How can you learn to love uncertainty? Is it better to cultivate acceptance or strive for change? And, after 223 episodes, what is the meaning of life? SOURCES: Jessica Alquist , professor of psychology at Texas Tech University. Roy Baumeister , professor of psychology at The University of Queensland. Raymond Carver , 20th-century American short story writer and poet. Stephen Colbert , comedian and late-night TV host. Matt Damon , actor and film producer. Viktor Frankl , 20th-century Austrian neurologist, psychiatrist, philosopher. Steve Heine , professor of psychology at University of British Columbia. Charles Krauthammer , journalist. Reinhold Niebuhr , 20th-century American theologian. Keanu Reeves , actor. Elisabeth Sifton , author, editor, and book publisher. RESOURCES: Start Making Sense: How Existential Psychology Can Help Us Build Meaningful Lives in Absurd Times , by Steve Heine (2025). " Learning to Love Uncertainty ," by Jessica L. Alquist and Roy F. Baumeister ( Current Directions in Psychological Science, 2024). " Confused or Curious? Openness/Intellect Predicts More Positive Interest-Confusion Relations ," by Kirill Fayn, Paul J. Silvia, Egon Dejonckheere, Stijn Verdonck, and Peter Kuppens ( Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 2019). " A Note to Readers ," by Charles Krauthammer ( The Washington Post, 2018). " Interest — The Curious Emotion ," by Paul J. Silvia ( Current Directions in Psychological Science, 2008). The Serenity Prayer: Faith and Politics in Times of Peace and War , by Elisabeth Sifton (2003). " Late Fragment ," by Raymond Carver ( A New Path to the Waterfall, 1989). Man's Search for Meaning , by Viktor Frankl (1946). EXTRAS: " What Makes an Idea Interesting? " by No Stupid Questions (2024). " Should You Get Out of Your Comfort Zone? " by No Stupid Questions (2024). " Do You Need Closure? " by No Stupid Questions (2024). " Secret o’ Life ," by James Taylor ( JT, 1977).…