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201. The Counter-Culture of Commitment — A Conversation with Pete Davis

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🗓️ 27 January 2024

⏱️ 58 minutes

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Summary

In 2018, Pete Davis was graduating from Harvard Law School and was chosen to give a commencement address that ended up going unexpectedly viral, having now been viewed over 30 million times.

The thesis of Pete’s speech was that our culture has entered what he calls “infinite browsing mode”—with so many options to choose from, and devices that present those options to us
literally endlessly—we can become paralyzed by choice and inadvertently live out our lives without ever dedicating ourselves to something. And this lack of choosing and committing over the long haul has real consequences, Pete argues — it prevents us from finding the meaning and impact that we’re longing for.

Pete’s ideas eventually crystallized into a really incredible book—
Dedicated—which explores these ideas in depth. We loved this book and found it to be so relevant to conversations we seem to always be having. In this conversation, we were able to talk with Pete about many of the reasons we might fear committing to something, including the fear of missing out, the fear of regret, and the fear of association with something with which our values aren’t totally aligned. But, Pete argues, commitment in the face of those fears is what leads us to long-term purpose and impact, real community, and connection with something truly transcendent.

We can’t emphasize enough how important and relevant we found this book, and how infectious we found Pete’s enthusiasm for these deeply resonant ideas. We are so excited to share this episode with you, and we really hope you enjoy the conversation with Pete Davis.



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0:00.0

Hi, this is Thomas. I want to take a moment to tell you about my new book with Faith Matters at Onement.

0:06.4

When I was young, a teacher pointed out to me a dimension of the gospel that was so subtle I had spent my entire life looking right past it.

0:17.3

But once I saw it and connected to it, it became as a portal opening up to a new world, a new dimension.

0:25.0

Slowly it dawned on me that this is what the New Testament was pointing to,

0:31.0

the possibility of becoming a new creature in Christ.

0:36.0

This book is a chronicle of my last 25 years of practice, of transformation, of my deepening faith and discipleship. I'm grateful the faith

0:47.7

for the opportunity to produce it and I hope you'll join me in this

0:52.1

adventure.

0:53.0

Hey everyone, this is Tim Chavez from Faith Matters.

0:56.0

In 2018, Pete Davis was graduating from Harvard Law School

1:00.0

and was chosen to give a commencement address that ended up going

1:03.9

unexpectedly viral having now been viewed over 30 million times.

1:08.2

The thesis of Pete's Peach was that our culture has entered what he calls infinite

1:12.4

browsing mode.

1:13.8

With so many options to choose from and devices that present those options to us literally

1:18.4

endlessly, we can become paralyzed by choice and inadvertently live out our lives without ever dedicating ourselves to

1:25.3

something.

1:26.3

And this lack of choosing and committing over the long haul has real consequences,

1:30.6

Pete argues.

1:31.7

It prevents us from finding the meaning and impact that we're longing for.

1:35.6

Pete's ideas eventually crystallized into a really incredible book, Dedicated, which explores these ideas in depth.

1:45.2

We loved this book and found it to be so relevant to the conversations we seem to always be having. In this conversation

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