Ari Wallach
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These are not distinct units. There's massive overlaps in terms of the culture, the emotional, the psychology of what I got from them, what I'm giving to my kids. But what ends up happening in a lifespan-biased society, the one that we exist in right now, is we have lost the telos. We have lost the ultimate aim or goal or purpose for ourselves. species, for our civilization on this planet.
These are not distinct units. There's massive overlaps in terms of the culture, the emotional, the psychology of what I got from them, what I'm giving to my kids. But what ends up happening in a lifespan-biased society, the one that we exist in right now, is we have lost the telos. We have lost the ultimate aim or goal or purpose for ourselves. species, for our civilization on this planet.
I'm not going to tell you what that is. What I am going to say is when you don't have that because God is no longer in the picture, religion is no longer in the picture, we flounder about and we're looking for metrics to judge. Am I doing the right thing? Do I matter? Will people know who I am 200 years from now? Is my sense of purpose connected to anything larger?
I'm not going to tell you what that is. What I am going to say is when you don't have that because God is no longer in the picture, religion is no longer in the picture, we flounder about and we're looking for metrics to judge. Am I doing the right thing? Do I matter? Will people know who I am 200 years from now? Is my sense of purpose connected to anything larger?
I'm not going to tell you what that is. What I am going to say is when you don't have that because God is no longer in the picture, religion is no longer in the picture, we flounder about and we're looking for metrics to judge. Am I doing the right thing? Do I matter? Will people know who I am 200 years from now? Is my sense of purpose connected to anything larger?
And without these larger religious structures that we had for thousands of years, the answer is no.
And without these larger religious structures that we had for thousands of years, the answer is no.
And without these larger religious structures that we had for thousands of years, the answer is no.
Yes.
Yes.
Yes.
Well, no, because there's other confusions that come from it, right? There's other religion as it's practiced in majority parts of the world, and this is where I'm going to get a lot of hate mail, is mostly about power and coercion and control. Not at its essence. Not at its essence.
Well, no, because there's other confusions that come from it, right? There's other religion as it's practiced in majority parts of the world, and this is where I'm going to get a lot of hate mail, is mostly about power and coercion and control. Not at its essence. Not at its essence.
Well, no, because there's other confusions that come from it, right? There's other religion as it's practiced in majority parts of the world, and this is where I'm going to get a lot of hate mail, is mostly about power and coercion and control. Not at its essence. Not at its essence.
The essence is about love and emancipation from the human condition to connect to something larger, to connect to the divine. The problem is when the business models get in the way, right?
The essence is about love and emancipation from the human condition to connect to something larger, to connect to the divine. The problem is when the business models get in the way, right?
The essence is about love and emancipation from the human condition to connect to something larger, to connect to the divine. The problem is when the business models get in the way, right?
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Like with anything. And so โ But that's true of science too. I mean I know a lot about the business models. You referenced it earlier, right? Science, it's no longer like pure Medici type science where you're doing these things and โ It's published. It's perished. There's business models. Can we take it from the lab to the โ can we โ 100%. And that is part of where we are.
Like with anything. And so โ But that's true of science too. I mean I know a lot about the business models. You referenced it earlier, right? Science, it's no longer like pure Medici type science where you're doing these things and โ It's published. It's perished. There's business models. Can we take it from the lab to the โ can we โ 100%. And that is part of where we are.