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Rituals come as much from religion as they do from the way Earth tilts on its axis and spins around the Sun. Subscribe to Big Think on YouTube https://www....
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- Big Think
Jan 17, 2020 · Sasha Sagan visits Talks at Google to discuss her new book "For Small Creatures Such As We: Rituals for Finding Meaning in our Unlikely World".
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- Talks at Google
The search for meaning may be central to human life, but that doesn’t mean it’s easy, even for a searcher as well equipped as Sasha Sagan.
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- Chicago Humanities Festival
A podcast about the weird things we Earthlings do and why. Sasha Sagan was raised by secular parents, the astronomer Carl Sagan and the writer and producer Ann Druyan. They taught her that the natural world and vast cosmos are full of profound beauty, that science reveals truths more wondrous than any myth or fable.
Alexandra "Sasha" Sagan is an American author, television producer, filmmaker, and podcaster.
Sasha is the author of For Small Creatures Such As We: Rituals for Finding Meaning in Our Unlikely World, an exploration of the marvels of nature, as revealed by science, which require no faith in order to be believed. The book is an exercise in skepticism without cynicism, told through memoir and social history.
Join Sasha Sagan, author of "For Small Creatures Such as We," as she talks to smart, funny, interesting celebrities and scholars, uncovering just how weirdly wonderful we Earthlings can be. Learn More.
