Jolim Chiu is an aspiring physicist and philosopher from the University of Illinois. He is one of our close friend and one of the deepest thinkers that we have met on campus. In this episode, we tackle the question, "What is the meaning of life?" Jolim has spent the better part of the last few years trying to get to the bottom of this question. He has created numerous models that has helped him make sense of subjects like faith, the after-life, and our goal as humans, some of which we uncover in this conversation. Jolim talks about how he gravitated towards video games and the numerous problems that he wants to find the answers to in his lifetime. We learned a lot from him during this conversation and shared a lot of our perspectives on these deep topics too. Due to the depth of the conversation, we decided to split the episode into two parts, with the other part currently published on the Clips Channel. Sit back, relax, and enjoy our conversation with Jolim Chiu. EPISODE LINKS: Pascal's wager: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pascal%27s_wager OUTLINE: 0:00 - Introduction 1:16 - What do you think about at night? 3:03 - The Interactive Action Model 11:26 - Life as a Christian 16:59 - Video Game Addiction 20:00 - Knowledge: Invented or Discovered? 27:32 - Becoming Agnostic 34:58 - The Afterlife 39:26 - The Art of Collaboration 46:47 - Should you follow your curiosity? 55:25 - Serendipity 1:05:05 - Vulnerability 1:08:22 - The After Life 1:12:18 - Alex Wang’s secret 1:15:48 - Advice for young people
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