Awakening to the Meaning Crisis (Robert Wright & John Vervaeke)

Robert Wright's Nonzero

Nonzero

News & Politics, Society & Culture, Philosophy

4.7 • 618 Ratings

🗓️ 8 November 2022

⏱️ 69 minutes

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Summary

0:00 Signs of the so-called “meaning crisis” 3:50 How John addresses the meaning crisis in his own life 10:04 Bob gets empathy-circled—live! 18:48 How much of the meaning crisis is a crisis of community? 25:29 Wisdom as the antidote to self-deception 40:54 Is technological change outpacing our ability to adapt? 45:48 How and where might new sources of meaning emerge? 53:08 The conundrum of collective intelligence (or how should we talk about demons?) 59:57 Can video games give us meaning? 1:04:05 John: “Enlightenment” that fails to confront cognitive bias is meaningless

Robert Wright (Bloggingheads.tv, The Evolution of God, Nonzero, Why Buddhism Is True) and John Vervaeke (University of Toronto). Recorded October 27, 2022. John Vervaeke's YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCpqDUjTsof-kTNpnyWper_Q

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0:00.0	You're listening to Robert Wright's Non-Zero Podcast.
0:08.6	Hi, John.
0:10.2	Hi, Bob.
0:11.2	Pleasure to meet you.
0:12.4	Good to meet you.
0:13.5	I'm Robert Wright, publisher, the Non-Zero Newsletter.
0:16.2	This is a Non-Zero podcast.
0:17.4	You're John Vervaki.
0:19.7	Among other things, the producer of a 50-part video series on YouTube called Awakening
0:26.3	from the Meaning Crisis, which has gotten a lot of attention. You're recently on the Lex
0:31.5	Friedman podcast, very high-profile venue. Congratulations.
0:35.5	Thank you.
0:36.9	And you are a, now you're at the University of Toronto and you are a, you call yourself a cognitive
0:44.1	scientists.
0:44.6	I gather your background is largely in philosophy.
0:48.0	Philosophy and psychology.
0:49.6	Yes.
0:49.7	Okay.
0:51.4	And so I want to talk about this meaning thing.
0:57.5	I think, you know, a lot of people will recognize the problem you're talking about,
1:03.9	or at least are familiar with some of the indices you cite of the crisis,
1:08.6	you know, higher suicide rate among young people.
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