Life ...

Recently I came across this quote
"The average man, who does not know what to do with his life, wants another one which will last forever." -- Anatole France

Reading this made me think a lot.
What is the meaning of life? What should one do with one's life?
I would really like to see some statistics. What would you like to do with your life? I would like to see the results of a poll asking this question.
I am not sure if I ranted about this before, but I truly believe that the function of an educational system should be to help people answer this question. For I also think that each person gives meaning to life by deciding what is important to him/her.

A changing society

The times we are living in are so different than the old days, that I doubt the held conventional wisdom still applies.
We are facing a lot of new challenges that we will not be able to overcome unless we start -- using Kant's expression -- to awaken from our dogmatic slumber. Too many a well held belief is proved fallacious. We must keep an open mind and be ready to accept the ever more rapidly changing paradigm of life.