EPISODE · May 31, 2024 · 1H 17M
Human Action, Metaphor, and Money with John Vervaeke (WiM473)
from The "What is Money?" Show · host Robert Breedlove, John Vervaeke
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What this episode covers
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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