Becoming Wise - Krista Tippet

Question 1

memetics

Answer 1

• An approach to evolutionary models of cultural information transfer.
• A ‘meme’ is analogous to a ‘gene’, a “unit of culture” (an idea, belief, pattern of behaviour, etc.)
• People spread and reproduce memes
• memetics is not concern with the truth of ideas and beliefs, rather in their success

Question 2

new world order

Answer 2

any new period of history evidencing a dramatic change in world political thought and the balance of power (e.g., post WWII, post Cold War, EU, UN, etc.)

Question 3

virtue (“lived virtue”)

Answer 3

behaviour showing high moral standards.

Question 4

“Hope is a function of struggle”

Answer 4

“Hope is not an emotion, it’s a cognitive behavioural process that we learn when we experience adversity, when we have relationships that are trustworthy, when people have faith in our ability to get out of a jam”

Question 5

adversity

Answer 5

difficulties; misfortune. “My grandmother lost her husband, and later on, her son; she faced so much adversity in her life”.

Question 6

machinate

Answer 6

to plan or plot especially to do harm; “the hackers machinated a way to steal credit numbers from the company’s Web site”.

Question 7

venerate

Answer 7

regard with great respect; revere. “Mother Teresa is venerated as a saint”.

Question 8

requiem

Answer 8

an act or token of remembrance