Why Can't We Find Meaning Anymore? John Vervaeke

To support me on Patreon (thank you):   / cosmicskeptic   To donate to my PayPal (thank you): http://www.paypal.me/cosmicskeptic VIDEO NOTES John Vervaeke, Ph.D. is an award-winning professor of psychology, cognitive science, and Buddhist psychology at the University of Toronto. LINKS John Vervaeke's website: https://johnvervaeke.com/ Awakening From the Meaning Crisis:    • Awakening from the Meaning Crisis   TIMESTAMPS 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 SPECIAL THANKS As always, I would like to direct extra gratitude to my top-tier patrons: John Early Dmitry C. Mouthy Buddha Solaf CONNECT My Website/Blog: http://www.cosmicskeptic.com SOCIAL LINKS: Twitter:   / cosmicskeptic   Facebook:   / cosmicskeptic   Instagram:   / cosmicskeptic   Snapchat: cosmicskeptic The Within Reason Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast... CONTACT Business email: [email protected] ------------------------------------------