John Vervaeke has an idea that in our time most truth and most relevance are unconnected.  For instance, we have vast knowledge of the phenomena of outer space and microscopic life, but those things do not touch most of our lives.  On the other hand, we are inundated with things that catch our attention – in ads, on social media, videos – and yet these have little truth to them.  

The popularity of Stoicism and Eastern philosophy seem to be a sign that people feel a need for truth that feels relevant.  We talk about a parallel of our time of tumult and searching with that of Socrates, where material explanations for natural phenomena, Sophistic use of rhetoric for utility, and philosophic search for transcendence coexisted and competed.

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