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#317 – John Vervaeke: Meaning Crisis, Atheism, Religion & the Search for Wisdom

Lex Fridman Podcast

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What Is Meaning?

"I'm talking about what's called meaning in life. Not the meaning of life. That's some sort of metaphysical claim," he says. "What you see is a sense of connectedness to yourself, to other people, to the world and a particular kind of connectedness" People often express it metaphorically - they want to be connected to something larger than themselves,. They want to matter. And one way of asking them is: tell me what would make your life meaningful?

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