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- Koreans react to startling results in Pew "what makes life meaningful" poll https://koreaexpose.com/what-makes-life-meaningful-in-korea/ 106 comments
- What Makes Life Meaningful? Views from 17 Advanced Economies https://www.pewresearch.org/global/2021/11/18/what-makes-life-meaningful-views-from-17-advanced-economies/ 2 comments
- Satire makes life of human beings more meaningful, says SC amid raging debate over freedom of speech https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/india/satire-makes-life-of-human-beings-more-meaningful-says-sc-amid-raging-debate-over-freedom-of-speech/articleshow/119635197.cms?from=mdr 12 comments india
- [OC] What Makes Life Meaningful? A Survey of People from 17 Advanced Economies (3 Slides) https://plotset.com/s/pew 857 comments dataisbeautiful
- What Makes Life Meaningful? Views From 17 Advanced Economies https://www.pewresearch.org/global/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/11/PG_11.18.21_meaning-of-life_0_2.png?w=640 581 comments europe
- "Environmental destruction undercuts the ability of future generations to secure much of what makes life meaningful, and we have a great deal at stake in their flourishing" -Tom Sinclair (Oxford) on climate justice. https://www.newstatesman.com/international/2020/12/why-should-we-care-if-humans-die-out 194 comments philosophy
- [Markelle Fultz uploads video of himself shooting] “Challenges are what make life interesting. Overcoming them is what makes life meaningful!” https://www.instagram.com/p/BgTld91AHxP/ 22 comments nba
- On What Makes a Meaningful Life - A podcast episode with Mark Rowlands (Uni. of Miami) https://soundcloud.com/instituteofartandideas/e75-what-is-the-meaning-of-life-mark-rowlands 3 comments philosophy
- Are jobs obsolete? We start by accepting that food and shelter are basic human rights. The work we do -- the value we create -- is for the rest of what we want: the stuff that makes life fun, meaningful, and purposeful. http://edition.cnn.com/2011/opinion/09/07/rushkoff.jobs.obsolete/ 9 comments politics
- Meaningful movies help people cope with life's difficulties. When people recalled watching meaningful films like The Shawshank Redemption and Up, they reported a variety of positive reactions, such as being better able to accept the human condition and make sense of problems in life. https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2021-05/osu-mmh050921.php 11 comments science
- Why we should not just allow but encourage transhumanism: "Arguments like 'death gives life meaning' and 'suffering makes us value the good times'—these statements are backwards. We find life meaningful in spite of, not because of, suffering, disease, and death.' http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/sciencenotfiction/2010/09/15/the-most-dangerous-idea-in-the-world/ 444 comments science
