Modern Wisdom

#294 - John Vervaeke - Creating A Life Of Meaning & Wisdom

Mar 13, 2021

01:24:42

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The Balance Between Being and Becoming

01:27

Rationality and Wisdom in Different Types of Knowing

02:59

Challenging Propositional Knowing

02:35

Engaging in Dialogical Practices for Personal Growth

03:01

Introduction

3min

Awakening From a Meaning Crisis

2min

Why Does Meaning Matter So Much?

6min

Adaptivity Isn't a One Shot Deal

2min

Love Is Love, Love Is Love, and Love Is the Tonic of Wisdom

5min

What Kind of Self Do You Have?

3min

Is There a Meaning Crisis?

6min

Is There a Breakpoint That's Coming?

4min

I'm Not Just in the Bottom Line, but I Believe in the Meaning Crisis

3min

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The Core Difficulty Facing Us With Artificial Intelligence

5min

11.

Are You a Basian Agent?

5min

12.

How Do You Know What It's Like to Be Here Now?

5min

13.

The Proposal of the ZOM

3min

14.

Is There a Connection Between Mindfulness and Meditation?

3min

15.

Is There a Hunger for Connection?

6min

16.

Voices With Verveki - I'm Trying to Figure That Out

2min

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I'm a Prtty Good Advotarh, for the People That Are Listening as Well

2min

18.

How to Cultivate Wisdom in Wonder

5min

19.

You Can Shape That Fear Into a Receptivity

3min

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Am I Being Ostracized for Doing This?

3min

21.

You're Going to Lose Relationships

4min

22.

What Would a Year Old Jehn Tell?

4min

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Tune in to Twinner and You Two - Tuning In

2min

John Vervaeke is an Associate Professor at the University Of Toronto.

There is a meaning crisis upon us. People are revisiting Stoicism and Buddhism and mindfulness and psychedelics in an attempt to understand themselves and connect with the world around them. John joins me today to try and give us a route out of this trench.

Expect to learn the different types of learning, how John would construct a person who is ready to become wise and find meaning, the daily practises that John uses to continue to grow every day, what the relation is between being too cerebral and lacking wisdom and much more...

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