I wonder if technology just pushes the timeline of discovering your own meaning in life

Every generation has had to confront mortality and meaning. But we keep inventing ways to delay that confrontation. Is that progress, or avoidance?

In the past, you hit 30 and you'd already buried friends, raised kids, seen enough of life to know it was finite. That forced you to ask: what am I here for?

Now? We have medicine that extends life, entertainment that fills every idle moment, and careers that promise fulfillment if you just work hard enough. We've built an entire civilization around not having to ask the big questions until we're 50.

Maybe that's good—more time to figure it out. Or maybe it's a trap. Maybe the point isn't to delay the question. Maybe the point is to ask it early, when you still have time to do something about the answer.

Technology gives us more years. But I'm not sure it gives us more meaning.