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Paying Attention to the Right Things
03:11 - 11:23 (08:12)
Humans and other organisms have developed the intelligent capacity to pay attention in the right way in order to solve problems and flourish, but our default setting is often far from optimal for pursuing wisdom and meaning.
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The default human setting is far from optimal for pursuing wisdom and meaning, making it important to develop the skill of sifting through information to find what is relevant.
03:11 - 05:39 (02:28)
Summary
The default human setting is far from optimal for pursuing wisdom and meaning, making it important to develop the skill of sifting through information to find what is relevant. The speaker discusses how personal struggles led them to seek out ways to better understand the world and their place in it.
ChapterPaying Attention to the Right Things
Episode#294 - John Vervaeke - Creating A Life Of Meaning & Wisdom
PodcastModern Wisdom
In this podcast, the speaker discusses the relevance of meaning in human experience and how it has been ignored in psychology for 40 years.
05:39 - 06:25 (00:45)
Summary
In this podcast, the speaker discusses the relevance of meaning in human experience and how it has been ignored in psychology for 40 years. The impact of being cultural creatures rather than just biological creatures is also considered.
ChapterPaying Attention to the Right Things
Episode#294 - John Vervaeke - Creating A Life Of Meaning & Wisdom
PodcastModern Wisdom
This podcast discusses how organisms have developed the capacity to pay attention in the right way in order to survive, without having to use words to communicate.
06:25 - 08:57 (02:32)
Summary
This podcast discusses how organisms have developed the capacity to pay attention in the right way in order to survive, without having to use words to communicate.
ChapterPaying Attention to the Right Things
Episode#294 - John Vervaeke - Creating A Life Of Meaning & Wisdom
PodcastModern Wisdom
In this podcast, a discussion is held on the importance of perpetual hunger for insight and adaptive evolution of cognitive fittedness to the environment.
08:57 - 11:23 (02:25)
Summary
In this podcast, a discussion is held on the importance of perpetual hunger for insight and adaptive evolution of cognitive fittedness to the environment.