Spoiler alert: nobody knows the meaning of life. You can’t say we don’t try, though. Oh, we try. Humanity has spent thousands of years inventing increasingly elaborate explanations for why we’re here. Religion, philosophy, self-help books, wellness influencers who look aggressively hydrated. Everybody’s got an angle. The ancient Greeks thought the meaning of life was wisdom. The Romans thought it was conquest. Modern capitalism thinks the meaning of life is replying to emails at 9:47 p.m. with “Circling back on this.” I’m sorry, but if the entire purpose of human consciousness is updating spreadsheets and pretending to enjoy networking events, then evolution has made a terrible administrative error. I think people ask about the meaning of life because they want purpose, and they assume everyone else secretly understands something they don’t. You see it everywhere. People discussing mortgage rates like they actually know how it works while quietly wondering if they remembered to take…
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