I think if we had another two hours, it would be really interesting to go more into the tension or this perceived tension that I think is deliberately hammed up. Maybe if I'm too guilty, I'll invite you back on to discuss the tension between us. Greg Enriquez gives a big picture model that restructures our scientific understanding. He calls it crossing the Enlightenment gap, the gap that the Enlightenment created. If you want to learn more about the meaning crisis, I've put links to John's work over on planetcritical.com.
John Vervaeke is a cognitive scientist at the University of Toronto and world renowned thinker, bridging science and spirituality in order to understand the experience of meaningfulness: how to cultivate it and why it’s crucial for human beings.
John joins me to discuss “the meaning crisis”—the global phenomenon of modern humans having access to so much, and yet so little profundity. Referencing neurobiology, faith and behavioural science, John explains the impact the meaning crisis is having on individuals all around the world, and what to do about it.
We then explore its intersection with the metacrisis, and the historical traditions which are the root of our global energy, economic and climate crisis. Critically, John says we cannot solve the climate crisis without addressing the cultural forces driving the meaning crisis
Planet: Critical investigates why the world is in crisis—and what to do about it.
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