Chasing Meaning

What does it mean to be human in the 21st century? What do we know that's true? What illusions fool us? The more we learn about our world and its place in the cosmos, the more fragile - perhaps random - we seem to be. Where do we find meaning beneath the overwhelming weight of our burgeoning knowledge? Our future hinges on our ability to make sense of what we can - and reconcile ourselves to the mysteries that make no sense at all. The celebrated physicist Richard Feynman said:

We all begin ignorant and reach out all our lives to acquire knowledge. We must also learn to reach inward to find meaning, to make sense of it all. This is the great challenge of the 21st century - of any century.