If you've ever stood at a party desperately wanting to discuss the meaning of existence while everyone else debates the ...

Edward O. Wilson is simultaneously one of my intellectual heroes and someone who frustrates me enormously, and these conflicting feelings were once again stirred as I read his most recent book, The ...

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 ...

At business schools, scholars of entrepreneurship generally follow one of two basic theories of how enterprises start. The first, called the discovery theory, holds that the universe is filled with ...

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 ...

1. The reason we exist: The meaning of meaning -- Solving the riddle of the human species -- Evolution and our inner conflict -- 2. The unity of knowledge: The new enlightenment -- The all-importance ...

In the middle of a pinballing conversation about jazz and the mystery of existence, Wayne Shorter once asked, “This ever happen to you? You’re sitting by yourself and you start to drift off. And the ...