Tara Isabella Burton

I think a lot of religious traditions do start from the question of why do bad things happen to good people? And often the answer is, I don't know, or God is mysterious, or we're trying to learn some lesson, or a lot of other solutions to this problem, what's called theodicy, the study of why God allows evil, that don't blame the individual in quite the same way.

I think a lot of religious traditions do start from the question of why do bad things happen to good people? And often the answer is, I don't know, or God is mysterious, or we're trying to learn some lesson, or a lot of other solutions to this problem, what's called theodicy, the study of why God allows evil, that don't blame the individual in quite the same way.

Can you say more about that? What's really interesting is that we are seeing in a bunch of different places across the cultural spectrum, this idea that we should transcend our human limitations and try and make ourselves into another kind of maybe more divine being. And one of the ways that we see this is in the popularity of manifesting.

Can you say more about that? What's really interesting is that we are seeing in a bunch of different places across the cultural spectrum, this idea that we should transcend our human limitations and try and make ourselves into another kind of maybe more divine being. And one of the ways that we see this is in the popularity of manifesting.

Can you say more about that? What's really interesting is that we are seeing in a bunch of different places across the cultural spectrum, this idea that we should transcend our human limitations and try and make ourselves into another kind of maybe more divine being. And one of the ways that we see this is in the popularity of manifesting.

This ideology is often and has been since the era of New Thought bound up with this ideal of self-divinization. Like, I am divine. I am bountiful. I am abundant. Maybe I'm also not, you know, the God who created the world, but my true nature is as divinity, as part of God or God.

This ideology is often and has been since the era of New Thought bound up with this ideal of self-divinization. Like, I am divine. I am bountiful. I am abundant. Maybe I'm also not, you know, the God who created the world, but my true nature is as divinity, as part of God or God.

This ideology is often and has been since the era of New Thought bound up with this ideal of self-divinization. Like, I am divine. I am bountiful. I am abundant. Maybe I'm also not, you know, the God who created the world, but my true nature is as divinity, as part of God or God.

in a way that's slightly different from even a traditional, speaking to my own experience, Christian conception of, you know, you might become one with God through salvation or through Jesus, but like, you're not God. There is a distinction between creator and created. But another place you see the same ideal of self-divinization is the transhumanism you find in the tech world.

in a way that's slightly different from even a traditional, speaking to my own experience, Christian conception of, you know, you might become one with God through salvation or through Jesus, but like, you're not God. There is a distinction between creator and created. But another place you see the same ideal of self-divinization is the transhumanism you find in the tech world.

in a way that's slightly different from even a traditional, speaking to my own experience, Christian conception of, you know, you might become one with God through salvation or through Jesus, but like, you're not God. There is a distinction between creator and created. But another place you see the same ideal of self-divinization is the transhumanism you find in the tech world.

Recently, Brian Johnson, who's a sort of entrepreneur who went viral a little while ago with saying he could live forever.

Recently, Brian Johnson, who's a sort of entrepreneur who went viral a little while ago with saying he could live forever.

Recently, Brian Johnson, who's a sort of entrepreneur who went viral a little while ago with saying he could live forever.

Went once again viral for announcing his new don't die religion, which has one very obvious tenet in it. I bet you can figure out what it is. Yeah.

Went once again viral for announcing his new don't die religion, which has one very obvious tenet in it. I bet you can figure out what it is. Yeah.

Went once again viral for announcing his new don't die religion, which has one very obvious tenet in it. I bet you can figure out what it is. Yeah.

It's certainly unlikely. Yes. But the idea with a lot of this life extension work or anti-death work that is funded by a lot of people in the tech world, Peter Thiel's invested very heavily in life extension research. And again, there's a soft version of this, which is like, how can we make people live longer? This seems like generally a good idea.

It's certainly unlikely. Yes. But the idea with a lot of this life extension work or anti-death work that is funded by a lot of people in the tech world, Peter Thiel's invested very heavily in life extension research. And again, there's a soft version of this, which is like, how can we make people live longer? This seems like generally a good idea.

It's certainly unlikely. Yes. But the idea with a lot of this life extension work or anti-death work that is funded by a lot of people in the tech world, Peter Thiel's invested very heavily in life extension research. And again, there's a soft version of this, which is like, how can we make people live longer? This seems like generally a good idea.