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#106: Rituals matter more than you think (feat. Dimitris Xygalatas)

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The Importance of Rituals

"We would all be slightly better off, in particular on the meaning front, by trying to come up with new rituals," he says. "If they seem to work for so many people, then they're worth investigating and incorporating into our lives." It's no accident that every human society has had rituals - it is not about something supernatural. If you're willing to concede that things like art and music are deeply meaningful to humans, then I don't see why you wouldn't concede that rituals too are also deeply meaningful?"

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