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Maria Popova — Cartographer of Meaning in a Digital Age

On Being with Krista Tippett

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What It Means to Be Human?

How do you think your sense of what it means to be human has evolved? How would you start to talk about that? I think much of it has shifted from an understanding that's based on concreteness. And for me, certainly, i feel like i've had all these different lives. You know, i grew up in a country that is pretty much the exact opposite of my life right now. But at the same time, we live in a culture of dividedness. In language matters mously, and not just conveying, but also shaping our beliefs. Even the language of secular spirituality reflects that.

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