John Stuart Mill's midlife crisis came at 20 when he realized that if he got what he desired he still wouldn't be happy. Art and poetry (and maybe love) saved the day for him. In this week's episode, philosopher Kieran Setiya of MIT talks about his book Midlife with EconTalk host Russ Roberts. Setiya argues we can learn from Mill to help deal with the ennui to which so many midlifers succumb--along with regrets for roads not taken and wistfulness for what could have been. Setiya argues that a well-lived life needs fewer projects and more pursuits that don't have goals or endpoints. He explains why past mistakes can turn out to be good things and how lost chances can help us appreciate the richness of life.
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Daron Acemoglu on Innovation and Shared Prosperity
Erik Hoel on Consciousness, Free Will, and the Limits of Science
Lydia Dugdale on the Lost Art of Dying
Marc Andreessen on Why AI Will Save the World
James Rebanks on the Shepherd's Life
Jacob Howland on the Hidden Human Costs of AI
Michael Munger on Obedience to the Unenforceable
Rebecca Struthers on Watches, Watchmaking, and the Hands of Time
Les Snead on Risk, Decisions, and Football
Luca Dellanna on Risk, Ruin, and Ergodicity
Casey Mulligan on Vaccines, the Pandemic, and the FDA
Tyler Cowen on the Risks and Impact of Artificial Intelligence
Eliezer Yudkowsky on the Dangers of AI
Patrick House and Itzhak Fried on the Brain's Mysteries
Michael Munger on the Perfect vs. the Good
Dana Gioia on Poetry, Death and Mortality
Daniel Gordis on Israel and Impossible Takes Longer
Erik Hoel on the Threat to Humanity from AI
Kevin Kelly on Advice, AI, and Technology
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