{"id":46765,"date":"2025-03-24T14:00:38","date_gmt":"2025-03-24T19:00:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/?p=46765"},"modified":"2025-03-24T14:17:29","modified_gmt":"2025-03-24T19:17:29","slug":"the-meaning-of-life-part-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/?p=46765","title":{"rendered":"The Meaning of Life (part 1)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

We were inspired by a fascinating article in the Guardian<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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James Bailey set out to recreate an experiment from 1932 – write to a bunch of random, and not so random people. Ask them what they thought was the meaning of life, and compile the answers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There’s more to James’ backstory, which you can read about in the Guardian article<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Over time, James started receiving replies, from a very wide selection of people. <\/p>\n<\/div>

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He features 19 responses in the article, and has a book coming out in December with all 100 responses.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Here are the 19 people featured in the article:<\/p>\n\n\n\n