How often do we stop to think about the meaning of life? If you’re like me, probably not much. Even though I may feel a vague sense of anxiety around how my life is unfolding and the inevitability of ...

Sensemaking is about making sense of uncertain situations so people can build a shared understanding and take action. Put simply, it is about unpacking uncertainty so you can make a decision and move ...

One thing that no one can tolerate is a meaningless life. You might even say that the entire purpose of our lives is a search for meaning, and we hope to find it in work, family, religion, politics, ...

Sometimes people can get caught up in the pursuit of happiness. They are on a mission to seek experiences that make them feel better and brighten up their mood. I don’t have any quarrels with ...

A sense of purpose is the antidote to today’s pervasive state of existential distress, according to this thought-provoking treatise. Heine (DNA Is Not Destiny), a psychology professor at the ...

Is human existence meaningful? If so, what gives life meaning? Or, as some existentialists such as Jean-Paul Sartre assert, is life inherently meaningless? If so, how does one live and find ...

I have spent most of my undergraduate career at Cornell thinking. The rest of the time was spent complaining. What better way to combine all these things together than right here? As a student here, I ...