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#185 – Sam Harris: Consciousness, Free Will, Psychedelics, AI, UFOs, and Meaning

Lex Fridman Podcast

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What Is the Meaning of Life?

The meaning of life is having more engagement with reality as it is in the present moment. It's not, it's not a matter of having more information. You don't ask that question when you're most captivated by the most important thing you ever pay attention to. The sense that there is at some kind of basis for doubt about the rightness of being in this moment can evaporate when you pay attention.

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