The Archbridge Podcast

Meaning, Motivation, and Mobility - with Clay Routledge

Episode Summary

This week, Archbridge Institute Director of Programs Ben Wilterdink talks with Clay Routledge about how a sense of meaning is connected with motivation, bias in academia, why social bonds are important but not enough, whether we're currently experiencing a meaning crisis, and more. Dr. Routledge is a professor of management at North Dakota State University, a faculty scholar at the Challey Institute for Global Innovation and Growth, and a senior research fellow with the Archbridge Institute. Dr. Routledge has published numerous academic and popular articles, authored several books, and is a leading expert in existential psychology.

Episode Notes

Discussion Links:

Why Meaning Matters for Freedom and Flourishing  

How Utah Keeps the American Dream Alive

Reforming Welfare to Reduce Marriage Penalties and Put Children First

Raj Chetty on Race and  Economic Opportunity in the United States

John Vervaeke's Meaning Crisis Series

Paul Vanderklay YouTube Channel

The Spiritual Species

Clay's Talk at the Cato Institute

The Denigration of Personal Agency as Self-Fulfilling Prophecy

Clay's Website

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