choreography by Daisy Smith. Dancing by Mirabel Huang-Smith and Alex Gomez. Additional editing support by SK Shore.
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You can learn from the guests of Leviathan on our new online course, Sensemaking 102. Dive into the most important issues of the day and practice the embodiment skills and cognitive frameworks required to move from making sense to crafting reality. Connect to your aliveness, tell new stories and deepen your connection to yourself, others and the flow of reality.
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