The Great Digestion: Moving From Consumption to Communion
The Great Digestion: Moving From Consumption to Communion We are biological engines designed to consume. To survive, we must take in oxygen, water, and nutrients. To grow, we must take in information and experience. Consumption is not inherently evil; it is the prerequisite of life. However, the modern human crisis our collective “dis-ease” stems from a mechanism that has jammed the “intake” button. We have moved from necessary consumption to chronic extraction. We overeat, yet we are malnourished. We doomscroll through terabytes of data, yet we lack wisdom. We crave deep connection, yet we “consume” people through screens, discarding them…








