This short video is an edited compilation of actor Jim Carrey speaking about meaning and purpose. According to the channel that posted it, Absolute Motivation, he reflects on breaking free from the limits of fear and self-doubt and on living authentically. The channel links to the full speech on YouTube.
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Astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson was asked “What is the meaning of life?” by a 6-year-old child during a Q&A at the Wilbur Theatre in Boston in January 2015. Here is a recording of the exchange. His answer, as transcribed:
I think people ask that question on the assumption that meaning is something you can look for and then, I found it. Here’s the meaning. And it doesn’t consider the possibility that meaning is something you create, you manufacture it for yourself and for others.
So when I think of meaning in life, I ask, did I learn something today that I didn’t know yesterday, bringing me a little closer to knowing all that can be known in the universe? If I live a day and I don’t know a little more than I did the day before, I think I wasted that day.
— Neil deGrasse Tyson
