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John Vervaeke, Ph.D. is an awardwinning professor of psychology, cognitive science, and Buddhist psychology at the University of Toronto.

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Awakening From the Meaning Crisis:    • Awakening from the Meaning Crisis  

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0:00 What is the “meaning crisis”?
5:23 Relationship between wisdom and belonging
8:15 the removal of narrative from society
12:32 video games
15:40 How did we get to this point?
19:56 Is maths/science the language of the universe?
35:06 The science of meaning and agency
41:08 Does religion do meaning best?
46:45 Is the afterlife why religion provides meaning?
1:02:52 Does death make a mockery of meaning?
1:16:08 Finding meaning with psychedelics
1:23:00 Should we fear death?
1:31:11 Outro

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