Is There Virtue Signalling That Gets Sucked In?

2min Snip

00:00

Play full episode

Summary

Transcript

Episode notes

One of the first things in aquito, which was an inclusive marshal of the idea, was dissolve the conflict with your enemy. And if we meet our adversaries, and if we leave them feeling seen, met, validated, n acknowledged, then with gentleness, with grace, with compassion, with whatever is needed, or decisive violence, you can then take the next steps that need to be taken. We saw a little bit of this last week on social media when people were saying they're anti authority but still got the facts. But to me, that is a little blip, the kind of thing we could potentially all be doing more of.

What helps you make meaning in challenging times? As you confront COVID, the climate crisis, and all of the challenges we discuss on this show, what helps you avoid nihilism or fundamentalism, and instead access healing, inspiration, and connection?

Today on Your Undivided Attention, we're joined by anthropologist and writer Jamie Wheal. Wheal is the author of Recapture the Rapture: Rethinking God, Sex and Death In a World That's Lost Its Mind. In the book, he makes the case that in order to address the meta-crisis — the interconnected challenges we face, which we talked about in Episode 36 with Daniel Schmachtenberger, we must address the meaning crisis — the need to stay inspired, mended, and bonded in challenging times. Jamie argues that it doesn't matter whether we're staying inspired, mended, and bonded through institutionalized religion or other means as long as meaning-making is inclusively available to everyone.

What we hope you'll walk away with is a humane way to think about how to address the challenges we face, from COVID to climate — by enabling us to make meaning in challenging times.