I don’t think he’s doing the autodidactic thing. Like, he studies wisdom as a scientist, but I think personally he practices tai chi and meditation in part because they’re tried-and-true with the sort of supportive community that he talks up in many places. Much of this lecture series is, I think, not his material, and is instead other people’s work and other people’s analysis, passed through his filters. [He doesn’t mention this until later, but he’s not trying to be a prophet / start a religion / etc.]
I don’t think he’s doing the autodidactic thing. Like, he studies wisdom as a scientist, but I think personally he practices tai chi and meditation in part because they’re tried-and-true with the sort of supportive community that he talks up in many places. Much of this lecture series is, I think, not his material, and is instead other people’s work and other people’s analysis, passed through his filters. [He doesn’t mention this until later, but he’s not trying to be a prophet / start a religion / etc.]