Sup Monks!
John Vervaeke is a professor of cognitive science and cognitive psychology at the University of Toronto, who has published a 50-part lecture series on Youtube, called "Awakening from the Meaning Crisis." (Check out John's Youtube channel here). He has been interviewed on the Jordan Peterson, Lex Fridman, and Modern Wisdom Podcasts and is a world-leading pioneer in Cognitive Science.
In this conversation, we are discussing the attention economy, social media, the meaning crisis, Silicon Sages, and a vision beyond the meaning crisis.
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Chapters:
0:00 - Intro
1:45 - The Problem of Social Media
3:30 - Rationality & Attention
6:00 - Communities of Wisdom
9:55 - Tech & The Meaning Crisis
17:57 - Living in a Digital Reality
23:40 - Regulating Social Media
29:10 - Attention & A.I
35: 26 - Why the market failed
42:25 - Good Tech
46:12 - Artificial Wisdom
31:13 - Beyond the Meaning Crisis
52:55 - After Socrates
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Warm Regards,
Mahon.
#65 - John Vervaeke - Social Media, Attention & Awakening From The Meaning Crisis