Modern Wisdom

Podcast Notes Key Takeaways

• We are not just biological beings, we are also cultural beings
• Give up the idea of seeking a final perfect state
  • For such a thing to exist, we would need to be in an absolute unchanging environment (not desirable or possible)
  • We can shift what’s meaningful to us from the ideal of perfection to an ongoing evolution
• Becoming comfortable with our lack of wisdom
  • The task of a philosopher (lover of wisdom) is to turn this lack into receptivity to wisdom
• “Know thyself” is about knowing your operating manual
  • How do I function?
  • How am I ignorant?
  • How am I self-deceptive?
  • You often need the help of others to answer these questions
• There is no political solution to the meaning crisis, it must be cultural
• Develop an ecology of practices to cultivate meaning
  • Each practice has strengths and weaknesses
    • You can combine them to complement each other
  • Mindfulness, Psychophysical practices, Dialogic practices, Serious Play
• Personal growth can lead to losing some relationships
  • The quantity of relationship may decrease, but their quality improves
  • At the same time, you’ll gain virtuosity
    • To discern what new relationships to get into
    • To attract like-minded people

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John Vervaeke is an Associate Professor at the University Of Toronto.

There is a meaning crisis upon us. People are revisiting Stoicism and Buddhism and mindfulness and psychedelics in an attempt to understand themselves and connect with the world around them. John joins me today to try and give us a route out of this trench.

Expect to learn the different types of learning, how John would construct a person who is ready to become wise and find meaning, the daily practises that John uses to continue to grow every day, what the relation is between being too cerebral and lacking wisdom and much more...

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