Brandon Vaidyanathan
brvnathan.bsky.social
Brandon Vaidyanathan
@brvnathan.bsky.social
What is innovation and why is it one of the laws of life?
@michael.muthukrishna.com
explains in my latest podcast episode. Thanks to
@templetonrelig.bsky.social
for sponsoring this season on the beauty and burdens of innovation. www.beautyatwork.net/p/the-laws-o...
The Laws of Life
S4E1: Dr. Michael Muthukrishna
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October 20, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Reposted by Brandon Vaidyanathan
Read sociologist @brvnathan.bsky.social's latest piece on disenchantment/enchantment, modern science, and domination, extraction, and fragmentation (DEF). "Rather than depleting the sense of mystery and magic, science heightens it, deepens it," he says.

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Beyond the DEF logic
What scientists can teach us about spiritual intelligence
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July 14, 2025 at 12:12 PM
In our latest article in @sociologica.bsky.social: We asked scientists how they imagine the public—and found 3 views: Indifferent, Dogmatic, Pragmatic. This matters for why science communication succeeds or fails. sociologica.unibo.it/article/view...
View of Indifferent, Dogmatic or Pragmatic: A Multi-Country Analysis of How Scientists View the Public and Public Engagement | Sociologica
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July 12, 2025 at 2:05 AM
What can scientists teach us about spiritual intelligence? open.substack.com/pub/brandonv...
#science #spirituality #technology
Beyond the DEF logic
What scientists can teach us about spiritual intelligence
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July 8, 2025 at 1:51 PM
My latest piece in Wayfare Magazine on the summons of beauty: www.wayfaremagazine.org/p/summoned-b...
Summoned by Beauty
A Researcher's Unexpected Encounters with Tangible Transcendence
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July 6, 2025 at 7:24 PM
How are we yearning for meaning in a disenchanted age? Here are highlights from our McGill symposium with Charles Taylor, Tara Isabella Burton, Galen Watts, Naomi Fisher, Rob Gilbert & Bill Barbieri -- sponsored by @templetonfdn.bsky.social. Watch the full video here: youtu.be/54i0LqWiJHE?...
May 5, 2025 at 2:14 PM
In our latest @mdpiopenaccess.bsky.social article, Benedetta Nicoli, Stefano Sbalchiero and I examine how science awakens spiritual yearning among religious and non-religious scientists: www.mdpi.com/2077-1444/16...

Grateful to @templetonfdn.bsky.social for funding our research
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April 2, 2025 at 12:49 PM
We’re more digitally connected than ever—yet loneliness is surging. What can we do about it? I recently spoke with Sherry Turkle and Robert Putnam about social isolation, artificial intimacy, the erosion of trust, and how we might reclaim real connection: www.beautyatwork.net/yearning-for...
Yearning for Connection: Resisting Isolation in an Age of Artificial Intimacy
We're living in a paradox. At no point in history have we been more digitally connected than we are today—scrolling, liking, commenting, messaging. Yet, loneliness is at historic highs. The U.S. Surge...
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March 23, 2025 at 1:51 AM
Happy #PiDay! We're offering a special discount today for our upcoming event on #science and #spirituality in #NYC, featuring Robert Lawrence Kuhn (Closer to Truth), Alan Lightman (MIT), Neil Thiese (NYU), Scarlet Soriano (Duke), and Katy Hinman (AAAS-DoSER): www.eventbrite.sg/e/a-bridge-b...
A Bridge Between Worlds
An evening of deep dialogue and connection featuring a panel of 5 profound scientists exploring meaning in the age of science.
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March 14, 2025 at 10:37 AM