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'The Web of Meaning is both a profound personal meditation on human
existence and a tour-de-force weaving together of historic and
contemporary world-wide secular and spiritual thought on the
deepest question of all: why are we here?' Gabor Mate M.D., author,
In The Realm of Hungry Ghosts: Close Encounters With Addiction 'We
need, now more than ever, to figure out how to make all kinds of
connections. This book can help--and therefore it can help with a
lot of the urgent tasks we face.' Bill McKibben, author, Falter:
Has the Human Game Begun to Play Itself Out? As our civilization
careens towards a precipice of climate breakdown, ecological
destruction and gaping inequality, people are losing their
existential moorings. Our dominant worldview of disconnection,
which tells us we are split between mind and body, separate from
each other, and at odds with the natural world, has passed its
expiration date. Yet another world is possible. Award-winning
author, Jeremy Lent, investigates humanity's age-old questions -
who am I? why am I? how should I live? - from a fresh perspective,
weaving together findings from modern systems thinking,
evolutionary biology and cognitive neuroscience with insights from
Buddhism, Taoism and indigenous wisdom. The result is a
breathtaking accomplishment: a rich, coherent worldview based on a
deep recognition of connectedness within ourselves, between each
other, and with the entire natural world.
"A profound personal meditation on human existence and a
tour-de-force weaving together of historic and contemporary thought
on the deepest question of all: why are we here?" - Gabor Mate
M.D., author, In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts As our civilization
careens toward climate breakdown, ecological destruction, and
gaping inequality, people are losing their existential moorings.
The dominant worldview of disconnection, which tells us we are
split between mind and body, separate from each other, and at odds
with the natural world, has been invalidated by modern science.
Award-winning author, Jeremy Lent, investigates humanity's age-old
questions - Who am I? Why am I? How should I live? - from a fresh
perspective, weaving together findings from modern systems
thinking, evolutionary biology, and cognitive neuroscience with
insights from Buddhism, Taoism, and Indigenous wisdom. The result
is a breathtaking accomplishment: a rich, coherent worldview based
on a deep recognition of connectedness within ourselves, between
each other, and with the entire natural world. It offers a
compelling foundation for a new philosophical framework that could
enable humanity to thrive sustainably on a flourishing Earth. The
Web of Meaning is for everyone looking for deep and coherent
answers to the crisis of civilization. AWARDS GOLD | 2022 Nautilus
Book Awards - World Cultures' Transformational Growth &
Development SILVER | 2022 Nautilus Book Awards - Science &
Cosmology NOMINATED | 2021 Foreword INDIES - Ecology &
Environment
Winner of the 2017 Nautilus Silver Award! This fresh perspective on
crucial questions of history identifies the root metaphors that
cultures have used to construct meaning in their world. It offers a
glimpse into the minds of a vast range of different peoples: early
hunter-gatherers and farmers, ancient Egyptians, traditional
Chinese sages, the founders of Christianity, trail-blazers of the
Scientific Revolution, and those who constructed our modern
consumer society.Taking the reader on an archaeological exploration
of the mind, the author, an entrepreneur and sustainability leader,
uses recent findings in cognitive science and systems theory to
reveal the hidden layers of values that form today's cultural
norms. Uprooting the tired cliches of the science-religion debate,
he shows how medieval Christian rationalism acted as an incubator
for scientific thought, which in turn shaped our modern vision of
the conquest of nature. The author probes our current crisis of
unsustainability and argues that it is not an inevitable result of
human nature, but is culturally driven: a product of particular
mental patterns that could conceivably be reshaped. By shining a
light on our possible futures, the book foresees a coming struggle
between two contrasting views of humanity: one driving to a
technological endgame of artificially enhanced humans, the other
enabling a sustainable future arising from our intrinsic
connectedness with each other and the natural world. This struggle,
it concludes, is one in which each of us will play a role through
the meaning we choose to forge from the lives we lead.
"A profound personal meditation on human existence and a
tour-de-force weaving together of historic and contemporary thought
on the deepest question of all: why are we here?" - Gabor Mate
M.D., author, In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts As our civilization
careens toward climate breakdown, ecological destruction, and
gaping inequality, people are losing their existential moorings.
The dominant worldview of disconnection, which tells us we are
split between mind and body, separate from each other, and at odds
with the natural world, has been invalidated by modern science.
Award-winning author, Jeremy Lent, investigates humanity's age-old
questions - Who am I? Why am I? How should I live? - from a fresh
perspective, weaving together findings from modern systems
thinking, evolutionary biology, and cognitive neuroscience with
insights from Buddhism, Taoism, and Indigenous wisdom. The result
is a breathtaking accomplishment: a rich, coherent worldview based
on a deep recognition of connectedness within ourselves, between
each other, and with the entire natural world. It offers a
compelling foundation for a new philosophical framework that could
enable humanity to thrive sustainably on a flourishing Earth. The
Web of Meaning is for everyone looking for deep and coherent
answers to the crisis of civilization. AWARDS GOLD | 2022 Nautilus
Book Awards - World Cultures' Transformational Growth &
Development SILVER | 2022 Nautilus Book Awards - Science &
Cosmology NOMINATED | 2021 Foreword INDIES - Ecology &
Environment
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