17:I[66739,["/_next/static/chunks/0.3dg.jzl0xwf.js?dpl=dpl_4s9k4SEJd7tPBmNqGyt3Kh28zVdP","/_next/static/chunks/05hx6kuf6-oy4.js?dpl=dpl_4s9k4SEJd7tPBmNqGyt3Kh28zVdP","/_next/static/chunks/16hlzajg8nh66.js?dpl=dpl_4s9k4SEJd7tPBmNqGyt3Kh28zVdP","/_next/static/chunks/0juapqyy99ga..js?dpl=dpl_4s9k4SEJd7tPBmNqGyt3Kh28zVdP","/_next/static/chunks/0b~tpyyzrynhr.js?dpl=dpl_4s9k4SEJd7tPBmNqGyt3Kh28zVdP","/_next/static/chunks/1331nw5i_3lcb.js?dpl=dpl_4s9k4SEJd7tPBmNqGyt3Kh28zVdP"],"default"] 19:I[38632,["/_next/static/chunks/0qqtp3r0h7kah.js?dpl=dpl_4s9k4SEJd7tPBmNqGyt3Kh28zVdP","/_next/static/chunks/0iukvycbd42rl.js?dpl=dpl_4s9k4SEJd7tPBmNqGyt3Kh28zVdP"],"IconMark"] 18:T4e8,Erik is joined by John Vervaeke (@vervaeke_john), a psychology and cognitive science professor at the University of Toronto.

They discuss:

- How John has been working on bridging the gap between cognitive science and spirituality.

- Why he says that we need to “awaken” from the meaning crisis, not “solve” it.

- What he wants people building virtual reality and social media platforms to know.

- Why he says that people these days don’t value democracy the way people did in the past.

- The biggest questions that he has been wrestling with in his research.

- How meaning is distinct from happiness or well-being.

- How “we’ve killed God and replaced it with a marketplace.”

- Whether we will see the emergence of new religions, or “upgrades” to the existing ones.

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The Meaning Crisis and Silicon Valley with John Vervaeke

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The Meaning Crisis and Silicon Valley with John Vervaeke