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A collage with black-and-white portraits partly obscured by red squares evokes themes of existentialism and absurdism; one shows a man walking, the other a figure pushing a boulder uphill.

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Would you rather be an absurdist or an existentialist? Here’s the difference between the two.

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Two people sit on a deck at night, illuminated by red light, looking up at a star-filled sky with mountains silhouetted in the background.

The meaning of your life isn’t a puzzle to solve

It’s something to wrestle and live with, says behavioral scientist Arthur Brooks.

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