Jeff Salzman: Four Reactions To Horrific Violence inside each one of us

<p dir="ltr">This is an excerpt from a conversation Jeff Salzman with the Developmental Alliance, with a brief preface from yours truly.</p> <p dir="ltr">Jeff posts Integral takes on the news regularly at</p> <p dir="ltr"><a href= "https://www.youtube.com/@UCCa3meEuah-lc2lIMX2BTng">https://www.youtube.com/@UCCa3meEuah-lc2lIMX2BTng</a></p> <p dir="ltr">(and I often join him!)</p> <p dir="ltr"> </p> <p dir="ltr">🦸‍♀️🦸🏾🦸🏼‍♂️🦸🏽‍♀️🦸🏿🦸</p> <p dir="ltr">♥️ If you liked this episode, let us know with a review. And follow this show to get all our latest episodes.</p> <p dir="ltr">♥️♥️Of course, If you really liked this episode, subscribe to The Ten Thousand Heroes newsletter to get weekly 5 minute reads on meaning, purpose, and community. Plus, you’ll never miss an episode again.</p> <p dir="ltr"><a href= "http://momentumlab.com/newsletter">http://momentumlab.com/newsletter</a></p> <p> </p> <p dir="ltr">*** About The Ten Thousand Heroes Show ***</p> <p dir="ltr"> 🦸‍♀️🦸🏾🦸🏼‍♂️🦸🏽‍♀️🦸🏿🦸🏽‍♂️🦸🏾‍♂️🦸‍♀️🦸🏾🦸🏼‍♂️🦸🏽‍♀️🦸🏿🦸🏽‍♂️🦸🏾‍♂️</p> <p dir="ltr">Why are you here?</p> <p dir="ltr">What is this short and fragile life about?</p> <p><strong> </strong></p> <p dir="ltr">These questions have easy answers in traditional cultures. You listen to the myths and stories of your elders and nod along.</p> <p dir="ltr">But once we’re exposed to the chaos and diversity of the larger world (#thanksglobalization), the simple narratives of our ancestors suddenly seem silly and unattractive.</p> <p><strong> </strong></p> <p dir="ltr">Rationality leads us into a desert of meaning.</p> <p dir="ltr">But it turns out that we left something important behind: Purpose.</p> <p><strong> </strong></p> <p dir="ltr">The Ten Thousand Heroes Show aims to restore our collective sense of meaning and fulfillment through demystifying purpose.</p> <p><strong> </strong></p> <p dir="ltr">We present empirical techniques and rational arguments for taking Purpose seriously, while leaving room for fun and mystery.</p> <p><strong> </strong></p> <p dir="ltr">And we interview ins