Arthur C. Brooks

And you know what miracles are?

I said, no, dad, tell me what miracles are.

He said, long tail events.

Now, what that means is random things that don't happen very often.

That's how he thought God made miracles.

And so here's the point.

None of this stuff is incompatible.

You can believe in God and believe in randomness because you believe that God made the universe in this wonderful way that let things happen, let the chips fall where they may.

But you gotta think about it.

That's a quiz to find out how well you're doing it.

Because, you know, if you're going to be in the search for meaning, you've got to know where you're starting.

To end up in California, you better know how far you are from California is what it comes down to.

And so there's a test that does that.

What I see is that people self-soothe using technology.

And there's a reason for that.

People distract themselves all the time.

Now, this is nothing new.

A lot of people who are bored or anxious, they drink too much alcohol because it temporarily relieves their boredom and anxiety.

The problem is it comes back with a vengeance.

You can get into a doom loop with booze.