3quarksdaily: “Is there an answer?” Searching for the meaning of life in The Hitchiker’s Guide to the Galaxy

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So much of what happens in the world is random or unpredictable or unfair, at least compared to the orderly way we feel like things should work. We expect good deeds to be rewarded and bad deeds punished; we expect hard work to pay off and major events to yield lessons or morals.

---Sent from Steve's iPad...