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Kieran Setia is a professor of philosophy at MIT and the author of Midlife, a philosophical guide. In this conversation we talk about the relevance of philosophy to the ongoing project of living a good life. We discuss the existence of objective moral truths, being happy versus living well,. A response to grief, meditation as a remedy for psychological suffering; how to understand the claim that the self is an illusion.

Sam Harris speaks to Kieran Setiya about the relevance of philosophy to living a good life. They discuss the existence of objective moral truths, being happy vs living well, our response to grief, the difference between "telic" and "atelic" activities, the power of reframing, FOMO, bias toward the future, regret, the asymmetry between pain and pleasure, and other topics.

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