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The Feedback Loop by Singularity

FBL40 - Jeremy Lent: Meaning and Connection in the Age of Technology

Jan 24, 2022
59:06

This week my guest is Jeremy Lent, who is the author of several books, including The Patterning Instinct: A Cultural History of Humanity's Search for Meaning, and his more recent work, The Web of Meaning: Integrating Science and Traditional Wisdom to Find our Place in the Universe.

Importantly, a great deal of Jeremy’s work addresses many of the topics that are near and dear to our hearts at Singularity, one of which is a sustainable, connected, and prosperous future. However, Jeremy believes that our current approach and worldview are causing humans, and therefore the technology we create, to often lead us in the opposite direction, towards a world of disconnection, destruction, and exploitation.

To help us navigate these potential futures, Jeremy provides us with some incredibly well-articulated insights and metaphors that help frame the options that exist before us.

Find Jeremy's work at https://www.jeremylent.com/

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Host: Steven Parton - LinkedIn / Twitter

Music by: Amine el Filali

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