Ep. 1 - Awakening from the Meaning Crisis - Introduction

Why HN readers recommended it

HN recommends the series as a thorough, non-dogmatic look at meaning, spirituality and escaping nihilism.

This is a summary from the source dataset, not an endorsement by Hacker News or the video creator.

Video & recommendation details

Creator / channel

John Vervaeke’s Lectern

Topic

meaning crisis

Format

lecture

Level

general

HN recommenders in dataset

6

HN mentions in dataset

7

Recommendation years in dataset

2019–2022

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From the original HN conversations

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• For anyone deeply interested in philosophy, the evolution of religion from a cognitive science perspective, or escaping a nihilistic perspective, this series has it all. I can’t recommend it enough. [VIDEO]

• > bogus nonsensical ones that say you need to light candles and get into some funky position and whatnot. It usually helps when investigating something you're a novice in to at least attempt to clear your mind of preconceptions. Do you know posture makes no …

• Here's an interesting new series addressing exactly the "crisis of meaning" issue you mention: [VIDEO] I've only gotten through the first lecture—and it does take him ~20 minutes to lay out something like the full plan for the lecture series, but he also paints a …