Roy Baumeister || Identity, the Self, and the Meaning of Life
The Psychology Podcast
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The Meaning of Life
When he was on sabatical at the university of texas, i thought i'd published a book on identity and how people decidewhededly are. But that whole project was done long before the meaning of life book ever got finished. It was the same with sinside. I have to understand what causes suicide, cause that's people who've decided life doesn't have any meaning. As you know, you forget yourself wand it's stressful to be yourself over long creet of time. So bu to me, studying suicide was a very positive, happy experience. For me, was just an intellectual puzzle and it was satisfying one to work out.
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