meaning crisis
Stuart Evans and
meaning crisis
The posturing of DTC brands as cults reveals an impasse. People are looking for more meaningful narratives and communities than brands can offer, and companies want to supply this “meaning demand”—but are structurally disincentivized to do so.
Toby Shorin • Life After Lifestyle
“Burnout” is a particularly modern affliction, feeling simultaneously overwhelmed and paralyzed. I’ve found it’s best to think of burnout not as a disease but as a symptom, with many different etiologies. The big three: permanent on-call, broken steering, and mission doubt.
Emmett Sheartwitter.com
THERE IS A GOD SHAPED HOLE IN OUR HEART, AND (THIS IS THE HERETICAL MOMENT) IN OUR ECONOMY
We know the millennial core answers to this God shaped hole. It's "Soul Cycle" and the like. But we can't reach God pedaling and not going anywhere.
We know the millennial core answers to this God shaped hole. It's "Soul Cycle" and the like. But we can't reach God pedaling and not going anywhere.
Reggie James • My Hereticon Talk - Spiritual Technology
The Liminal Web: Mapping An Emergent Subculture Of Sensemakers, Meta-Theorists & Systems Poets
Joe Lightfootjoelightfoot.org
What can we trust? Why is the 'information ecology' so damaged, and what would it take to make it healthy? This is a fundamental question, because without good sensemaking, we cannot even begin to act in the world. It is also a central concern in what many are calling the "meaning crisis", because what is meaningful is connected to what is real.