Ari Wallach

so then if you take that at its at its at its truth what is social media right now but nothing but a kind of a hall of mirrors of our culture right now what will they say 200 years from now when they look at these posts with with the likes and things that um the metrics that we use to judge ourselves individually and say what what happened to this species

so then if you take that at its at its at its truth what is social media right now but nothing but a kind of a hall of mirrors of our culture right now what will they say 200 years from now when they look at these posts with with the likes and things that um the metrics that we use to judge ourselves individually and say what what happened to this species

so then if you take that at its at its at its truth what is social media right now but nothing but a kind of a hall of mirrors of our culture right now what will they say 200 years from now when they look at these posts with with the likes and things that um the metrics that we use to judge ourselves individually and say what what happened to this species

That's why there's no natural light in most casinos.

That's why there's no natural light in most casinos.

That's why there's no natural light in most casinos.

This is a fundamental question of our time is what is the purpose of our species being here on earth? And for thousands of years, that was answered by religion. The idea about who we are and why we are here more often than not was answered in the afterlife. But then along came our friend rationality and logic and the renaissance and the enlightenment.

This is a fundamental question of our time is what is the purpose of our species being here on earth? And for thousands of years, that was answered by religion. The idea about who we are and why we are here more often than not was answered in the afterlife. But then along came our friend rationality and logic and the renaissance and the enlightenment.

This is a fundamental question of our time is what is the purpose of our species being here on earth? And for thousands of years, that was answered by religion. The idea about who we are and why we are here more often than not was answered in the afterlife. But then along came our friend rationality and logic and the renaissance and the enlightenment.

And as Nietzsche said, I'll give you the full quote, God is dead and now we're basically screwed.

And as Nietzsche said, I'll give you the full quote, God is dead and now we're basically screwed.

And as Nietzsche said, I'll give you the full quote, God is dead and now we're basically screwed.

Because I want to separate out what scientific rationality and the scientific method did is it didn't actually kill God. What it actually did was it killed the structures that arose to intermediate between us and God together. AKA the church. And this is not a conversation about theology. This is a conversation about structures and about power.

Because I want to separate out what scientific rationality and the scientific method did is it didn't actually kill God. What it actually did was it killed the structures that arose to intermediate between us and God together. AKA the church. And this is not a conversation about theology. This is a conversation about structures and about power.

Because I want to separate out what scientific rationality and the scientific method did is it didn't actually kill God. What it actually did was it killed the structures that arose to intermediate between us and God together. AKA the church. And this is not a conversation about theology. This is a conversation about structures and about power.

100%. It destroyed the stories that religion told us about our larger purpose. Because what ended up happening, look, oftentimes folks will say, well, you know, science destroyed God and destroyed religion because it told us where we came from. We're not coming from seven days, right, where God spun the earth and created the heavens in seven days.

100%. It destroyed the stories that religion told us about our larger purpose. Because what ended up happening, look, oftentimes folks will say, well, you know, science destroyed God and destroyed religion because it told us where we came from. We're not coming from seven days, right, where God spun the earth and created the heavens in seven days.

100%. It destroyed the stories that religion told us about our larger purpose. Because what ended up happening, look, oftentimes folks will say, well, you know, science destroyed God and destroyed religion because it told us where we came from. We're not coming from seven days, right, where God spun the earth and created the heavens in seven days.

I think we're at a point now where we're starting to realize that science actually tells us, going back 13.7 billion years ago to the Big Bang, we can quibble with that number. Up to today, science is telling us how we got to this point. What science cannot do and what technology cannot do is tell us where we should be going.

I think we're at a point now where we're starting to realize that science actually tells us, going back 13.7 billion years ago to the Big Bang, we can quibble with that number. Up to today, science is telling us how we got to this point. What science cannot do and what technology cannot do is tell us where we should be going.