We would be foolish to be entirely satisfied by people’s claims about their own lives!

 

“And third, we would be foolish to be entirely satisfied by people’s claims about their own lives. After all, people claim to be fully content doing all sorts of things: selling drugs, being porn stars, living in monasteries, running paper factories, dropping out and tuning in. We can’t follow all their recommendations, so we need to consider whether their kinds of lives do actually provide meaning for us.”