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Finding Meaning In The New Age of Anxiety

2025/5/20
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Nora McInerney: 我认为现在很多人都感到孤独、沮丧和焦虑，我们努力理解这一切，但常常感到无助。我小时候就思考宇宙的浩瀚和自己的渺小，感到一切都没有意义。我希望通过这个节目，让大家可以诚实地表达自己的感受，一起探讨生活中的各种问题，找到应对困境的方法。 Stephen J. Heine: 我认为我们之所以如此挣扎，是因为我们越来越难找到生活中什么是真正有意义的。意义在于连接，一个连接良好的生活才是有意义的生活。但如今，人们与他人的联系越来越少，社区联系也在减少，工作也变得越来越具有挑战性。我们的大脑总是在努力理解正在发生的事情，但有时我们发现自己无法理解，事情变得荒谬。我们需要重新组合并找到新的前进方式。

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The podcast starts by acknowledging the current tough times and anxieties. It then introduces the concept of the 'Age of Anxiety' after World War II, a period of great upheaval and uncertainty similar to the present day. The episode will explore how existentialism emerged as a response to that earlier crisis and how it might be relevant to our current situation.
  • The current times, while unique, have precedents in history, such as the 'Age of Anxiety' after World War II.
  • Existentialism emerged as a philosophical response to the anxieties of the post-war era.
  • Understanding the past can offer insights into navigating present challenges.

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The world doesn’t make a lot of sense right now, including other people and why they think the things they think and do the things they do. So I’m tapping in Steven J. Heine, professor of Social and Cultural Psychology and the author of Start Making Sense: How Existential Psychology Can Help Us Build Meaningful Lives in Absurd Times to talk about:

-How these times are actually kind of precedented by the Age of Anxiety

-How we make meaning

-How our stories drive our choices, and our choices make our stories

-A million other things.

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