From the Big Bang to Human Flourishing | Leap of Curiosity, Episode 2

The nature of the universe is such that it is possible for life to exist, just as the nature of humanity makes it possible for human flourishing to exist. Neither life nor human flourishing are inevitable—they are conditional. Understanding the specific conditions that make flourishing possible, and understanding the ways in which flourishing can be (and tragically often is) undermined is possible to us if we're objective—if we align our thinking with facts, if we don't permit ourselves to be distracted by personal biases or derailed by illogical ideas. Objectivity has given us all of the extraordinary advantages and benefits we take for granted in scientific, medical, and technological endeavors. We shouldn't take the risk of being anything but objective about human flourishing and what it takes to make it happen. Life for humans has never been better, but it took a very long time to make the progress we've made. And there are still billions of people for whom flourishing is an incomplete reality. In fact, this is the case for most of us. The Enlightenment project has gotten us this far, but we have more work to do. Work that will only get done if we commit to being... Curious on Purpose, Curious on Principle. Thank you for listening! If you prefer digesting content by reading or watching it, you'll find article versions on Substack. There are video versions of some of my podcasts on YouTube. And there's a Facebook group for discussion of ideas in the episodes, too.    Substack | YouTube | Facebook#CuriosityOnPurpose #CuriosityOnPrinciple #Freedom #Reason #Enlightenment #Justice #Peace #BelieveInQuestions #Skepticism #NoMoreSuperstition #NoMoreTribalism #NoMoreAuthoritarianism #NoMoreRacism #NoMoreMisogyny #NoMoreIrrationality #NoMoreCoercion #NoMoreFraud #NoMoreProfessionalPoliticians #NoMorePoliticalParties #NoMoreDemocrats #NoMoreRepublicans #HumanityFirst #HumanityOnPrinciple