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The Power of Meaning

Presence is far more intricate and rewarding an art than productivity. Ours is a culture that measures our worth as human beings by our efficiency, our earnings, our ability to perform this or that. The cult of productivity has its place, but worshipping at its altar daily robs us of the very capacity for joy and wonder that makes life worth living... See more

Maria Popova • 13 Life-Learnings from 13 Years of Brain Pickings

He sees the hunger people have for a wisdom and nourishing that algorithms and devices don’t provide—but the humanities can. This is the real crisis in humanities, and it’s reached a boiling point.

I don’t travel as extensively as Dana, but I hear the exact same thing in my online dealings with people. They want something that the tech can’t provid... See more

Ted Gioia • The Real Crisis in Humanities Isn't Happening at College

To be human is to be animated and oriented by some vision of the good life, some picture of what we think counts as “flourishing.” And we want that. We crave it. We desire it. This is why our most fundamental mode of orientation to the world is love.

James K. A. Smith • You Are What You Love: The Spiritual Power of Habit

the quality of our lives and the health of our society depends, to a large degree, on how well we treat each other in the minute interactions of daily life.

David Brooks • How to Know a Person: The Art of Seeing Others Deeply and Being Deeply Seen

Our emotions and intuitions are not something to be set aside, they are among the best tools we have in determining what to work on in this world, how to live, and how to aim towards a better sense of belonging. Learning to tame your emotions through willpower is helpful, but your emotions themselves are still an asset. They are a tool to be cultiv... See more

Simon Sarris • Stoicism is Not Enough

The little things you do for others that remind you both of who you are, matter. They’re what define the thread count of the human experience

Molly Mielke • Feeling seen · Molly Mielke

What are the things you do that do something to you? What are the secular liturgies in your life? What vision of the good life is carried in those liturgies? What Story is embedded in those cultural practices? What kind of person do they want you to become? To what kingdom are these rituals aimed? What does this cultural institution want you to lov

James K. A. Smith • You Are What You Love: The Spiritual Power of Habit

The Real Crisis in Humanities Isn't Happening at College

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