We can't make any choice knowing if it will or won't be what's best for us, and so we should not look for or expect any ultimate answers that will.
This doesn't mean that we should not engage in, consume, consider, or share ideas, research, and philosophies about life, but we should be skeptical in our considerations, and mitigate our expectations accordingly. In many ways, ideas for how to live are just as much art and entertainment. No matter how wise a piece of advice may seem, there is nothing to suggest that anyone else can form a better idea for how to live than one's own self.
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