Sean Stone’s 10 Things to Learn: Ancient Wisdom for the Modern Soul

It's possible that technological progress isn't really progress if the cost is the destruction of our social fabric and an epidemic of unhappiness and loneliness.

Wisdom isn't necessarily a product of technology; it is something that's earned and lived.

We've been telling stories for thousands of years, and that's essential to the human experience to understand the nature of humanity.

Modern streaming content is often more about the spell of continuation to hook you rather than providing a cathartic experience.

Human nature doesn't change even though technology and outward manifestations of society may change.

We're still grappling with what it means to be human, yet we are at the cusp of a transhuman age where people talk about modifying the human.

Having higher mental intelligence or cognitive ability does not necessarily make you a more empathetic or emotionally attuned being.

As life becomes physically easier, more comfortable, and has more abundant food, people are not getting happier but instead getting more despondent to the point where the suicide rate rises.

You can't get rid of darkness by expediting things or making things faster, and information overload is a very real thing.

There is an illusion of control sold to us, exemplified by Bernays' marketing campaigns playing upon our instinctual urges. Just because you have a material reality that's satisfying doesn't mean you're emotionally happy or at peace.

People like Bill Gates who have so much may be intent on trying to control humanity or the population, which is a fear-based way of approaching life.

Americans have a level of exceptionalism and are used to trying to control things, especially in global affairs. The more you achieve materially, oftentimes it can put you in a state of fear because you're afraid of losing it. Falling and failure are okay and a necessary aspect of reality, as shown by the story of Job who loses everything yet sustains his faith.

Through our breath we are connecting to the divine, and by acknowledging the breath we connect to spirit. If we tune in with the breath and connect to our spirit and intuition, we can work with the power that's working through us.