The Web of Meaning

Integrating Science and Traditional Wisdom to Find our Place in the Universe

Integrating modern science with traditional wisdom, The Web of Meaning investigates humanity’s age-old questions—Who am I? Why am I? How should I live?—from a fresh perspective, laying down the foundation for a new worldview of interconnectedness that could foster sustainable flourishing on a thriving Earth.

By: Jeremy Lent

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“A profound personal meditation on human existence and a tour-de-force weaving together of historic and contemporary thought on the deepest question of all: why are we here?”
— Gabor Maté M.D., author, In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts

As our civilization careens toward climate breakdown, ecological destruction, and gaping inequality, people are losing their existential moorings. The dominant worldview of disconnection, which tells us we are split between mind and body, separate from each other, and at odds with the natural world, has been invalidated by modern science.

Award-winning author, Jeremy Lent, investigates humanity’s age-old questions – Who am I? Why am I? How should I live? – from a fresh perspective, weaving together findings from modern systems thinking, evolutionary biology, and cognitive neuroscience with insights from Buddhism, Taoism, and Indigenous wisdom.

The result is a breathtaking accomplishment: a rich, coherent worldview based on a deep recognition of connectedness within ourselves, between each other, and with the entire natural world. It offers a compelling foundation for a new philosophical framework that could enable humanity to thrive sustainably on a flourishing Earth.

The Web of Meaning is for everyone looking for deep and coherent answers to the crisis of civilization.

Book Awards

GOLD | 2022 Nautilus Book Awards – World Cultures’ Transformational Growth & Development
SILVER | 2022 Nautilus Book Awards – Science & Cosmology
NOMINATED | 2021 Foreword INDIES – Ecology & Environment

About The Author(s)

Jeremy Lent is an author whose writings investigate the patterns of thought that have led our civilization to its current crisis of sustainability. Born in London, England, Lent received a BA in English Literature from Cambridge University, an MBA from the University of Chicago, and was a former internet company CEO. His award-winning book, The Patterning Instinct: A Cultural History of Humanity’s Search for Meaning, explores the way humans have made meaning from the cosmos from hunter-gatherer times to the present day. He is founder of the non-profit Liology Institute, dedicated to fostering an integrated, life-affirming worldview that could enable humanity to thrive sustainably on Earth. He lives with his partner in Berkeley, California.

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“The Web of Meaning” Book Introduction [2:56]

The Need for Deep Transformation: Author Event with Jeremy Lent [1:00:11]

ISBN: 9780865719545

Page Count: 528

Dimensions: 6 × 9 × 1.44 in

Publication Date: July 13, 2021

Images: Black & White Images

Audiobook Narrator: Adam Henderson

Audiobook Length: 15:42:58

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