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And that the point of life could be to make life better doesn't seem to me too mysterious.
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The speaker suggests that one possible purpose of life is simply to improve life itself. This idea is presented as straightforward rather than mysterious: making things better can be a meaningful aim without requiring a hidden or complicated explanation.
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- The Guardian (The Observer interview by Andrew Anthony)
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