who and what

It all started as a YouTube series, called 'I Power', about leading a pro-active lifestyle. Initially, the main attraction of the series was that it showed the more serious and intellectual side of professional gamer and extravagant Internet celebrity Chiren Boumaaza, aka 'Athene'. It quickly turned into an international movement when its viewers started forming a community of 'Self-Development Activists' (SDA) on the series' forums. The community revolved around not only self-help and psychology, but is perhaps even more known for its activism, primarily surrounding the topic of net neutrality.

 

 

 

 

As the community grew and the movement became relevant, producers Reese Leysen and Chiren Boumaaza began to focus on taking the concept of SDA beyond the traditional self-help topics and into the realm of actual scientific research.

Chiren's findings in his studies of neuroscience, psychology and sociology were documented in Reese's 'God is in The Neurons documentary, which can be watched here in its entirety.

 

 




Media Coverage


Athene's Theory of Everything: a new take on neuroscience in relation to quantum mechanics
Athene & I Power on the front page of L.A. Times' Entertainment section

I Power on the front page of L.A. Time's Entertainment section

MSNBC commends our net neutrality activism

G4TV reports on our smash hit series 'Athene'

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Emir Uckan Comment by Emir Uckan on October 3, 2011 at 5:42pm

I'm the sure this is the one of the best example of quantum mechanics.

Nobody is aware that ultimate possibilities of universe and they sure this time's physic laws are latest technology like, when cavemen found wheel at first time.

We are the ones limiting ourselves, that thing is has no possibilities as "god can't be us" . I've achieved many impossibilities with a new thinking way.

Matias Comment by Matias on June 16, 2011 at 12:22am
I almost couldn't concentrate on what you were talking on that video because you used celldweller on that : D Awesome!
Matīss Judins Comment by Matīss Judins on April 24, 2011 at 10:44pm
IPower ftw
Essah Comment by Essah on April 6, 2011 at 12:30am
little overblown video but it certainly gets your attention. The content was very nice!
Giovanni Ukmar Comment by Giovanni Ukmar on March 21, 2011 at 12:28pm
I love the fact it's acalled Atheneism and that it's a joke... it shows your side of humour in even seriouse things. Humour is one of the greatest weapons of all ;)
Guin Comment by Guin on March 9, 2011 at 6:27am
I've watched the youtube : Chiren's Livestream 1/26/11.  I've watched it up to minute 13:47 . And from what i understood of it is , that Chiren found a way to quantify Conciousness ? Now , what i deduce from this is that by being able to quantify conciousness as something physical , it brings it more to the scientific side and out of th philosophical side. Also making it more like something that is can be viewed objectively as opposed to subjectively.  Are my assumptions correct??


Lito HC Comment by Lito HC on February 27, 2011 at 9:47am
interesting :O nice film
Maciej Langner Comment by Maciej Langner on February 26, 2011 at 10:13pm
@ninja: you were born ninja or become one?
ninja ninja Comment by ninja ninja on February 25, 2011 at 9:32am
can you really change yourself? well i guess im asking is how much can you change yourself, your born with so many predisposed conditions, looks, personality traits ect?
Michael Caponigro Comment by Michael Caponigro on February 25, 2011 at 8:19am
this response is directed towards rage, ants seem to work together for the better of the ant colony, which i dont know what the goal of an ant colony exactly is. what is for the better of the human colony? one answer doesn't exist if you ask me. you cannot compare humans to ants in one sentence in my opinion. math is like a language. and like spoken languages in todays world if you are not knowledgeable about the language it will sound like jiberish and you will not understand what the other person is even trying to say at all. how can you explain what is going on if you do not understand the language? I do not understand yet but wanting to learn is the first step i think.
Rage Comment by Rage on February 16, 2011 at 3:28am

try tell an ant that he is part of a bigger picture...u think he is that stupid to not know that?the only thing that will confuse him is a math behind that picture.

that is how i see this movie.

Ole Martin Comment by Ole Martin on January 24, 2011 at 1:50pm
I must say that I love that borderline song by 'brad sucks'. I can never get it out of my head
Crystal Dearth-lorton Comment by Crystal Dearth-lorton on January 4, 2011 at 11:54pm
That's been my quote forever... Be the change You want to see in the World. I'm liking the IPower movement...
Konstantin Vinogradov Alexandero Comment by Konstantin Vinogradov Alexandero on December 27, 2010 at 10:15pm
nice film
john Comment by john on November 10, 2010 at 10:37am
···‹O.o›· Anyway… to anyone who actually have a face book account espeically in their real name their is a greenpeace petition to put facebook of coal.
Nolan Johnson Comment by Nolan Johnson on October 25, 2010 at 3:49pm
I completely agree athene.

I say the internet is like football in some way or another, If you notice commercialization really is destroying the sport it is moving the attention away from the fans and more to the TV companies, It is also now having a disasterous effect on footballers themselves who right now seem to care all about the money and not for the club or it's fans for that matter so to compare to this to the internet it is like saying the fans are the users and the clubs are the internet providers google, verizon, etc,,

So just like football the internet is a public service that people love and without it great anguish would be caused.
Peter Michael Larrimore Comment by Peter Michael Larrimore on September 9, 2010 at 7:17am
I love you guys.. you rock my soxsss
Silver Comment by Silver on September 1, 2010 at 3:45pm
I just stumbled upon here again and I was looking for some old vids like the first 10.. some of them had some really helpful tips and nice philoshopy but i cant find them anymore :( I hope they ain't gone? :P
Darwin R Comment by Darwin R on July 29, 2010 at 8:27pm
this dudes are the real deal
Rick Comment by Rick on July 15, 2010 at 10:05pm
Man you guys are the best.You guys just started out making youtube videos with a couple of thousands of views and now you have millions and now you did this,thats what i call pro right there

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