When the urge to create is supplanted by the drive to consume, we become toxic to ourselves, those around us, and to the planet. We need a new narrative of the good life based on the deep wisdoms that are our shared cultural inheritances. Human beings are meaning makers. Creating narratives, invention, taking joy in discovery, and being uplifted by the beautiful are in our DNA.....
When the urge to create is supplanted by the drive to consume, we become toxic to ourselves, those around us, and to the planet. We need a new narrative of the good life based on the deep wisdoms that are our shared cultural inheritances. Human beings are meaning makers. Creating narratives, invention, taking joy in discovery, and being uplifted by the beautiful are in our DNA.
Not sure I would immediately sign onto everything Jackson implies in his article, but getting good answers requires asking good questions, and this article certainly does do that.
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