508: Connecting from afar

Bart and John are socially distancing, like most of America. What does that mean for our all-important human connections? In this episode, Bart talks about his humanist community, Caravan in Cincinnati, and how they're handling the crisis. Bart emphasizes the importance of listening to each other, reaching out, asking how people are doing and genuinely hearing the answer, and more.

Here's some stuff we've been reading lately....

On potential silver linings:

https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2020/03/19/coronavirus-effect-economy-life-society-analysis-covid-135579

On watching movies together remotely:

https://apple.news/AwpiLmYYwRC-lDtTh8hyafw

An editorial by Alain de Button:

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/19/opinion/sunday/coronavirus-camus-plague.html

A reminder for materialists to cultivate wonder:

https://blendle.com/i/time/string-theorist-brian-greene-wants-to-help-you-understand-the-cold-cruel-universe/bnl-time-20200222-f23c2127b01?sharer=eyJ2ZXJzaW9uIjoiMSIsInVpZCI6ImJhcnRjYW1wb2xvIiwiaXRlbV9pZCI6ImJubC10aW1lLTIwMjAwMjIyLWYyM2MyMTI3YjAxIn0%3D

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