Does life have meaning? PART 2: Rob Boddice on the happiness crisis

Philosophy For Our Times

PART 2 of Does life have meaning Series: How do we find meaning (and happiness) in the contemporary age?

In the so-called 'happiest' countries in the world, the uncomfortable reality of high rates of depression, suicidality, chronic pain, and social isolation are obscured by the conflation of happiness with capitalist conformity.

In this intriguing talk, Rob Boddice challenges the tenets of happiness indices that flatten the subjective states of citizens, asking pointedly if it is still possible for suffering to be a virtue.

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