#317 – John Vervaeke: Meaning Crisis, Atheism, Religion & the Search for Wisdom

2022-09-04 · 197 min · 25 entities

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Link in episode "#317 – John Vervaeke: Meaning Crisis, Atheism, Religion & the Search for Wisdom": https://youtube.com/lexfridman
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Link in episode "#317 – John Vervaeke: Meaning Crisis, Atheism, Religion & the Search for Wisdom": https://youtube.com/lexclips
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Link in episode "#317 – John Vervaeke: Meaning Crisis, Atheism, Religion & the Search for Wisdom": https://mizzenandmain.com/
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Link in episode "#317 – John Vervaeke: Meaning Crisis, Atheism, Religion & the Search for Wisdom": https://youtube.com/johnvervaeke
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Link in episode "#317 – John Vervaeke: Meaning Crisis, Atheism, Religion & the Search for Wisdom": https://youtube.com/lexclips
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John Vervaeke is a psychologist and cognitive scientist at University of Toronto. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors: – Mizzen+Main : https://mizzenandmain.com and use code LEX to get $35 off – InsideTracker : https://insidetracker.com/lex to get 20% off – Eight Sleep : https://www.eightsleep.com/lex to get special savings – Athletic Greens : https://athleticgreens.com/lex to get 1 month of fish oil – Onnit : https://lexfridman.com/onnit to get up to 10% off EPISODE LINKS: John’s YouTube: https://youtube.com/johnvervaeke John’s Twitter: https://twitter.com/vervaeke_john John’s Facebook: https://facebook.com/VervaekeJohn John’s Website: https://johnvervaeke.com Books mentioned: Flow: https://amzn.to/3cQDby9 On Bullshit: https://amzn.to/3PZDvYW The Denial of Death: https://amzn.to/3KsIctp PODCAST INFO: Podcast website: https://lexfridman.com/podcast Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/2lwqZIr Spotify: https://spoti.fi/2nEwCF8 RSS: https://lexfridman.com/feed/podcast/ YouTube Full Episodes: https://youtube.com/lexfridman YouTube Clips: https://youtube.com/lexclips SUPPORT & CONNECT: – Check out the sponsors above, it’s the best way to support this podcast – Support on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/lexfridman – Twitter: https://twitter.com/lexfridman – Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lexfridman – LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lexfridman – Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/lexfridman – Medium: https://medium.com/@lexfridman OUTLINE: Here’s the timestamps for the episode. On some podcast players you should be able to click the timestamp to jump to that time. (00:00) – Introduction (07:03) – Meaning (27:17) – Consciousness (36:17) – Relevance realization (47:40) – Wisdom (54:54) – Truth (59:38) – Reality (1:11:59) – Meaning crisis (1:35:27) – Religion (1:43:17) – Nontheism (1:58:26) – Distributed cognition (2:16:37) – Flow (2:36:35) – Psychedelics (2:45:03) – Marxism and Nazism (2:57:08) – Evil (3:01:19) – Powerful ideas (3:08:10) – Advice for young people