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How to Find the Meaning of Your Life in an Age of Emptiness | Arthur Brooks - EP 748

March 31, 2026·50 min·3-min readsoloself improvement
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Modern life’s obsession with productivity, technology, and left-brain thinking has created a widespread meaning crisis, especially among young people, leading to rising anxiety, depression, and loneliness. Meaning is not found by accident but built intentionally through coherence, purpose

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Arthur Brooks

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Arthur BrooksJohn MilesViktor FranklThomas AquinasDacher KeltnerYuval Noah HarariMark NepoLaurie Santos

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The Meaning of Your Life: Finding Purpose in an Age of Emptinessby Arthur BrooksMan's Search for Meaningby Viktor Frankl

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Future Of WorkLeadershipMental HealthPersonal FinanceProductivitySelf Improvement

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