Why Can't We Find Meaning Anymore? John Vervaeke
John Vervaeke defines the 'meaning crisis' as a wisdom famine caused by the loss of traditional ecologies of practice and narrative structures that once cultivated belonging and cognitive agency.summaryThe Meaning Crisis is fundamentally a 'wisdom famine' resulting from the loss of 'sacred canopies' (traditional institutions) that legitimized ecologies of practices designed to ameliorate self-deception and foster flourtakeawayWisdom and belonging are connected through non-propositional cognition; meaning is not about logical inference but about procedural skills, perspectival orientation, and participatory identity formation.takeaway














