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#46 John Vervaeke - Escaping the Meaning Crisis

Within Reason

CHAPTER

The Relationship Between Meaning, Death, and Value

This chapter explores the connection between meaning, death, and value. It discusses how the inevitability of death and the eventual end of the universe can undermine a sense of meaning. The conversation delves into the importance of finding meaning in things of intrinsic value rather than instrumental value.

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