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Spirituality is a real part of human nature and central to flourishing, whether or not God exists.
Their wordsI approach spirituality as a social scientist who believes that whether or not God exists, spirituality is a deep part of human nature, shaped by natural selection and cultural evolution, and central to human flourishing and self-transcendence.
Their wordsBut as soon as Gen Z entered the dataset, around 2013, meaninglessness surged.
Their wordsSo many of us in the education world have seen this precise change in our students over the past decade: They have more difficulty reading books, sitting through a 75-minute class, or doing their homework.