Wait, isn’t that what Vervaeke himself does? Or does he do it himself because he thinks he’s proficient enough and is putting enough effort into it, and is willing to risk failure for the chance of finding new ground, but thinks in general people should pick up a ready-made bundle and roll with it? Perhaps the ecosystem of practices he’s trying to develop?
I don’t think he’s doing the autodidactic thing. Like, he studies wisdom as a scientist, but I think personally he practices tai chi and meditation in part because they’re tried-and-true with the sort of supportive community that he talks up in many places. Much of this lecture series is, I think, not his material, and is instead other people’s work and other people’s analysis, passed through his filters. [He doesn’t mention this until later, but he’s not trying to be a prophet / start a religion / etc.]
Wait, isn’t that what Vervaeke himself does? Or does he do it himself because he thinks he’s proficient enough and is putting enough effort into it, and is willing to risk failure for the chance of finding new ground, but thinks in general people should pick up a ready-made bundle and roll with it? Perhaps the ecosystem of practices he’s trying to develop?
I don’t think he’s doing the autodidactic thing. Like, he studies wisdom as a scientist, but I think personally he practices tai chi and meditation in part because they’re tried-and-true with the sort of supportive community that he talks up in many places. Much of this lecture series is, I think, not his material, and is instead other people’s work and other people’s analysis, passed through his filters. [He doesn’t mention this until later, but he’s not trying to be a prophet / start a religion / etc.]