The Importance of Meaning in Life

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People want meaning to not economic growth or religion per se, but some value and directive in their lives. We don't have time in this busy, wealthy society to actually have relationships with other humans the way that our ancestors did. There's a difference between people and relationships. Development is getting close to the core theme of Earth Day. I think development really means wherever you are listening to this, watching this, it is an encroachment on your little place on this blue green planet.

For this year’s Earth Day presentation, I highlight common terms in the English language - the meanings of which we've come to take for granted. These words semantically imbue our understanding, perspective, and even behavior but have become untethered from the systemic reality they attempt to describe. Words have power. What we call things and how we describe things matters.

This presentation is recommended to be viewed on Youtube with the accompanying visuals, but can still be listened to and understood in audio-only form.

Thanks to my team - Leslie Batt-Lutz, Lizzy Sirianni, Luke Robert Mason, and Jason Figueredo for putting this together. Also thanks (as always) to my friend DJ White for helpful input. Thanks to Joan Diamond, Kyle Saunders, Maia Nillson, Rex Weyler for helpful input.