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Should We Consume or Create: What Is a Flourishing Life?

Date recorded: 3 Jun 2015 | Speaker: Henk Reitsema | Event: ELF Workshop
Should We Consume or Create: What Is a Flourishing Life?
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Description

Many young people today differ from their grandparents in that they do not create (knitting, gardening, art etc.) in their spare time but consume (watching YouTube videos etc.).  This has a profound impact on our understanding of our own worth. The loss of creativity as an integral part of our daily lives has clouded our sense of reflecting our creator. Ever since the industrial revolution, our educational systems have focused on those aptitudes that serve a mechanised view of productivity. And in so doing they have lost touch with much of what makes us human. This talk looks at what we've lost and how it can be retrieved.