Humanity Is Trying

Experiments in Living with Grief, Finding Connection, and Resisting Easy Answers

De: Jason Gots

Narrado por: Jason Gots

“A truly beautiful, wise, raw, subtle book." —Robert MacFarlane, author of Underland

My sister and I are driving south toward Graceland in her beat-up red Saturn, both in need of refuge, both running from different things. Her bumper sticker reads “Humanity Is Trying.” It’s a triple entendre, she explains: Humanity is exhausting. Humanity is struggle. Humanity is doing the best it knows how.

Humanity Is Trying is several books in one. It’s a memoir about the love and the loss of a sister and a best friend. It’s the story of a series of escape attempts—cowardly, courageous, harmful, and hopeful—experiments in freedom from the stories that limit us. And it’s a record of spiritual, intellectual, and emotional growth with the help of friends, psychedelics, art, and spiritual practice.

From Jason Gots, creator of the podcasts Think Again and Clever Creature, comes a philosophical love letter to the slow, messy work of building a life and living with your dreams in the face of reality.

Beautiful and heartfelt memoir

I laughed I cried… from one of my favorite interviewers ever, this book is an exploration of grief, felt and unfelt, and the very things that bring Jason alive, keeps him curious and feeling connected to the ones he loves. A lovely listen very well read by the author. Great job taking this big step into the unknown of writing about your life earnestly. Proof that making art can be a catalyst for healing, both for the artist and those who consume it. Hope you all
Enjoy as much as I did!