This sense of urgency is why I launched this practice: Facing the Future
So far so good … it got about a dozen college seniors in computer science, with no prior liminal web background, seriously discussing the metacrisis and applying it to their upcoming life decisions, in a 2-hour session. If anyone can identify a more urgent approach than that, please share!
Please understand, though, this model is not in opposition to either critique or backward looking research. It relies on both. It simply contextualizes them. The Ikigai question “what does the world need?” requires a theoretical view for a coherent answer. So slide liquid modernity or any other model into that space. “In a world characterized by liquid modernity, what does that world need?” Or pick any other theory that shines light on current world requirements. Pick all of them, for that matter!
In this the practice, the opening move is always “what do you love?”. When discussion goes chaotic, always revisit “what do you love”? That makes inner work the wellspring of the whole approach. Energy, urgency, personal commitment are fueled by that.