Zero to 1: Connection & Loneliness, Emptiness & Abundance, and Meaningless Possibilities
Exploring the Human Condition
3 INSIGHTS
I.
We are more connected then ever, yet there is a loneliness crisis.
II.
We live in the age of abundance, yet we feel so empty.
III.
Today everything is possible and nothing means anything.
3 QUOTES
I.
“All of humanity's problems stem from man's inability to sit quietly in a room alone.” Blaise Pascal
To sit quietly, alone, without distraction is to face yourself and a man who faces himself fully is never lonely.
In our modern society, we are so busy looking out, that we forget to look in.
II.
“If you're lonely when you're alone, you're in bad company.” Jean-Paul Sartre
III.
"Happiness in intelligent people is the rarest thing I know." Ernest Hemingway
1 QUESTION FOR YOU
Our society struggles so much with emptiness and loneliness in an age of connection and abundance. Being more intelligent and well-to-do, does not immune us from unhappiness, in fact it makes it harder.
Why do you suppose this is the case?