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The Axiom
On explanation, self-knowledge and the question of understanding.
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For Love, or With Love?
On the difference between feeling something and understanding how to act.
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Short Insight · 29 September 2026
The Axiom
In Depth Psychology (interview with Valentina, Bangkok)
David Verdesi explores explanation, self-knowledge and the role of a teacher in bringing clarity to subjective experience.
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Short Insight · 30 September 2026
For Love, or With Love?
Doing something for love is not the same as acting with love. A conversation about understanding, feeling and the limits of a partial view.
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Book of Knowledge
A documentary journey into the formative search behind David's work—across culture, spirituality, anthropology, human potential, and the enduring question of transformation.
Film
Superhuman Experience
A documentary series preserving an earlier chapter of David's field research into human potential, attention, discipline, ancient practices, and extraordinary capacities.
Podcast · December 2022
Love, Miracles, Saints, Gurus, and Superhuman Abilities
The Derek Loudermilk Show
A long-form conversation about David's formative journey, comparative traditions, love, and the questions that shaped his earlier field research.
Podcast · April 2023
Superhuman Abilities, Love and the Inner & Outer Environment
The “E” of Real Estate
A conversation about the relationship between the inner human environment, the world around us, self-knowledge, human potential, and love.
Podcast · January 2025
How to Become Superhuman
Strange & Mysterious World
A discussion of human potential, ancient practices, power, ethics, balance, and the limits of pursuing extraordinary capacities.
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David Verdesi is an Engineer of Attention, Metacognition Architect and creator of the Human Integration Algorithm™. Through Burn the Illusions, he works privately with founders, leaders, couples, families and individuals in a one-year relationship centred on attention, dialogue, action, feedback and integration.
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David Verdesi
Engineer of Attention
Metacognition Architect
Creator of the Human Integration Algorithm™