The Black Sheep (Salomé Sibonex & Joseph (Jake) Klein)

When political disagreements become a battle between good and evil instead of a difference of information, there's more at play than just "misinformation."

As humans, we've spent thousands of more years making up stories to explain the world than we have finding facts and rationally discerning reality from fiction. As people become overloaded with information and underprepared to explain the world to themselves, our primitive tool of myth-making is rising to fill the gaps. But unlike with misinformation, a person rarely abandons their myth just because they've seen contradictory facts.

Being a functional individual and creating positive change requires not just a knowledge of reality, but an understanding of how humans have always navigated reality via myths.

In this livestream I'll share some of Joseph Campbell's ideas on the role myth plays in our life and society, as well as how to recognize when you're in the realm of rational truth-seeking vs irrational myth-making. We'll also discuss:

* How mythological thinking influences our political beliefs

* The dangerous myths driving our culture

* Becoming aware of our own myth and consciously altering it

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Joseph Campbell answered the age-old question "What's the meaning of life" when he said "follow your bliss." Yet, it's not obvious what your “bliss" actually is or how to follow it.

With a 24-hour news cycle and distraction device always by our side, it's even harder to figure this out. It's not that you don't know what you care about most, but that you're so busy and distracted you often forget to care about it. You end up living a half-life, going through the motions and only realizing you've forgotten to focus on what you love in the rare times when you aren't distracted.

We know what happens to an individual who lets their life become a long series of unsatisfying patterns, but what happens to a community or an entire culture disconnected from what matters most?

In this livestream I'll explain Joseph Campbell's famous command to "follow you bliss," how we're uniquely blocked from doing this today, and how to overcome those blocks. We'll also discuss:

* The cost of not following your bliss

* How to identify what your bliss is

* The secular spirituality that following your bliss can offer

Here’s a preview:

Join my next livestream for a real-time black sheep hangout + discussion on topics like groupthink, the philosophy of individualism, radical self-reliance, and other topics people seeking meaningful lives in modern times need. Stop by via YouTube, Rumble, Instagram, Substack, or X, [almost] every Tuesday, Wednesday, and Friday evening.

If you want a community based on your values, help build it!

Not a paid subscriber yet? If you appreciate The Black Sheep’s mission & want to see us grow, your paid subscription is the best way to support us.