The Metagame

#2 - John Vervaeke | Love and Wisdom

Jul 19, 2022

59:23

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Overcoming Self-Deception to Find Meaning in Life

01:30

Developing Situational Awareness and Perspective

01:25

Wisdom vs. Knowledge

00:51

Expanding the Notion of Truth

01:12

Introduction

5min

The Neglect of Women Within Academic Philosophy

3min

I've Got a Stain on My Shirt

5min

I Love That, and I Play It Back Am in My Words

2min

The Four Kinds of Knowing

4min

The Participatory Knowing Isn't Working Right Right

2min

The Four Types of Knowing

3min

Are You Having a Conflict of Attachment Style?

4min

Having the Correct Beliefs

4min

10.

Social Media Is Bad for Our Mental Health

2min

11.

How Can I Make Wisdom Relevant to Someone in That World?

6min

12.

Isn't It Propositional?

3min

13.

Is There a Universal Account of the Evolution of Adapt?

5min

14.

The Meaning Crisis

5min

15.

Is There More to Truth Than Correctness of Sematic Content?

5min

John Vervaeke is an award-winning lecturer at the University of Toronto in Psychology, Cognitive Science and Buddhist Psychology. His academic interests include wisdom, mindfulness, the meaning crisis, relevance realization, general intelligence and rationality.

Topics include:

* why going meta can be bad for intimacy

* why Love is more important than Reason

* what even is Wisdom?

* the 4 types of knowing

* how to get Gen Zs less addicted to Instagram (and more interested in becoming wise)

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