Arvind Venkataramani on Rituals

<p>My guest today is Arvind Venkataramani. Alongside Adam Menter, Arvind has been working on an open source toolkit to help people design secular rituals. In this conversation, we explore what rituals are and how being more intentional in their structure and use can improve our lives.</p> <h2>Listen to the full conversation</h2> <p><a href= "https://theinformeddotlife.files.wordpress.com/2020/08/the-informed-life-episode-41-arvind-venkataramani.mp3"> Download episode 41</a></p> <span id="more-843"></span> <h2>Show notes</h2> <ul> <li><a href="https://about.me/arvind.venkataramani">Arvind Venkataramani</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.adammenter.com">Adam Menter</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.ritualdesign.net">The Ritual Design Toolkit</a></li> <li><a href="https://sonicrim.com">SonicRim</a></li> <li><a href= "https://www.ritualdesign.net/uploads/1/2/9/9/129967733/ritual-types-v2_orig.jpg"> Graph of types of rituals</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.uhaul.com">U-Haul</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.virtualmemorialguide.org">Virtual Memorial Guide</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barn_raising">Barn raising</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthony_Giddens">Anthony Giddens</a></li> <li><a href="https://burningman.org">Burning Man</a></li> <li><em><a href= "https://medium.com/ritual-design-toolkit/ritual-design-at-burning-man-2019-aa1e76d7dfe"> Ritual Design at Burning Man 2019</a></em> by Arvind Venkataramani<br /></li> </ul> <p><em>Some show notes may include Amazon affiliate links. I get a small commission for purchases made through these links.</em></p> <h2>Read the full transcript</h2> <p><strong>Jorge:</strong> So, Arvind, welcome to the show.</p> <p><strong>Arvind:</strong> Thank you. It’s pleasure to be here.</p> <p><strong>Jorge:</strong> It’s a pleasure to have you here. For folks who might not be familiar with you, how do you introduce yourself?</p> <h3>About Arvind</h3> <p><strong>Arvind:</strong> Well, professionally, I’m a director of research at SonicRim. We ar