GCN Webinar with Dr. Justin Barrett

Why are we not thriving and what can we do about it? We address that question with our guest panelist Dr. Justin Barrett, professor of psychology at Fuller Theological Seminary and co-author of Thriving with Stone Age Minds (2021).

Over the millennia, we have shifted from foraging to farming, from close-knit farming towns to the anonymous metropolis, and from coal-fueled factories to the digital information age. But have we designed a world that is suitable for human thriving?

Dr. Barrett explains that there is a widening gap between our natural human designs and the world that modern life imposes on us. This misalignment appears in our work, economic systems, family relationships, and sense of self-worth. The wider the gap, the more we might experience increasing stress and anxiety.