Many philosophers think asking about the meaning of life is confused or misguided. Or they try to explain what individuals can do to make their lives meaningful. But that does not offer the same existential solace as explaining what makes life itself valuable.
Does learning about the inconceivably large universe mean that we must doubt the significance of human life on this planet? Is there a way to account for the intuition that we are just a microscopic blip in the universe and avoid nihilism?
在《死亡与中年危机》(Death and the Midlife Crisis)一书中，精神分析学家埃利奥特·雅克(Elliot Jacques)发现，他的病人生活得很好，但与死亡相关的是一种萎靡不振和无意义的感觉。哲学家基兰·塞提亚(Kieran Setiya)认为，中年危机的答案是去追求那些不一定有特定终点的活动。
Video game use among young, lower skilled men has increased markedly in the past few decades. In general, the underemployment of this demographic has struck many as deeply worrying, foreshadowing changes in the future of work and creating a need for a universal basic income.