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

John Vervaeke is a psychologist and cognitive scientist at University of Toronto. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors:
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John's YouTube: https://youtube.com/johnvervaeke
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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

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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
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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

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