The Pursuit of Meaning

How does Professor Wang conceptualize the meaning

Professor Wang Defeng elaborated on his understanding of the meaning of life and the differences between Eastern and Western philosophies in an interview, providing us with new insights into comprehending life.

"If life is a continuously running program, then 'meaning' is that line of code that is never written but runs silently at the bottom of all logic."

Life is an algorithm that is constantly being reconstructed.

In front of the screen, I build certainty with code; outside the screen, I enter the chaos of real life. I realize that meaning lies not in reaching a certain "final version," but in continuous refactoring. It's the ultimate focus at work, the embrace of the unfamiliar on a journey, and those moments that cannot be logically defined but can touch the soul.

Every complex system has an extremely simple kernel. To understand the current logic, we must go back to those initial few lines of 'startup source code'.

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The Origins

My initial code contained an aspiration for 'order'

As a teenager, when I read “Qian Xuesen’s Biography,” I was struck by the power he possessed to reshape order in complex systems. Qian Xuesen used scientific rationality to predict the future of the nation, while I try to solve current problems with code. This is the starting point for all my explorations.

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