Meaning and Purpose in the Coming Decades

What will give our lives meaning and purpose in the coming decades?

Technological and social changes may transform how we work, relate to one another, and spend our time. But do these changes threaten the things that make life meaningful, or are meaning and purpose grounded in more enduring aspects of human life?

We’ll discuss questions such as:

• What are meaning and purpose?
• Does meaning depend on things that are likely to change in the coming decades?
• If AI makes many forms of human work and achievement easier or unnecessary, does that undermine their meaning?
• What conditions make a life less meaningful, and could the future create more of them?
• If some traditional sources of meaning lose their importance, can new sources of meaning emerge?

This is a discussion, not a lecture. No particular position is assumed, and everyone is welcome to join.

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