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What is the purpose of life? There are as many answers to this age-old question as there are people, and they run the gamut from hopeful to nihilistic to, well, nonexistent. Here are just a few famous ...

What is our purpose on Earth? Why are we here, what is expected of us? What is the purpose of our existence? Deep questions with answers hard to define. There are many theories of what our purpose on ...

As a young mechanical engineering student, and later as a medical student, Yale’s Samuel Wilkinson became fascinated with what science — particularly theories of evolution — might tell us about the ...

1. The dysfunctional Karamazov family is at the heart of Fyodor Dostoevsky’s magnum opus. In rural 19-century Russia, Fyodor Karamazov is a neglectful father to Dmitri, Ivan and Alyosha. When Fyodor ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about the psychology of leadership, tech and entrepreneurship. While the human quest of meaning is perennial, the answers ...

A person’s sense of purpose declines leading up to and following a diagnosis of dementia or cognitive decline, according to a new study. “Purpose in life is the feeling that one’s life is ...

Should you give a f*ck about life? Back in 2016, author Mark Manson shook up the self-help world with a novel answer to this question in his book provocatively titled The Subtle Art of Not Giving a ...

Drawing on 500,000 interviews across age groups, this psychologist and author reveals the fits and turns that many of us take on the road of life. Fastcompany.com adheres to NewsGuard’s nine standards ...