Futurist, philosopher and filmmaker Jason Silva is heading to Kelowna.

This will be the first time National Geographic91裸聊视频檚 BrainGames host will offer his perspective in a public format during his tour at the Hack Your Reality event at Summerhill Winery, Oct. 17.

91裸聊视频淢y presentations are a journey that walks you through my own response to the human condition. It91裸聊视频檚 based on this idea that what are we meant to do with our unique situation?91裸聊视频� said Silva.

His presentations are inspired by American anthropologist Earnest Becker91裸聊视频檚 book Denial of Death.

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According to Becker, the source of anxiety and dread in humans is that no matter how successful we are, how creative, how rich, 91裸聊视频渨e91裸聊视频檙e housed in heart-pumping, breath-gasping decaying bodies,91裸聊视频� said Silva.

So, the question becomes 91裸聊视频渨hat are we meant to do with ourselves?91裸聊视频� he said.

A media storyteller, Silva started creating short YouTube videos called Shots of Awe in an attempt to answer his own existential questions.

What he found were others who thought just like him, which made him feel less alone.

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Silva will start with his own response through videos where he said, people can empathize.

The talks will be broad-based to include general topics like technology, love, creativity and more.

Love, he said, is to put a person on a pedestal, making them divine.

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One of his first videos to go viral was one about love called Existential Bummer.

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Silva believes we need our illusions, like the feeling of love, to keep us from going insane. 91裸聊视频淥ur illusions are a healthy response to our situations.91裸聊视频�

91裸聊视频淓arnest Becker says people who are insane are suffering from the truth. So not to go mad is a form of madness, but a necessary form of madness,91裸聊视频� he said.

These illusions prevent us from believing all is for nothing, he said.

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The presentations are meant to share his viewpoints and not to be treated like answers to personal questions, he said.

Tickets are available online though .

carli.berry@kelownacapnews.com
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