Perhaps the growing interest in reflecting on the universe and our lives is the result of the fact that, for at least a billion people on our planet, the problems of food, shelter, and personal security have largely been solved. That leads us to ask what else we want, or should want, from life, and that is a starting point for many lines of philosophical inquiry.
也许对思考宇宙和生命的兴趣的增加要归因于这样一个事实：至少有十亿地球人，它们的衣食住行和安全问题已经基本得到了解决。这让我们开始探问其他我们想要或者应该从生活中知道的东西，而这就是许多哲学研究的出发点。