INTEGRAL WORLD MAILING LIST http://www.integralworld.net Newsletter Nr. 616 Amsterdam, June 15th, 2016 THE METABOLIC THRESHOLD - Consciousness and Energetic States - ANDREA DIEM-LANE That consciousness is the result of underlying biochemical processes seems to be an obvious fact, especially given our respective sleep cycles. Moreover, each of us are too acutely aware of how a slight modification in our diet can alter how we feel and how we navigate throughout the day. Add a couple of strong alcoholic drinks into the mix and the world around us swirls in quite a different fashion. Recently, a new study was completed which indicated a critical metabolic threshold within the brain for the emergence of consciousness. Read more: http://www.integralworld.net/diem-lane30.html THE MISSING INGREDIENT IN THE CLASSROOM OF THE FUTURE - ELLIOT BENJAMIN I found Andrea Diem-Lane's recent Integral World essay The A.I. Professor: Artificial Intelligence and the Classroom of the Future[ ]1 to be interesting, provocative, and to make much sense. However, I also found there to be something very important that is missing in what Andrea described as a highly effective educational way of learning through playing very sophisticated educational technological games. What I find missing can be essentially described as the “human” element. Read more: http://www.integralworld.net/benjamin83.html