The Meaning Crisis and Silicon Valley with John Vervaeke
Oct 3, 2019 ·
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Erik is joined by John Vervaeke (@vervaeke_john), a psychology and cognitive science professor at the University of Toronto. They discuss: - How John has been working on bridging the gap...
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Erik is joined by John Vervaeke (@vervaeke_john), a psychology and cognitive science professor at the University of Toronto.
They discuss:
- How John has been working on bridging the gap between cognitive science and spirituality.
- Why he says that we need to “awaken” from the meaning crisis, not “solve” it.
- What he wants people building virtual reality and social media platforms to know.
- Why he says that people these days don’t value democracy the way people did in the past.
- The biggest questions that he has been wrestling with in his research.
- How meaning is distinct from happiness or well-being.
- How “we’ve killed God and replaced it with a marketplace.”
- Whether we will see the emergence of new religions, or “upgrades” to the existing ones.
Thanks for listening — if you like what you hear, please review us on your favorite podcast platform.
Check us out on the web at villageglobal.vc or get in touch with us on Twitter @villageglobal.
Venture Stories is brought to you by Village Global, is hosted by co-founder and partner, Erik Torenberg and is produced by Brett Bolkowy.
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They discuss:
- How John has been working on bridging the gap between cognitive science and spirituality.
- Why he says that we need to “awaken” from the meaning crisis, not “solve” it.
- What he wants people building virtual reality and social media platforms to know.
- Why he says that people these days don’t value democracy the way people did in the past.
- The biggest questions that he has been wrestling with in his research.
- How meaning is distinct from happiness or well-being.
- How “we’ve killed God and replaced it with a marketplace.”
- Whether we will see the emergence of new religions, or “upgrades” to the existing ones.
Thanks for listening — if you like what you hear, please review us on your favorite podcast platform.
Check us out on the web at villageglobal.vc or get in touch with us on Twitter @villageglobal.
Venture Stories is brought to you by Village Global, is hosted by co-founder and partner, Erik Torenberg and is produced by Brett Bolkowy.
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