Village Global Podcast
Description
Sarah Perry (@sarahdoingthing), writer and thinker, joins Erik on this episode.
They discuss:
- Sarah’s writing career and what it means to “work through your politics” early in your career as a writer.
- The purpose of rituals and why democracy is itself a form of ritual.
- Why ambiguity increases meaning.
- What we as a culture don’t understand about meaning.
- The narrative illusion in life, that there’s “nothing but time” and that that is the place from which meaning comes.
- How to have non-zero-sum status in a society.
- What it means to make the “honest decision.”
- Why humor is so powerful.
- Why people (mistakenly) romanticize the past.
Thanks for listening — if you like what you hear, please review us on your favorite podcast platform.
Check us out on the web at villageglobal.vc or get in touch with us on Twitter @villageglobal.
Venture Stories is brought to you by Village Global, is hosted by co-founder and partner, Erik Torenberg and is produced by Brett Bolkowy.
They discuss:
- Sarah’s writing career and what it means to “work through your politics” early in your career as a writer.
- The purpose of rituals and why democracy is itself a form of ritual.
- Why ambiguity increases meaning.
- What we as a culture don’t understand about meaning.
- The narrative illusion in life, that there’s “nothing but time” and that that is the place from which meaning comes.
- How to have non-zero-sum status in a society.
- What it means to make the “honest decision.”
- Why humor is so powerful.
- Why people (mistakenly) romanticize the past.
Thanks for listening — if you like what you hear, please review us on your favorite podcast platform.
Check us out on the web at villageglobal.vc or get in touch with us on Twitter @villageglobal.
Venture Stories is brought to you by Village Global, is hosted by co-founder and partner, Erik Torenberg and is produced by Brett Bolkowy.