The Midlife Crisis

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In his new book, David Frum talks about how philosophy can help us deal with life's challenges. He says the idea of living well was once intrinsic to the project of loving wisdom. But now it has become an abstract and arcane discipline that doesn't really address many real-world issues. "I just feel like we lost our purchase on something important there," he says.

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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