Zeitgeist

Zeitgeist is German term for "spirit of the times". What does it mean to be a human in our time right now? What unique opportunities does it present? What challenges does it pose?

Toward the end of Greg Brooks TEDx Talk called "What does it mean to be human?" he states the following:

“Whenever we reflect on our experience, and then express our experience in some tangible way, we are being fully human. We are never more fully human than when we link our minds together to link our reflections and our expressions together with others so that people both now and in the future can take advantage of those and enjoy life and grow and develop as humans.”

In this way, culture, from religion to fashion and from history to social media is creating the continuous genetic code of the species.

Join Tom as he leads a group discussion on the challenges of differentiating yourself from the time in which you live. What difficulty does this pose when trying to understand who you are as distinct from the influences of the people and the world around you?