Human Action, Metaphor, and Money with John Vervaeke (WiM473)

John Vervaeke joins me for a conversation about how action connects the mind and reality, the importance of relevance realization, why we use abstraction, why metaphors are so pervasive, and how money is a metaphor for the language of human action.

John Vervaeke, Ph.D. is an award-winning professor of psychology, cognitive science, and Buddhist psychology at the University of Toronto.

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0:00 - WiM Intro
2:59 - Helping Lightning Startups with In Wolf's Clothing
3:46 - Introducing John Vervaeke
7:40 - Analytic vs Synthetic Truth
12:08 - Action Before Categorization
19:12 - Action Connects Mind and Reality
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23:56 - Anthony DiClementi’s Biohacking Secrets
25:26 - The Definition of Human Action
32:54 - Relevance Realization
36:30 - The "One"
41:53 - The Role of Abstraction
47:06 - Love and Action
53:59 - Swan Bitcoin: Set up Instant and Recurring Bitcoin Buys
54:55 - Bitcoin 2024: The Largest Bitcoin and Fintech Conference in the World
56:02 - The Role of Metaphor
01:07:39 - Money as Metaphor
01:14:26 - What is the Sacred?
01:16:50 - Closing Thoughts

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