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Roy Baumeister || Identity, the Self, and the Meaning of Life

The Psychology Podcast

CHAPTER

The Myth of Higher Meaning

People ask, what is the meaning of life? As if there's going to be single answer or one formula that explains and integrates everything for as. In fact, it struck me that the meaning of most peoples lives is something stitched together out of several unrelated things. You can write the most perfect, exquisite biography, but it's not going to include every thing that you did in your life.

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