After Virtual: Chris Arnade

After Virtual: Chris Arnade

Author: frontporchrepublic December 20, 2022 Duration: 40:04
Chris Arnade, the keynote speaker at the After Virtual conference, has traded global finance for skid row photography.  Chris discusses his journey from Wall Street board rooms to a booth at McDonald’s and the associated rejection of careerism and self-definition.  Speaker:  Chris Arnade—An Address in the Universe of Meaning  Highlights  3:00 Prayer time around the world  6:45 The liberal emancipation project (of destruction)  10:30 Transcendent values first seen in a traffic jam  16:00 “Everything we believed was wrong”  27:00 Place and the giant sucking sound of NAFTA  30:00 Family ties  32:00 The “meaning” address and its replacement    Resources  Speaker bios  Conference videos  Save the date:  2023 Conference in Madison, Wisconsin (October 21, 2023)  Dignity:  Seeking Respect in Back Row America   The Substack home of a traveling man  An NPR story on Chris Arnade  Arnade’s work at The Guardian and The Atlantic  Thanks to Wendell Kimbrough for his musical talents 

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