people who leave organized religion quickly become eager to replace the void with another system of meaning—a dimension most atheist groups have failed to consider.
“One of the things that we’re dealing with, with the heightened states of depression and anxiety and the lack of meaning and existential angst that people experience, a lot of that is because the biological reality of being a human animal doesn’t really integrate that well with this world that we have created.” – Joe Rogan
“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.