Is wisdom the new stardust? Today’s most attractive possessions may be wealth, health, happiness, friends and looks. But in times of crisis, humanity demands deeper qualities.
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Historians predict global spiritual revival
Is wisdom the new stardust? Today's most attractive possessions may be wealth, health, happiness, friends and looks. But in times of crisis, humanity demands deeper qualities.
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Is wisdom the new stardust?
Yes: People have always turned to spiritual wisdom in times of hardship and uncertainty. We can already see it happening with the growth of religions and ideas like astrology.
No: In the past, religion was the natural framework for people to reach for when they had to make sense of death and suffering. Today religion is less important in our lives. We are more likely to seek solace in technology.
Or... Technology could be its own form of spiritualism. There is a reason we refer to "tech gurus". We already treat those who invent cutting-edge technology like modern prophets.
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Shanghai - China's leading financial centre. Ironically, its citizens have been reduced to bartering for food.
Black Death - A bacterial infection that killed as much as 60% of the population of Europe and 33% of the Middle Eastern population.
Historians predict global spiritual revival
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Shanghai - China’s leading financial centre. Ironically, its citizens have been reduced to bartering for food.
Black Death - A bacterial infection that killed as much as 60% of the population of Europe and 33% of the Middle Eastern population.