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EP 455: The Case for Uncertainty (And How to Navigate It)


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The only sure bet is uncertainty. As we start a new year, I want to take a closer look at navigating uncertainty and how we can normalize not knowing. In this episode, I introduce you to a nerdy, wire-rimmed-glasses-wearing badass of a German pastor and guide you through 4 questions you can ask whenever you're navigating uncertainty (which is all the time...).

Footnotes:

  • Dietrich Bonhoeffer (Wikipedia overview)
  • Letters & Papers from Prison by Dietrich Bonhoeffer
  • Small Arcs of Larger Circles by Nora Bateson
  • "Dancing With Systems" by Donella Meadows
  • "Sustainability in Knowledge-Based Companies"  by Peter Brödner in Creating Sustainable Work Systems
  • On Religion by John D. Caputo

Note: I talk at length about God in this episode—but there's no evangelizing. It's about "religionless Christianity." Just trust me.

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